need to re learn french

[JimmyDean23]

I tried Rosetta Stone and I don’t think its very good. Michel Thomas is much better. He teaches you how similar English and French are and you have to "think it out" not just memorize a bunch of words. It worked great for me however, I kind of lost the desire to learn and I haven't finished the tapes. Plus his method is free and you can listen to it on your iPod wherever you go. Its great for long flights and bus rides.

[Dark Engine]

A french lesson I found on failblog.org.

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[CWatkins]

Originally Posted by mal

I took a french class in high school. I no longer remember anything. I need to learn french in a short period of time very well.

Realistically how long will it take?

assuming I bear down.

I know it varies.

Just a range if anyone could.

It's taking me a while to learn French but I'm getting there. It's getting easier to translate random French quotes or sentences I come across so I know that I'm learning. I started last July and I still have a bit of difficulty in reading the dual language French/English books I have. About half the nights, I don't work on French because of whatever reason and when I do work on it, I probably spend only about 45 minutes to an hour each night. Typically, I work on French during the commercials of whatever show I'm watching unless there's nothing on so I just turn the TV off. I sometimes catch up a bit on the weekends but it's not enough to make up for not working on it every night. If I actually spent 60-90 minutes every night, I'm sure I'd be a lot further along than I am now.