<p>anyone else think o Flight of the Conchords for the title?</p>
<p>Floee- Yes, I hate it because it's too easy. My school doesn't spend much on modern languages because it has to educate every student for three years in Latin - and those classes (7th, 8th, and 9th) are huge in comparison to the upper classes. So the program sucks. There are third years in my class (I'm in second level- my class is a horrible mishmash of levels and ages, another example of how the program sucks) who have to be reminded how to conjugate avoir, etre, and faire. My teacher reteaches this incredibly basic stuff on a regular basis. The people in the class aren't unintelligent, the teacher just thinks we all are. So she never moves beyond the simplest stuff, and if she does, she teaches it for a week or so, and then completely ignores it. So unless students practice on their own, which I do, they'll naturally forget it. I'm lucky enough to be regularly speak French with my sister- or rather, she speaks French and I respond in English, as she abhors my accent.</p>
<p>Je suis le cours de AP Francais, c'est pas trop difficile pour moi parce que je parle la langue chez moi. Je suis cameroonian, francais est ma premiere langue. Il y a beaucoup de gens qui croient que je triche. Mais si ils etaient moi, ils feraient le meme chose. Pour les autres, le Francais est une langue tres difficile si tu le n'etudie pas. Je prie que vous auriez assez d'espirit de continuer avec la langue. C'est une tellement jolie langue si vous le connaissez.</p>
<p>I was eighth in the nation my freshman year for the level 1C of the national french exam. My teacher did not get the paperwork and stuff in time the last two years for me to take it again. I will take it this year though.</p>
<p>how would colleges see around 8-10 years of language? In high school. Explination of how: I take spanish every year, french every year, and then junior and senior japanese then three terms of mandarin at university. how would they look at this?</p>
<p>They would probably look on it favorably if you plan to major in linguistics or something like that.</p>
<p>Oui, je parle francais mais pas courrement. J'aime la langue bien, et je veux l'etudier a l'universite. J'aime surtout la litterature francaise. Il y a beaucoup de ecrivants francais qui sont t. interressants ! Aussi je sais de me tromper. Ne me corrigez pas.</p>
<p>Let me see if I know enough French to translate bcsoccer5k's post:</p>
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I am the course of AP French, it isn't difficult for me because I speak the language in my home. I am cameroonian, french is my first language. There are...
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Bah, I can't understand that middle part. Clearly I need to practice more.</p>
<p>Translation of bcsokker5k: I am in AP French and it isn't very difficult for me because I speak it at my house. I am cameroonian and French is my first language. There are a lot of people who feel that I cheat. But if they were me, they would make the same choice. For the other, French is a difficult language because they don't study. I pray that they have enough spirit to continue with the language. It is such a pretty language if you know it.</p>
<p>Translation of Halie: Yes, I speak French, but not correctly/exactly. (Maybe, I don't know the word "courrement") I like the language well, and I want to study it at a university. I especially love French literature. There are a lot of French writers who are very interesting. Also I know that I may be mistaken. Don't correct me.</p>
<p>This translating thing is good practice for my midterm tomorrow. =O</p>
<p>Millancad - That's really sad. My second and third years were probably the best of my French career. At least you have your sister? Is she fluent?</p>
<p>jaime - You got the first part right. What year are you in?</p>
<p>I am in French 4 Honors and I find the class super easy. I think if you are having trouble in the class, you should either get extra help from your teacher or get a tutor. If you are lost in a foreign language class, getting a tutor is probably definitely worth it. It's really important to make sure you are speaking the language correctly and learning grammar correctly.</p>
<p>sqdwfe13 - What're you doing in your French class? Because not all French classes were created equal.</p>
<p>je suis francaise , j'ai 2 enfants qui sont nes en France mais qui vivent aux States depuis 13 ans!! donc ils parlent et comprennent le Francais mais leur vrai language de tous les jours et de la vie courante c'est l'Anglais! mon fils est en 7 th grade et ma fille est Senior en HS. Mon fils a beaucoup de difficultes a ecrire le Francais et desfois a le prononcer. Ma fille a obtenu 4/5 a l'AP de Francais , tout cela pour vous dire qu' apprendre le francais c'est tres dur meme pour des Francais! mais ne desesperez pas de l'apprendre c'est une tres jolie langue et au niveau international je crois qu'elle tiens la troisieme place! bon je vous souhaite du courage dans vos etudes a tous et bonne chance!</p>
<p>Translation of LaVieEnChocolat: I am French, I have two children who were born in France but have lived in the US since they were 13 years old. So, they speak and comprehend French but their true language everyday is English. My son is in seventh grade and my daughter is a senior in high school. My son has a lot of difficulty with writing and pronouncing French. My daughter is in AP French (4/5), and you saying that it is hard to learn French is the same French people. (That was a really weird and rough translation; basically, it's hard for her daughter too) But don't let learning it drive you to despair, it is a very pretty language and at the international level, I feel that it would hold third place! I wish that you have courage in your studies and good luck!</p>
<p>So that was really hard and the translation is really, really rough but it's the best I could do. French and English don't translate perfectly.</p>
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jaime - You got the first part right. What year are you in?
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I studied French until the second year. Right now I am trying to patch up the gaps by reading french books, hearing french songs, watching french movies, etc...</p>
<p>Floee, my sister isn't fluent. She's currently in intermediate French at Northwestern. She's pretty good. But she has less natural ability with languages than I do (she's amazing with any sort of history) so I think someday I might be better.</p>
<p>Haha, so basically you guys think french is awesome and I shouldn't quit?</p>
<p>French is a really pretty language. In general, the class is horrid.
I'd say do it until at least third year. Then you'll be a bit proficient, and if you want to start again in college, you'll have a pretty good basis.</p>
<p>Mon prof de Francais ne veut pas permettre moi prendre l'examen nationale francais dans Mars. :(.</p>
<p>Zut!!!</p>
<p>Translation of dukebound's post: My French teacher didn't want to let me to take the national French exam.</p>
<p>There's a national French exam? O.o</p>
<p>^ Yeah! there is one, I think it's held in march...my french teacher(s) aren't going to let me take it because they find the competition to be unfair because they claim that native french speakers enter the comp. and the graders are really picky.</p>
<p>You missed translating the last part of my post :P</p>
<p>J'aime ma classe de francais, mais je n'aime pas le langue beaucoup, si vous me comprenez -- et je suis dans francais 'cinq' (au contraire, 'quatre plus' est un plus bon titre...). Je suis le seul homme :) ...</p>
<p>I'm also really bad with the language itself, so please just ignore any mistakes above.</p>