For those of you who are not native french speakers or French has never been in your blood line, Well i guess you know that feeling when you are the Alien speaking a completely different language, especially when you are preparing for your verbal and listening exams. It can be stressful when you are tempted to say repetez or pardon to a radio playing your exam.
But here are a few tips and practices that can help You say ahaaa to the radio during the Exam.
1. FRENCH PEOPLE SPEAK LIKE BIRDS!!
I guess your professeur already told you that les français parlent comme les oisieaux. Well these guys free style when talking. You just have to get used to it.
Once in awhile, tune into 93.7FM to listen to some French and try getting and understanding afew words.
If you can understand the words or remember a word that your teacher once said... Then Congratulations you can pass that exam read by Ugandan French Examiners.
2.LEARN NEW VOCABULARY
If you remember your mocks, then Iam sure you know what I mean. It makes no sense if you know something in English but not in French. Its just freakin Ridiculous.. So get the Vocabulary and practice using it in your daily activities.
3. SURROUND YOURSELF WITH FRENCH
You are good at English because when you were learning it, you were surrounded by English. From names of items to magazines and Newspapers. Thats how ypu are able to read and speak English. So try to surround yourself with French materials like Magazines, books. You might say where can I get them.. Well there are many free french reading materials at Alliance Français Kampala, on Mackinon road just after Fang Fang Restaurant on the opppsite side. From brochures, to french movies and story books.
4.PRACTICE FRENCH.
Read texts aloud in french so that neural connections are made in your brain just like there are for English and any other Language you fluently know.
These connectiond help you talk without even.thinking or conjugating a sentence.. in your mind.. it just FLOWS!!
5. LISTEN TO FRENCH SONGS AND WATCH MOVIES IN FRENCH
Just like as much as you love those English artistes.. and actors.. there are also french ones. You can watch a DVD movie with subtitles in french or when it is in French like Les Misserables
You can download some french music from some links that i have highlighted in blue.. you can later also save the lyrics of the songs and also La Marseillaise the french anthem.
>LaraFabian Immortel mp3
>Jena Lee- J'aimerais tellement mp3
> French Anthem LA MARSEILLAISE mp3
LYRICS TO ABOVE SONGS
#Immortel by Lara Fabian
#j'aimerais tellement by Jena Lee
#La Marseillaise- French anthem
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