memburg / french

my notes on the french language

Learning the French Language

Goals

• Reach an A1 level by the end of December 2023
• Reach an A2 level by the end of January 2024
• Reach a B1/B2 level by mid-2024
• Get an official French certificate by the end of 2024

Resources

Reading

I like reading so why not reading books? Here are some French books I would like to read during 2024:

• La Planète des Singe by Pierre Boulle
• Voyage au Centre de la Terre by Jules Verne
• Le Bal des Papillons by Hervé Vilard
• L'âme Seule by Hervé Vilard
• Du Lierre dans les Arbres by Hervé Vilard

Speaking

Here are some tools/resources that I use/gonna use to delve deeper into the French language, some of these are paid services but they also have a free version.

YouTube

Although French may have a strange pronunciation from the point of view of some people learning the language, there are some pretty good resources (free and paid).

I found an interesting French pronunciation playlist on YouTube from the Language Resource Center at the University of Michigan.

Pimsleur

I've used Pimsleur in the past to learn the Portuguese language, so I think this is definitely my way to go.

Busuu

I've used the Busuu app to improve my Portuguese and I'm definitely using it to learn French.