I think I'm starting to achieve one of them - having signed up for french night school. I think there are three others left, but I think i've lost one for this year as I'm dubious with what I can achieve on the guitar front. Maybe that'll be one for 2006.
Re:Bien venue! C'est Bon.
lilstevey on 2005-09-30T10:02:58
I'm just getting back into it. I got a good grade in G.C.S.Es ( Age 16 exams ), but foolishly didn't keep practising, and almost all of it has slipped out of my head. I'm now studying a level equivalent to the year before the 2 year GCSE course, which is quite basic, verbs, tenses and such like.
The main thing though, is that I'm doing it, getting practise, and next time I'm over in france I should be able to get by a little easier. It's the begining of a journey.
Thank you so much for the link - I had thought of buying a paper on a regular basis, but not reading one on line ( Doh! ). Maybe after a few weeks of reading I might get my head around the cartoons.
Perhaps in a few years I will be in a position to appreciatte Wallace Stevens comment - for now, for me, there is still a great deal of work to be done.Re:Bien venue! C'est Bon.
n1vux on 2005-10-03T20:48:07
I'm just getting back into it. I got a good grade in G.C.S.Es ( Age 16 exams ), but foolishly didn't keep practising, and almost all of it has slipped out of my head. I'm now studying a level equivalent to the year before the 2 year GCSE course, which is quite basic, verbs, tenses and such like.I likewise walked away and came back much later. It's much easier the second time -- Partly because you've been there, partly because you're doing it because you want to, and you're reading what you want to read.
I am pretty much away again now
:-( , but I know that's not permanent. The main thing though, is that I'm doing it, getting practise, and next time I'm over in france I should be able to get by a little easier. It's the begining of a journey.
yes indeed.
Thank you so much for the link - I had thought of buying a paper on a regular basis, but not reading one on line ( Doh! ). Maybe after a few weeks of reading I might get my head around the cartoons.
Paper papers have the advantage you can read them on the Tube/Metro/T and other places that even laptops are annoying or awkward. I picked up a nice, old (used) patent-leather vestpocket French-English dictionary to help me read Le Monde Diplomatique on the Tube, when I was really into reading French (and getting a non-US/UK view of world politics).
Enjoy!
