How I Became FLUENT in FRENCH in 1 Year!
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2024
- I help motivated French learners achieve their FRENCH SUCCESS.
No boring classroom grammar learning.
No gimmicky phone apps that don't work.
Just a proven method to learning French.
I self-learnt French to fluency in 1 Year. Why can't you too...?
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Rory 🤝
In this video (my 1st on UA-cam), I explain how I became FLUENT in FRENCH in 1 year, after having failed to learn a 2nd language through traditional classroom teaching methods.
I explain the 2 pillars for my success with French: (1) phrases & (2) commitment.
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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - My name's Rory...
1:16 - PHRASES
4:50 - Time COMMITMENT
8:18 - Social/Emotional COMMITMENT
9:49 - Financial COMMITMENT
13:42 - Book a 1-on-1 Call with Me
15:10 - Outro
I love how direct you are - you nailed it. Language learning is not flashy (until you reach a level where you can have fun and show off). It’s gritty and you do truly have to sacrifice for it. Great video!
Absolutely Liza! Direct is my style. Doesn't waste time & cuts the useless info no one really cares about. Glad you enjoyed the video 👊
Bonjour ! Spot on! I agree with you! I started my French journey almost 5 years ago and it's been awesome.
Salut mec ! Great to hear mate. Completely agree. Me personally, I have changed heaps since I learned French. My world has opened up like I never thought it would when I first got started. Thanks for the comment - your channel seems awesome mate :)
I am very impressed with your honesty . Your video is the best so far. Thank you
glad it was helpful Vikas - thank you for your comment ☺Are you trying to learn French at the moment?
Leaving this here for the algo. Great, no-nonsense approach and delivery style
thank you mate. good karma coming your way. much appreciated 🤝
Such an articulate explanation of how to efficiently learn French! I had done the same type of immersion with Spanish for over a year now and reaped similar results. You begin to realize that as you continue to study, listen, read, and speak, that learning a language is a way of life, not a 30 day challenge. I hope to become fluent in French over the next few years as well (with consistency of course). Thanks for the motivating video mate!
glad to hear you had a similar success with Spanish Ivan! I think most language tutors over-complicate learning. It really isn't THAT difficult. Of course there are days where you don't want to study. But, if you have a clear, plan to learning paired with commitment it really is impossible not to succeed👌
Thank you really helpful. I have been reading a book learn French in 4 months for the past 3 years. Your video was helpful and I look forward to watching more.
Good to hear Eve! How is your study currently going? Anything troubling you at the moment?
Leave books alone stick to podcasts with transcripts
that is true, thank you so much for making the video
no worries Lasi. I am glad you found it useful!!
I am French and a French and English teacher. This is video is the truth. At last, one YouTubber is saying it. 👍
Let me tell you a little story. I am what is called a gifted person. I was good enough with English to study it at a university in France. There, I was taught accents and phonetics. At some point, I lived in the USA. Even with all the edges I had, for the first month, my brain was like a stone. And then, one morning, it happened. Everything was coming to me; I was at ease with English. But again, I had to learn at university and live in an English-speaking country. Now that I live in France again for twenty years, I try to maintain my level of English by watching movies in English, reading in English and talking with my learners. Still, I can tell I have lost a bit of my fluency. I would be the case with any human being. Gifted or not. So, it is difficult for me to believe anyone to be fluent in one year, but again, as good and truthful as this video is, it is on UA-cam. But do not get me wrong, dear Rory, I am sure you are perfectly able to chat with me.🗣🇫🇷
I am learning Japanese now. It is painful. You will suffer a bit when learning a language. And with Japanese, the phrase trick is not enough because they do not use the same alphabet as us Westerners. So one will need to learn how to read Japanese first.
In the video, the only thing I disagree with (which is kind of a miracle 😅😉) is the financial commitment. With so many free contents on the internet or even in libraries, you do not really need money and only a little of it.
