French help

[deokid]

Hi,

I'll be heading to BMOQ in January. I have plenty of free time till then, and I wanted to build on my French skills in the meantime. I know people in the CAF get access to an online platform, but since I don't actually go to BMOQ till January, I don't think I get access.

Does anyone have any actual course I can use to learn French. I know most people encourage reading in French and watching movies in French. I intend to do this as well, I'm just hoping to get a course with a bit of structure so I can continue to build a strong base in terms of grammar, vocabulary and syntax.

I live in Ontario, and the government offered courses have a waitlist extending till March. The only other structured program I found was with Alliance Francaise, but it is extremely expensive and also not intensive. I am hoping to learn French full-time till January. I just got out of university, so I am well accustomed to long study sessions and classwork.

Thank you

 

[RichardCaan]

Duolingo, watch victor talking on youtube and when in St Jean try saying small stuff in french like Merci beaucoup, salut, bonjour, comment cava, merci madame. I took a heavy interest in learning french after BMOQ as some of my instructors are french haha

 

[Winds]

I've used the CAF online platform (Allies Web) and do not recommend it.

I'll be the second to highly recommend Duolingo, along with the Duolingo podcast. I've found the app miles more effective than years of the CAF french training package. I have CBB profile and have completed about half of the French modules (Section 4) on Duolingo.

Youtube is a great resource, especially because you can slow down the speed and add subtitles.
As an intermediate learner, I enjoyed the "Inner French" and "Francais Authentique" podcasts.

I also recommend reading about the "natural method" for language acquisition.

Good luck.