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Ranger07 said:
How are you all getting on?

I'm finding a mixture of Duolingo (now on lvl 10) and Memrise French are a good combo. I'm also downloading the podcasts from here -

http://www.newsinslowfrench.com/

Which is basically just 100% French dialog which I find good when in the car. I still have a hell of a lot to learn though and sometimes feel frustrated with my progress. The thing that keeps me going is that I know I am making progress, plus Duolingo messages you every day to keep you motivated.
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Poorly, and I am running out of time.

At least work are paying for courses once I get there, but I want to learn as much as possible before going out there and feel pretty frustrated and useless when I do sit down and try to do some work.
 
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Don't worry, when you get there the French will make you feel right at home when they stare blankly at you for a slight mispronunciation of a word, meaning their inability to understand everything you have just said.
 
Telescopi said:
No you're not, you're just not putting enough time and effort into it. 1-2 hours a week at school with a little homework is never going to be enough to become fluent.

Do the 1-2 hours a week formal instruction, but coupled with 3 hours a day active listening/speaking in the language and if you still couldn't string together a sentence after 2 years I'd accept you are indeed just one of those special people.

I have sympathy with people who just don't 'get' some concepts in physics or maths - but language is a very universal ability almost all humans are born with, you don't lose it when you turn 5 either, this is just another excuse.

It takes thousands of hours though, a baby will have been exposed to maybe 10,000 hours of speech before they start talking properly, any adult that went through the same process would be talking at a much higher level much sooner.
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I can appreciate and understand what you're saying about people not getting a concept, but I had about 4 hours of French lessons and French things a week, and managed to learn the language more than adequately.
 
There is some cracking advice in this thread. It would be excellent if we had some kind of official language learning thread. :) Currently trying to learn some Swedish since I am here for work, but it is even harder by the fact they all speak better english than half the U.K. :(
 
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