Il ne reste qu’un mois avant le Dongzhi. C’est peut-être à cause du temps, mais récemment je suis devenue de plus en plus mélancolique, et sujette à des accès de sentimentalité. Penser au Dongzhi en particulier me rappelle des souvenirs d’enfance – la préparation des tang yuan (des petites boulettes de riz gluant) avec mon […]
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(This was something I wrote a few weeks ago, when I was trying to practice writing in French. My language exchange partner, Julie, who helped proofread this❤️, suggested that I upload it here, and I figured, why not? ) Il y a un peu plus d’un mois que je traduis une nouvelle chinoise en anglais, […]
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We’ve all heard of the Intermediate Plateau. That stage in language learning where you’ve mastered enough grammar and everyday vocabulary that textbooks alone are no longer enough to keep you engaged, yet you feel like you’re never making enough progress. You understand so much more than you used to, but at the same time, there’s […]
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I started learning French in January 2019. Taking into account of the 3-month hiatus I took later that year, as of today, 13 September 2020, I’ve been studying French for about 1 year and 6 months.
This post outlines the major milestones of my journey so far, as well as the resources I’ve been using. I’m documenting all this mostly for my own sake – in case I need to revisit all this information some day – but also to provide some ideas for other aspiring francophones out there.
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For the past few weeks, I’ve been practicing my French listening skills with a French series on Netflix called Plan Cœur. I do this via an exercise where I listen to the same clip repeatedly – the same method I used with Korean and English. It is still to this day one of my favourite ways to improve listening skills, so I thought I’ll do a quick breakdown of the process and share it with you guys!
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I’m currently learning Korean and French. I started learning Korean in 2016, and French about 6 months ago. I’ve been trying to find a way to study both at the same time, but it wasn’t until very recently that I managed to make it work. I actually tried to pick up French earlier last year, but I had to quit because I couldn’t come up with a sustainable way to keep studying it without losing my progress in Korean.
This time, however, I’ve managed to establish a routine that works. I’ve been using it for 3 months, and it works great so far! Here’s how I came up with it.
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