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- 1. How to be a uccessful French learner By Mahendra Harish Priyanka Meera
- 2. • About 136 million people worldwide speak French as their mother tongue (about 2%). Around 190 million people speak French as a second language (that's a bit less than 3%, 2.8) and an additional 200 million speak it as
- 3. • The French pronunciation is entirely different from how it is written, which makes it quite challenging to learn. Our university has an independent and efficient department for French, with students learning it as their first language or optional second language. There are options for doing BA, MA, M.phill, Ph.D, COP, DOP, ADOP
- 4. • Hence we, Harish, Mahendra, Priyanka and Meera, students of B.A English, conducted a survey of 15 people: Manoj( 2nd year BA French) Indranil( optional French) Nagendra(3rd year BA French) Navneet(MA French Pratap(1st year BA French) previous) Vijay(3rd year BA French) Divyanshu(2nd year BA French) Yogesh(2nd year BA French) Firoz(2nd year BA French) Nimisha(2nd year BA French) Babitha(1st year BA French) Richa(1st year BA French)
- 5. LEGEND X axis No of people who: A Watch French movies B Speak with French natives C Write poems or stories in French D Read books in French E Translate F Listen to music G Practice in front of mirror H Write and memorize words I Draw word pictures J Online exercises and exams K Refer dictionary L Conduct group studies
- 7. • A group of fifteen students who are enrolled in various courses of French were selected and interviewed from our University. All these students made clear cut statements on how best to approach French language. aLL of the statements stressed the importance of using the language, a majority of students pointed to the significance of watching movies and writing and memorizing words. 80% agreed that speaking with the natives and online exercises/exams helps. More than half of the people mentioned that listening to French music is an effective as well as entertaining way of grasping the language. 30% - 60% of the responses were in favour of translation and group study. Though we were anticipating interesting responses on the method of using pictures and writing stories/poems, none showed interest. We even got some innovative methods of learning like reading online newspapers and listening to French FM.
- 8. Classifications • Group 1- use of language • Speaking with French natives • Writing poems/stories • Translating • Group 2-learning the language • Reading books in French • Practicing inf ront of mirror • Writing and memorizing words • Attempting online exercises and exams • Referring the dictionary • Conducting group studies • Group3- personal factors • Watching movies • Listening to music • Drawing word pictures
- 9. Conclusion • We were also able to gather additional methods followed by a few students. Three of them suggested that watching movies with French subtitles and practicing with people having a good accent had helped them. In the case of books and music the tactic that they opted was starting with comics and rhymes. Hence, being a successful French learner requires both practice and passion yet all the respondents unanimously agreed that it totally worth it