The biggest praise I can give to this video is what is said at 12:13: You will get better when learning seriously, but it won't be a straight line. You will face frustration. That is why, again, this video is so good. So if I had to give only one piece of advice to anyone wanting to learn a language, it would be this: meditate on your desire and look at it directly, truthfully, honestly and earnestly. Picture yourself doing it. What will you need to do? Time commitment needed? Are you REALLY interested in the matter at hand? Is it love or just a fling?
Good luck to all. And, like the Japanese would say: 頑張ってください 👍✨
Amazing comment Joey. Love your points in here. I experienced the same thing, one day the language you are learning will just "click" like magic, if you learn the right way. Check some of my recent videos that are titled "(in FR)", you can rate my French level out of 10! 😂 I believe that a financial commitment increases the chances that someone succeeds in learning a language. Yes, there are superb free resources that's for sure. But, our brains value things we pay for more than things we get for free - for me at least ☺Finally, knowing if you are REALLY interested in learning the language is very important. Great point from yourself. Awesome e-meeting you here Joey! Watch my UA-cam video where I speak in French, I want you to grade me!! 😂🤝 Thanks, Rory
@FrenchWizzard Alright! You 've convinced me. I will. I like the fact you are taking such risks For the financial aspect of thing, in the end I do agree with you. It is just a question of knowing who you work, for yourself. What I mean is, like you said: do you value more things and are working at it more if you pay for it ? 💰A lot o people do, including firends of mine. I do not. Money is a simple mean to me. When this mean is objectively unnecessay, I could not care less.
@@joeyfiuza good points man. It's very important to use our money wisely. But, at the same time actually USE it for SOMETHING. Many people die with millions in the bank, we can't take money to the grave !
@@FrenchWizzard wel wurk rory, sykalajikly wel-reezind wiyz man! tOO harsh that skoowilz sdil r teeching thu dum-num-verdikil wal uv no limitz weyz
@@rezagrans1296 appreciate the support my friend ! school teaching definitely does NOT work - all of my friends failed at school. it doesn't mean we can't succeed once school is over though !! 😁❤
thank you! you make me commit to learning french🙏🏼
excellent. if you need any help, you can DM me on Instagram. I may be able to assist you on your journey ☺✅
Very impressive!
Thank you :)
Your honest words put fire into me ❤❤
good to hear brother. what part of the video did you like?
You're a cool dude, man. And you're totally right. I'm a dutch guy, learning brazilian portuguese and you have to really want it and show up every day to make progress. And what you said about the brain recognizing when something is important was spot on.
thank you for your comment brother. means a lot to me. I like to think of learning a language like a "snowball effect". if you do good things everyday for 30,60,90 minutes, over 3 months, 6 months, 12 months anyone will eventually succeed. at a certain point, the snowball speeds up and FLYS down the hill. best of luck with your Portuguese learning!
@@FrenchWizzard Yeah, consistency pays off in the end. Thanks, mate
Honestly these are amazing teps and pretty straight forward. 🎉
Good to hear you found the tips useful. Are you currently trying to learn French? 🇫🇷
@@FrenchWizzard
I want to learn but my problem at pronounciation and also it's difficult to find films or tv shows are subtitled in english .
So I'm thinking maybe learning Spanish is better Can you help me at these options?
@@seifalshoyhdy7885 firstly, you need to decide if you really want to learn FRENCH, or just want to learn ANY language for fun. you need to know the exact reason you have for wanting to learn French. If you don't know this, I guarantee you will fail just like 99% of people who try to learn French without a clear goal.
Once you have sat down and decided if you really want to learn French, if the answer is "yes", now you need a clear learning plan. I see you are having trouble finding TV Shows or Movies subtitled in English. It sounds like you are a Beginner trying to progress to Intermediate. In order to do this, I would not watch TV/Movies, since their level is too high.
There are other resources I would recommend you use instead, but I would need to better understand your goals to make sure I am giving you good advice.
Does what I'm saying there make sense?
Thanks, I'm learning french for around 1 month and I'm developing a lot. I like the fact that you do not beat around the bush in your speak. Keep it going bro. Greetings from Brazil.
thank you for commenting brother - just checked out your channel, looks great! What are your goals with French...?
