tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post4950783324855838091..comments2024-03-17T04:14:44.845-05:00Comments on Frugal Scholar: Frugal French (Language Lessons)Frugal Scholarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-23474013199586871292014-03-16T12:03:56.747-05:002014-03-16T12:03:56.747-05:00@Duchesse--Could you share some links to the free ...@Duchesse--Could you share some links to the free online courses? I love the one I linked to, but would love to try others. Your last sentence--willingness to make mistakes--is spot on. Frugal Scholarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12696815672500452503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8242926316765633205.post-30897322153802052832014-03-15T20:50:40.596-05:002014-03-15T20:50:40.596-05:00Since Québec's official language is French, th...Since Québec's official language is French, there are many online FSL course and resources for free. These are accessible to her, too. <br /><br />Graphics aside, I am not sure anyone can really learn to •speak• another language this way; it's kind of like learning to dance by following those little foot diagrams.<br /><br />In these onliine courses, you learn the "words" (and grammar, and tenses and all kinds of rules) but not the "music". hostess' Alliance Français classes will help with that. Having a tutor, though, has been the most helpful thing for me; individual attention makes a great deal of difference. My French will always be "intermediately intermediate" but that's OK. A lot of learning a language is about taking a risk to be wrong.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.com