a project done by sheetal,prashant sanjay,greeshma

2. French, as it is spoken today by a vast Francophone population, began to become standardized with
Charlemagne’s conquest of the Gauls and Franks in the 16th Century. The history of the modern
French language in France emerged with the combination of Latin and Provençal. French is used as
the official language of 22 countries and is the co-official language of several others, including
Belgium, Canada, Haiti, Madagascar, and Switzerland. It is spoken as a first language by 51 million
people in France and Corsica; in Canada by 7.2 million; in Belgium by 3.3 million; in Switzerland
by 1.2 million; in Monaco by 17,000; in Italy by 100,000; and in the United States by nearly 2
million (primarily in Maine and Louisiana)
We interviewed a group of BA (Hons.) French students in the English and Foreign Languages
University and some students who learned French as optional language as part of studies in the
university. The main objective of the assignment is to find out some helpful techniques and strategies
to make foreign language learning lucid. Our group is consisted of students of French as the optional
foreign language, and therefore we gave preference to develop methods for easy learning of the
French language in this assignment. Twenty people were interviewed in total and accordingly we
came up with the following report of the survey conducted by us in the campus.

3. •Do you read books and journals?
•Did you make use of podcasts and radio?
•Did you play online games?
•Did you translate from second language into first language and vice versa?
•Did you learn from online tutorials?
•Did you make use of a dictionary?
•Did you memorize?
•Did you chat online with native speakers?
•Did you watch movies and listened to music?
. Did you find it useful to think in your second language?

4. Name of Movies News- Online L2 Music/ Make No fear of Online Games Dicti- Memo- Trans- Under- Thin
people papers/ Chat Enviro- radio/ Sente- Mistakes Tutorials onary rize L2-L1 stand k
Books nment podcasts nces Every In L2
Word
Adithya Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Dee Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Changte
Vandha Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
a
Nagend Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
ra
Raza Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Shonali Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sumeg Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Suman Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Pradeep Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Navneet Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
h
Aman Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Nayana Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Mangilal Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Supriya Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Dharme Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
ndra
Pranchi Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Richa Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Sushma Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Shyamil Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
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Pamir Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

5. LEGEND
A. MOVIES
25
B. NEWSPAPER/BOOKS
C. ONLINE CHAT
20 D. L2 ENVIRONMENT
E. MUSIC/PODCASTS
F. MAKE SENTENCES
15
G. NO FEAR OF MISTAKES
YES H. ONLINE TUTORIAL
10 I. GAMES
NO J. DICTIONARY
K. MEMORIZE
5
L. TRANSLATE L2-L1
M. UNDERSTAND EVERY
0 WORD
N. THINK IN L2
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N

6. USING LANGUAGE IN DAILY LIFE:
•Taking a fun and casual approach-
Taking a fun and casual approach towards learning of a foreign
language can make it easier to learn. Watching movies, playing
games, reading books and newspapers, listening to music,
watching podcasts in the language which you intend to learn are
wiser steps because these audio visual effects fills up our senses
and makes remembering it possible at a quicker pace.
•Experimenting with the Language-
Trying to experiment and coming up with new ideas while learning
a foreign language is necessary. Experimenting with the language
using using different phrases and words by talking to the native
language speaker can improve language proficiency.
•Practicing and utilizing- If you're learning a new language, it is
important to keep practicing the language in order to maintain the
gains you have achieved. This "use-it-or-lose-it" phenomenon
involves a brain process known as "pruning." Certain pathways in
the brain are maintained, while others are eliminated. If you want
the new information you just learned to stay put, keep practicing
and rehearsing it.

7. •Play of vocabulary and grammar-
Learning vocabulary and grammar is the most basic and
essential step towards language learning. Playing different
word games online and picking up words from the dictionary
makes the vocabulary stronger. A strong grammatical
background adds up to the language learning skill. It is very
necessary to practice grammar everyday to be thorough with
the language both verbally and written wise.
•Using language explicitly and learning from mistakes-
Just like a toddler when he starts learning a language, he keeps
mumbling and fumbling with words by using it explicitly, so
should we, not caring about our mistakes for only through
making mistakes we learn. To have a fluent grip on the
language, we should speak no matter what mistakes we make in
the process.
•Joining language schools and tutorials-
To have formal learning of a language is very important to
strengthen the background of the language being learned. It
gives you the right base because it is systematic and starts with
the basic material and then goes to the higher level. It is utmost
necessary for proper language learning.
•Learning about the history of the language- Learning about the
history and background of the language make it more
interesting. Knowing how the language sprang up that is origin
of the language and how much its spoken around the world,
which places of the world is very intriguing and make language
learning more interesting.

8. •Taking a positive approach-
It is very important to rid your mind of any prenotions you have the difficulty level
of the language you are learning. One should make sure to take a positive approach
to language learning to bea successful language learner.
•Simple and lucid self improving strategies-
We should make efforts on our own to develop the skills in the language by the
means of small self improving strategies like practicing spelling, grammar and
mechanism of writing.
•Attitude and aptitude-
Keeping the right attitude and aptitude towards language learning is very
necessary. It is beneficial in the long run. It helps in the improvement of the
personal ability to grasp the language and also to think and reflect what we are
learning.

9. Henceforth, according to the survey that we conducted we come to
the conclusion that people prefer to learn language through fun
means mostly like movies, music, online chatting and games etc
especially a language French which is considered to be one of the
toughest yet upcoming language in international scenario. Though it
doesn’t mean that other strategies could be ignored they are equally
important to make language learning successful. French is one of the
official languages of the United Nations and also widely spoken
around the world. We enjoyed doing the survey and it was certainly a
learning experience for us.

10. BY
GREESHMA
SHEETAL
SANJAY
PRASHANT