@@FrenchWizzard I want to visit Québec someday. And french is a language that I've always wanted to learn.
Also, I love learning languages in general. I would say that learning just for learning is the main point for me.
@@Wolfgam awesome stuff - how many languages do you currently speak? Are you a polyglot...? 😁
@@FrenchWizzard I'm almost a polyglot. I already know 3, and I'm learning the 4th (french).
These 3 languages I can speak fluently, and by fluently I'm not saying that I speak fast or something like that. But I can handle a conversation with no problem.
1. Portuguese (mother tongue)
2. English
3. Libras (Brazilian Sign Language)
And yeah, I work as a sign language interpreter. I'm a translator/interpreter.
@@FrenchWizzard now please, tell me about you. There is more languages that you speak besides french and english?
Great pep talk 😅
aye aye captain 🫡
Wish it was 30 mins a day. It’s at least 4 hours for last three years for me
wow really? if you have been learning French for 4 hours everyday for 3 years and you have not progressed, that is no good. how have you been trying to learn?
The issues are conditioning the person to learn, developing the discipline for commitment, relevancy, and retaining information for long term recall. If I learn something today, can I recall it to use 6 months from now? But immediately, learning a thing needs reinforcement for long term recall. A good video that's food for thought, and I am also learning french. Now fluency is what level are we talking about? A1 level in 1 year or c2 level in 1 year. Phrases, commitment, social/emotional commitment, and watch the financial folks, somebody is always trying to get into the wallet. I agree on 1 thing. Grammer is a killer for beginners. Go easy with that. Grammer is a dirty word!
Thanks for commenting man.
Fluency is definitely not A1 - that is a beginner level. C1/C2 is fluency. It's where you can speak on almost any subject as good as you can with your native language, English. C1/C2 fluency can be learned by anyone in 1 year, if they apply the right learning method.
Time commitment, emotional commitment and financial commitment are all equally important to succeeding. My view on money is very simple. Money is there to be used to: get the things that we want. This could be, a new car, security from uncertainty or to learn something new. From my experience, when I pay to learn something I take it more seriously and therefore have a higher chance of success.
Learning grammar is "taking the long way" to learning French. Our brains are not designed to learn grammar 1st. Our brains need conversations, stories and phrases translated between English and French to learn. It's what I focus on with my students.
Appreciate you commenting!
How is your French study going? You progressing well?
French Wizard, thank you for your reply. Everyone has a different way of achieving their goals. Learning a new language is not fast. French is another world, people should approach it that way. It certainly can be very intimidating. I'll be commenting further as time goes on. Thank you for the videos. Please keep making them.
@@A13JMC absolutely. French can be scary for people learning their 1st foreign language. It's exactly why having a clear path to success is so important.
I will be continuing my videos - glad you enjoy them!
Thanks for the vid mate! Could you post a vid or refer me to one of you speaking in French?
Hey Jay, sure. Good timing on the comment! My 2 most recent videos are in French. The most recent one has English subtitles you can turn on also (see the comments for instruction). 😃
Great:))
I don't know why I'm watching this if I'm french
hahahahaha I don't know either! you need to tell me why... 🤣
got any suggestions for sources to study phrases? thanks for the video, very helpful
Assimil French with Ease, link below. The exact book I used to go from Beginner to Intermediate in 3-4 months. This is the go-to Beginner Resource I help my Students use when they first start off with me.
www.assimil.com/en/with-ease/1670-french-9782700571233.html
Growing pains? I can't tell if that was a joke because of the straight face with which it was said
a joke & the reality! through suffering one grows
I agree that Phrases are best to learn. Grammar, you learn passively along the way. I wouldnt knock apps like duolingo down entirely, but i would say to definitely use other methods along side the apps and write down what you learn from the apps (on top of speaking the phrases out loud). Just doing a lesson or two in duolingo isnt going to teach you a thing. Its been a decent help in my journey so far, but thats only when i started to learn how to properly study with it.
Duolingo is only a short-term method. No one has ever gone from Beginner to Intermediate by using ONLY Duolingo... they always make real progress when they start doing other better things. I agree with you. How is your French going? You're progressing well?
