How can I learn French?
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There is a  rather new language school in Indianpolis\nhttp://www.indyfla.com\nas well as a more established one\nhttp://www.languagetrainingcenter.com/\nIUPUI continuing education usually has French courses (borochure was in a recent Sunday Star/News\nAsk your local school district.  If there is enough interest, there may be a teacher who would be willing to do an adult education class.  (I've thought about inquiring at my district office to see if there were interest, but there is soo much Spanish.)  If you can get about five people together, the class might run.
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I think when you want to learn a foreign language, you need to learn the basics with a private teacher who will have all the focus on you and then you should go to, you know, public classes so you will be able to communicate with others. The best thing is to be in a place (specially a city or country) where people speak that language. \nAnyways, if you don't want classes I recommend this CD that will work beautifully." Learn To Speak French" is the name. They have this CD for other languages too; such as English, Spanish , etc. It's really great. You can even take online courses and besides it's really beneficial since you can have conversations with characters in the program. Your reading, writing, speaking and listening will improve all together. \nGood luck! :)
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I don't know of any free online programs. I do have a couple of ideas for you.\n\nCheck your local community college. They often have courses in "conversational" languages which are very practical and give you a basis to learn from. The courses, while not free, are usually very inexpensive.\n\nGo to your local public library and check out an audio or video French Language learning program. Almost all libraries have at least one of these programs and you can use them at your leisure.\n\nWhen you do one or both of these things, start to talk French with your best friend. Get him/her to help you out! Repetition and practice is what helps people learn a foreign language.\n\nHope this helps!!
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Depends on what you want to know.  First and foremost you need to brush up on either of the official languages: le français or English
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There's a difference between learning french and knowing french. Anyone can learn french, by that I mean basic memorization. But to know French, it is hard. The only way to learn french is to be in a french speaking area. I've been in France for almost a year, and nothing has compared to the learning I have gotten here.
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listen to someone else speak it, buy a tape, find a station or movie in french... something that really helped me was watching subtitled movies.  i had a hard time learning french too, and the best way to learn is to always hear it and try to understand what your hearing.  even if at first you only understand a word or two, or just pick out something and are like, hey! i know that word!  the rest tends to fall into place.  as for things like learning to conjugate verbs and what not... i'm afraid my dear, you might just have to study ;)  haha.. but yeah, subtitled movies!!  i highly recommend!  good luck!
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I'm Japanese and I think the best way to learn the language is from a good teacher. But, if  you are going to learn it yourself, I think you might want to start with learning the hiragana, which are the basic 50 Japanese alphabets. However, if you prefer to be more into the talking rather than writing and reading, I would recommend listening to Japanese CDs, whether it be music, books, or anything where you can here the words, so you'll get used to listening, which probably makes it easier to talk. (This is how I learned English few years ago)\n\nI really think it's great that more people are willing to learn Japanese today, which is only spoken in Japan, unlike French and Spanish that are spoken and official in several countries!!\nIf you have any questions on the culture or anything, it probably would be the best if you answer here. There are probably other people willing to share their information about our culture with you, and there are people who might have the same questions you do. \n\nがんばってね！(ganbattene=good luck!)
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learn some french, like verbs and conjugation, as well as some things about French culture.  i would also suggest bringing a small french dictionary, and learning to say "i don't know" (je ne sais pas) and "i dont speak french.  do you speak english" (je ne parle pas le francais.  est-ce que vous parlez englais?)  also, shouting "who speaks english?" (qui parle englais?)  can help you find a translator if you are having a really hard time.  there are also elecrtonic things that can help, too.  the internet can help, and if you can spare the money, buy a Holt French I and mabye even a French II textbook.  they are blue, and they are have Allez Viens!  written on them.  i have used them for three years.  also, you can get cds or tapes to listen to on the plane.  you can also get french movies or listen to movies in french in order to understand french better.  it can help a lot.  im sure there are other things that you can use to help, and you can probably ask a french teacher to give you a few quick lessons, or some references.  hope this helps.
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It takes time to learn the program.  4 & 5 Of French I gave me no and of trouble.  You may have to go back and redo every lesson from the start now & then.  Some sections you will get the first time others will take several trys.\n\nIt wasn't until I reached the upper lessons that I was begining to realy catch on to speaking French.  Keep going you will get it.  Then you'll be ready for the next set of 30 lessons.
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go to the BBC home page, great easy tutorials. Swich your yahoo to www.yahoo.fr to force your self to use your french a lot
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If you are enough motivated find a good tutor in French or attend French classes..you can find out also a worth self-educational systems,with CDs and proper books..Buy also a French dictionary.
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use flashcards. make a list of the regular verbs, and make a list of irregular verbs. focus on the patterns in the regular verbs, and make flashcards for the irregular verbs. make up a funny sentence in french with a verb that is giving you trouble, and then memorize the sentence. good luck!
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i went to a school with complete french immersion, and i am now fluent in french. this brings up my recommendation: i think that a great way to learn french is by listening and having conversations. there are many softwares that do this, and you can have your choice, you may want to contact the national foundation of french materials, ie. books, tapes, dvds, etc... you have gotta be determined, but it will be worth it because you will be happy to learn french, its a great language. \n\none last thing- don't try teaching yourself from books, you won't. you might learn some vocabulary, but everything else including speaking will be messed up. hope that helped!!!
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Here's a tip.  Go to France on an exchange program.  You will learn more French in one month than in a year of study.  Check around.  There are some summer programs that are not that expensive.
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I beleive you are asking how to comprehend English better while you are learning, right? If so, the best advice I have is to use it as much as possible, and be around people who speak it. If you can, live in America where you will probably have to use it. Practice makes perfect, and you learn more by hearing the words then by reading a book on it. That is what my French teacher told me about learning French. It takes time, and learning a new language is not easy, and if you are in America, people may be rude at times, but you need to remember that you are doing your best. Don't let it frustrate you, just keep trying. It is harder to learn a language as an adult then when you are a toddler learning to speak, it is scientifically proven, because of how your brain works. Good Luck!
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Go to wikibooks... http://www.wikibooks.org and learn whatever languages you want. Je sais maintenant le français because of wikibooks.
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learn to speak french 8.0 software program