<p>I'd really like to learn French outside of my school environment (because I am already taking Spanish and I do not have room in my school schedule for another class), but I'm not sure which is the best way to do this.
I contacted a community college in my area which offers a beginning online french course, but high school students must be at least 16, and I am only 15.
I heard Rosetta Stone is popular, but I am wondering if it truly is effective?
I've also heard of people learning languages entirely on their own through textbooks...is that the best way?
Anyway, I'm just interested in hearing everyone's suggestions because I'd really love to learn French.</p>
<p>Well, this is how I'm learning German. I take translated lyrics of song in German that I like, then listen to music and learn new words -- while singing in rhythm with singer :)
Try something similar for French. By the way, if you'll find good sites with translated lyrics in French -- please tell me, I have the same problem.</p>
<p>Got any friends who take French? Ask to see their books, homework, ask them about their class. If they're nerdy enough, they'll speak French to you if you ask nicely enough.</p>
<p>At least, this is how my friends and I got another friend to skip an entire year of French...by talking a lot en francais around her. :D</p>
<p>Study the basic verbs. watch a bunch of french movies, first with subtitles and then w/o them. Also read a bunch of stories in french. This helped me (of course, we did it in class w/ our teacher)</p>
<p>C++ would be a good choice.</p>
<p>You could take French I online with Apex Learning. I'm thinking of taking either French or Spanish this summer.</p>
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C++ would be a good choice.
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Programming language is a very easy thing to learn by yourself. That's what I did, at least.</p>
<p>If you wanna learn french, go to Quebec for a while. I went there for 2 weeks and i already know a bunch of simple household phrases and a lot of words. It's the environment that helps you learn languages faster that ever.
Yeah, and java rules :) for all you c++ junkies</p>
<p>Do the best that you can do using tapes, community college courses, and web sites like <a href="mailto:French@.com">French@.com</a>, and then find a way to study French in either Quebec or France. Even if your parents can't afford to send you, find a way to earn the $ to do this.
There also are language immersion camps offered through Concordia College and, I think, Middlebury.</p>
<p>Ok, what you do is find out the curriculumn of French 1,2,3,4 for now. Go buy a book that associates with begining French. After that,learn how to pronounce. Next learn anything in the curriculumn and then build up. I did languages this way.</p>
<p>Communicating in French with people who speak it, and listening to tapes/French radio/French television/etc is a good idea. Read and translate French books. Take other suggestions stated above, such as other people's homework. Try looking for a French textbook maybe? Website?</p>
<p>How hard would it be to do all that? </p>
<p>At my school the french and spanish departments were very close (the spanish and french teachers were related) and did a lot of crap together, so it's was very common that kids taking spanish also learned quite a lot of french. Unfortunately I'm going to a different school next year and I won't have this set up anymore.</p>
<p>French pronunciation is so easy. It sounds awesome too.</p>
<p>^I agree!</p>
<p>I am kinda in the same situation... my problem is that even though I am only 14 I can still take classes at my CC, however they aren't offering French at a time I can go (during school hours). </p>
<p>Any advice would also be helpful to another full-schedule, Spanish-only speaking, wants-to-learn-French student!</p>
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<p>You're allowed to take CC classes when you're 14?</p>
<p>That's really cool. I want to do that. I'll be in eighth grade next year, could I take a class if I wanted to?</p>
<p>It depends... what I did was find the website and sent an email to the admissions director explaining how I had no time in my high school schedule and that I wanted to take some classes. Then all you have to do is get a letter from your guidance counciler (sp?) and then fill out an application as a non-degree student. It really depends on the CC. My email was pretty much begging the lady... I was like well I know you usually only allow high school juniors and seniors, but I am a rising sophmore can you make an exeption ... and she told me what to do. I haven't been able to go yet though, because all the courses I am actually interested in I am not qualified (prequistes sp?) or they are at a time I am busy (ie high school). </p>
<p>Oh yeah, she did say that you have to take a placement exam and also get permission from the instructor... haven't gotten that far. </p>
<p>I wonder why I didn't have to go through 2-3 years ago when I took a sign language class?</p>
<p>*counselor</p>