@@FrenchWizzard i agree. I fell for the notion before that I could properly progress using mostly Duolingo when I tried to learn Latin (which is the WORST language to approach following that mindset lol).
With French, I did better but that’s because of the many other auxiliary methods of learning, and the presence of native speakers (unlike Latin of course).
I don’t knock Duolingo because it has substantially contributed to my learning French, but I also play games and switch the language to French, I try to read French books, I go to French voice chat rooms to listen and gain some comprehension.
Duolingo gets a bad wrap because of how people approach it as the best or even main way to learn. Those people then walk away defeated because they can’t remember what they learn. I only blame Duolingo insofar as it presents itself as a viable way, on its own, to learn a language, when it isn’t. Otherwise, its lessons are nice, if not slow paced at times.
As for my French, it’s getting there. I started over three months ago and I can read well enough, but have trouble comprehending it through listening. I’m always writing down what I learn, the grammatical concepts come fairly easily the more phrases I learn.
@@Djhuty good to hear you are progressing. getting from Beginner to Intermediate is the hardest part. I know it's what my Students need my most help on. Where do you think your French level will be in 3 months time? Because I want you to hit a strong Intermediate level by then. Otherwise, you are not progressing to your full potential Brother.
I’m learning French at school but I really want to become fluent do you have any resource recommendations like workbooks or audiobooks?
hey Heidi, I used a textbook called Assimil French with Ease (www.assimil.com/en/with-ease/1670-french-9782700571233.html) for my first 3 months of study. It takes you from a real beginner level all the way through to an intermediate level. I found that using this book was the best way I could increase my reading & listening from a 0 level. Once I used this book for 3 months, I only then moved out onto UA-cam videos & audiobooks after I had built up my level with the Assimil text. Let me know if you have any other questions - I may be able to help you more. Rory :)
Great video! What did you do most while studying? Reading, studying Assimil, or verbal conversations? Im asking because I’m on day 39 of learning Spanish by reading everyday. The first 30 days I read for one hour and now I’m readying for 2 hours a day. I do an Italki lesson every week to show my followers my progress. I am making amazing progress but have not done any real studying or memorising.
thanks for the comment Joseph! for the 1st 3 months I used only Assimil - listening and reading French. After I complete the book, I then moved onto UA-cam and Netflix. I found videos that were perfect for my level and turned the FR subtitles on.
@@FrenchWizzard hell yeah! Was there a point where your progress improved massively (maybe month 3 or 6) or was it more of a linear progression?
@@josephstarbuck1421 after about 6 months, I became very comfortable with French - I had a strong "base level". From there, I could really start to notice my brain pick things up much faster!
@@josephstarbuck1421 I've DM'd you on Insta also mate. I've just started my page over there :)
Phrases or vocab? Do you mean every day phrases where you can source in an afternoon. Vocab being list of words. Thanks
Good question. Phrases = conversations or stories. Vocab = boring vocabulary lists. When you learn French with phrases, it becomes enjoyable since the language is REAL and EXCITING. The complete opposite to a dry vocab list where words have no interesting context behind them... 😁
@@FrenchWizzard great. I'm learning Polish at the mo.
@@wild4fp awesome. why did you decide to learn Polish? 🤔
there's an anki deck based on the assimil books, should I use those?
interesting, just had a look. does it come with French Audio?
@@FrenchWizzard yes
@@Bruh-cg2fk then it looks good. if you get the full 113 chapters, along with the notes to each chapter, it is about the same :)
Bro have you used pimsleur and do you recommend
have not used it. I do know it though. It is not bad at all. If you used that everyday for a few months you will build a good beginner level. I personally used Assimil French with Ease. From month 0 to 6.
