How to Get Really Good at French: Learn French to Fluency and Beyond

by Polyglot Language Learning

Millions of people learn French but only a very small percentage of learners can actually speak it fluently. Why is that?People in general are quick to point out that some are naturally built more than others to learn French and other languages. This is not necessarily true, however, since we have all come to learn and speak our native language fluently.If you find yourself overwhelmed trying to memorize thousands of French vocabulary words or grammar rules or are struggling to speak French with native speakers, try this book! This is not a basic French for beginners textbook designed to teach French but a book that will teach you how to learn French the smart way and get you to fluency faster using highly effective language learning methods and techniques.There exists hundreds of French language coursebooks, French phrase books, and basic French for beginners textbooks, but without smart language learning techniques and strategies, you are likely to forget what you have studied and reviewed and especially during a conversation. There exists an easier and more fun way to build your overall French language ability.In How to Get Really Good at French, discover how you can easily conquer French language learning using highly effective methods and strategies used by polyglots (language learning experts). These methods and techniques can even be used to learn French vocabulary, grammar, and phrases from TV shows, videos, music, and video games.Learn French smarter and faster starting today!

Genres: Nonfiction, France

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2017

Reviews

[RICHARD STENTON · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is always difficult to understand what it takes to learn a new language. This book is very good at guiding you through the process of how to go about learning French. It is a very definitive guide about how to approach learning the language and then how to plan and support your learning process. There are lots of very good tips and suggestions of what to do and what not to worry bout, I believe it will help anyone wanting to be serious and learn French.

[Leah Agirlandaboy]

This is not a book about learning French but about learning to learn French (or any other language). A lot of it is also about how to use one specific app. Tl;dr: If you want to get good at a language, you need to thoughtfully expose yourself to it for several hours every single day.

[Susan Harrison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much Anki

There are some really good ideas in this book, but the author spends too much time describing Anki. Sometimes it feels like a Users Manual for this program. I looked at Anki; it requires a great deal of effort to make it a functional learning tool, certainly more than I am willing to give. On the other hand, immersive reading and listening recommendations were quite useful.

[Lesley Looper · Rating 4 out of 5]

I appreciate all the ideas for increasing fluency in French! One big takeaway from this book is that it takes a lot of time and practice to get fluent in another language—but there are many resources out there. For now, I’ll keep plugging along on my Duolingo app, but thanks for all the ideas in this book!

[Aida Saldana Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic book! I loved it, it made me reflect a lot about my learning habits. What I most like about this book is that is very positive and in the end I felt very motivated to learn anything and everything! (which by the way is my favorite activity!)

[Carmennation_tan2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great help

Many good apps recommended
Just put in the effort to work with the recommended apps and suggestions. Very helpful to a beginner.

[Alysha Dugan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Aniki promotional book

I feel like all this book told me was to go to a website to study French in an immersive way.

[Shelagh Wadman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was only a taster which I hadn’t realised I haven’t read the actual book.

[Joel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit basic but gives a good foundation to your learning plans. More about tips on how to study and not lose motivation than actual French lessons

[Jeanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful common sense, lots of which I've started to implement.

[Cheli · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was full of very generalized common sense advice on how to learn French—or really any language. It could have been condensed into a pamphlet and had the same impact. Disappointing.

[PIETER · Rating 4 out of 5]

I live in France and bought this as a refresher course. It's really not bad, very useful.

[Patricia F. Doutriaux · Rating 3 out of 5]

I guess I can't fault this book for false advertising. I was kind of looking for a shortcut for how to learn French, but this book focuses more on techniques for language learning rather than on learning French itself. While the techniques and tools for language learning use examples from French, the techniques could apply to almost any language and merely highlight French as incidental to the ideas conveyed. An important takeaway for me, however, was that reading as much French as I can and just watching and listening to as much French as I can is key. I've always viewed French as something that I need to sit down and study, but the speed will come if I treat it as learning I do all the time, however minor or focused, and that I have fun doing it.

[tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was helpful in making me see the language learning process from a new perspective. As someone who learns french in school, I unfortunately haven’t been taught these kinds of strategies.
It’s great to be able to teach myself how to really learn a language. There were definitely a lot of tips in here that I’ll be using in the future.

[Jeremy M Haslam · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really new approach

Taking the teaching out of learning — finding ways to bring the language alive for you is what this book is about. A real eye opener - I am going to apply it in my music too — and I’m no young chicken — a good 71.