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There is not only one way to learn French or any other new language. In fact, everyone is different and the truth is that the more you practice, the better your spoken language will become.

However, French is not easy and it will require a lot of time, passion and determination.

Let me give you some tips that will help you to learn new languages fast. I am a French native speaker and as you can see I write in English, and I speak fluently as well.

English was pretty easy to learn. I also speak Spanish and Arabic. Arabic is even more difficult than French, and I learned the basics of the language pretty quickly.

Spanish and English are both Latin languages, but Arabic is totally different. I can speak and write like a native of these different countries.

So how I do it?

1. Listen

You need to listen a lot. Get an iPod and plug some stories and French lessons inside.

2. Learn in your car

Whenever you have time are you are commuting, be sure to hear some French, and repeat what you hear to grab the accent. Don’t worry, nobody will actually hear you.

2. Immersion

Find someone who is native and tell him that you want to learn how to speak. A native will help you improve your language skills tremendously.

4. Travel to a French speaking country!

This will force you to speak and to learn the modern language. Just a week or two will be fine the first time. Be sure to know your basic sentences and have a lot of vocabulary before you decide to go there.

5. Read a lot

This is perhaps even more important than immersion. You need to read everything you can. Whenever you see a new word, research the definition in a good dictionary.

Author: Franck Silvestre
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If you are an English speaker you already know that English is not only the most frequently used online language, but also the most spoken language throughout the world. This means, as an English speaker, you already have a huge advantage over people who do not speak English. How would you like to make that advantage even bigger? You could easily do this by choosing to learn to speak French. It may surprise you to learn that 200 million people speak French across the world – and I mean across the world, because French is spoken as an official language in 28 countries, in every continent, and is the only language apart from English that is officially taught in every country in the world. So what exactly could be in it for you to learn to speak French?

People learn a foreign language usually to give them a skill to use either for some kind of profit or for pleasure, and often for both. Because French is the only global language, after English, it is the foreign language that will give you more choices in your future career.
French is an official working language, along with English, of major international organisations such as:

* The United Nations
* NATO
* The International Olympic Committee
* The International Red Cross
and many more, so understanding French will give you a great advantage if you want to work for one of these organisations.

In August 2008 when the US government wanted to recruit people for international jobs with the State Department, 60% of those jobs either required or preferred recruits to speak French.

If you are in business you may well know that between 2003 and 2006 trade between the US and France alone, increased by 75% and billions of dollars were transacted. The French speaking world represents 10% of the global market, and it’s a market that will grow; some of the “smart money” is on Africa becoming the next big market to develop, and many African countries use French as an official language.

But even if you don’t want to learn French for business or profit, you could open up a huge new world of culture and entertainment. French cinema is very popular throughout the world and it is estimated that in 2005, French language films were seen by more people outside of France than in France itself. And did you know that the French TV channel TV5, is the second most watched international TV channel, beaten only by MTV?

And then there’s the fact that, every year, more tourists visit France than any other country in the world. Think how much more you’ll enjoy your visit when you can communicate in French.

Of course, the more advanced your level of proficiency in French the more opportunities will open up to you. But everyone has to start somewhere, and it’s possible to reach a good basic standard in a couple of months. After that there are lots of ways you can learn to a more advanced level, and then more opportunities begin to come along.

200 million French speaking people are out there and you could join them.

Author: James W Alexander
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