From personal experience, you won’t necessarily learn much with Pimsleur but it’s indispensable for accent and speaking fluency because you’ll be repeating words and phrases broken down into sounds gazillions of times. And then you have all of the basic phrases on complete autopilot and very well pronounced which builds a ton of confidence when you start talking in your target language
@@Limemill any suggestions of resources
@@TOBZ333Eh, my approach is a bit the inverse of what's popular these days. Nowadays, most people try to refrain from speaking for a long time and just immerse in native material without much explicit study: you have graded readers to get to B1 or so and after that you can sort of watch shows of increasing difficulty. And then one day you'll start speaking.
For me, I do the inverse: I drill the accent first via Pimsleur, singing songs and shadowing. Then I have enough basic phrases and a really good accent to get going, after which I switch to real-life material (never bothered with graded readers) and speaking as much as I can to people. In my experience, what works best is when you're in the foreign country where people speak your target language; you have your accent and intonations on autopilot; you build your vocab in real life by facing everyday situations. Say, I need to replace a shower head. I then Google and compile a list of words and phrases I'll need (several dozen, most likely), go to a hardware store and pester a shop assistance. This way this vocab sticks with you forever without any need for spaced repetition.
Assimil is great too :)
@@TOBZ333 there's a new resource called "lingopie". You can watch Netflix with FR subtitles, that have quick translations to English.
How many hours per day on average?
30 min - 1 hour on average Jenny. Quality over quantity. Some days even 10-20 min is fine, as long as the average is there 😄
Share your source where you learn phrases etc
Assimil French with Ease textbook. It's the beginner textbook I like the most. You can also use UA-cam, but this works better once you are an Intermediate (since it is much harder to understand when you are just a beginner).
@@FrenchWizzard thanks for telling
@@freesias1997 no problem. best of luck learning French. I'm happy to help if you have questions.
How do you practice your speaking?
Reading out loud. I take a book that is at my level. I listen to the audio while reading and then I will stop the audio and read out loud. It works well since my brain knows exactly how to pronounce the phrases properly because I listened to it right before.
@@FrenchWizzard Thank you for the reply. So, it means you read an audio book?
@@ellymeikle5906 nah the book I used is called "Assimil French with Ease". It has French conversations that you read with the audio they give you. It's the only resource I used in my first 3-4 months. It's what I teach my students how to use.
@@FrenchWizzard it looks a very good book. I studied French at the university for 2 years, now I study by myself, I listen to podcasts, watch series on UA-cam and took some online classes such as listening comprehension and pronunciation. I am impressed that you studied on your own until you fluent in French. Bravo!
@@ellymeikle5906 thank you for taking the time to comment! how are your studies going? are you levelling up your French towards your goals? ☺
This is an Astralian accent, I guess.
hahaha yep, good guess!
Spend 5-10k dollars for language 😂 u spend time attention and energy already, it’s free men, tones of content everywhere, whacha talking about
I'm from Australia. Many people take 2-3 year University courses to learn French. I know there are similar courses in the UK, USA & Europe. They teach you grammar in a boring classroom, force you to memorise some sentences to pass the exam, and then they make you pay to go on an overseas trip to France in order to "immerse" you. That's what I am referring to. Oh and by the way, these courses are usually not $5 or $10k. They are $60k or more. University of Melbourne charges $123k for their "Bachelor of Arts" where you study French for 3 years (see link at the bottom).
So, I agree with you, people should not be paying $5-10k to learn a language. However, many do and it's a shame. They can learn a language by themselves for free if they know how to. Or if they don't know how and need help doing so, someone like myself may be able to assist them depending on their goals and commitment.
Appreciate your comment brother 👊
study.unimelb.edu.au/how-to-apply/undergraduate-study/international-applications/fees-and-payments/indicative-course-fees
@@FrenchWizzard yeah bro, that’s fkn rip off, but I live in Belarus, near Russia, and 5-10k it’s year salary here, u can imagine, how funny sounds that for us, for 60k u can buy 2 bedroom apartments hehe
@@RealRussianAndrew 100% man. I've got a friend from Minsk and she agrees with you. Things are sooo expensive in US, Canada, UK. It's crazy. Especially Universities and Colleges. $20k a year minimum for lots of these schools to learn things you can easily learn alone just you said!
Do you like living in Belarus man? Do you plan on moving to any other European countries?