need to re learn french
 

French was the first language that i was taught to read and write in elementary school but now that I'm in high school they stopped teaching french to me. now i got less than two years to be fluent in french because i live in montreal . by now i have forgotten a great deal about speaking french so im wondering what are some good ways to learn french without taking courses? I was thinking about reading a lot of french novels .

Reading is one of the best ways to get back into French. In fact, doing everything you can to make your lifestyle more relevant to the French language will help. Listen to Radio-Canada or other French radio stations instead of CBC and English stations. Change your computer's language to French. When you're in downtown Montréal, speak in French.

Do you need to become fluent in French to get into a certain CÉGEP or UQAM, or something like that?

As you can see, I'm a huge Montréal nut. One day I hope to move there :)

thanks for the advice any good books you would recommend?

The Count of Monte Cristo or as they say it in french: Le Comte de Monte Cristo

Le Petit Prince? :p

Recently I've seen a lot of commercials for Rosetta Stone (a computer-based language program) on television and I was wondering if anyone has used them or another similar one?

I've been using Rosetta Stone for about 6 months and I think its great. Its a little pricey but well worth the money imo.

I think taking courses is the best you can do ;). Here in toronto we learn french in school, but not me, Im taking some english lessons.

But there are many people as some mexicans who comes to the US or Canada and dont know anything about english , and 1 or 2 years later they speak english very well without taking lessons, maybe it could be the same with french :D. (I speak a little english because I took some lessons in Mexico, but I still need more :rolleyes:)

I think I will tell my teacher I want to learn french instead of more english.:D

Ohh yes, there are many french tv channels on Rogers tv. sometimes I watch them, and I understand some words, wich I hear in Alizee's songs :D. Like 3 weeks ago I was watching Amelie :p. *Amelie a de l'or a donner, melodie de vie..*

I figure since I already mentioned it in this thread, I'd put an update in here. In a message above, I was inquiring about Rosetta Stone. Anyway, a few days ago I decided to get French Level 1. It's a Christmas gift, so I won't actually get it until then. But I did make the order myself. Anyway I'm excited and even a little nervous. I'm not entirely new to French as I took two years back in High School. But that was a long time ago and so I'm sure it will be difficult re-learning it. But I really want to do this. And yes, my discovering Alizée has something to do with this. But I've wanted to learn another language for a while and it just seemed to be the right time to do it. :D

I'm trying to decide between learning French or Russian.