All your advice is so true. The biggest thing I have found is to NOT sign up to lots of website/youtube learning platforms. Choose one, like Dylane (of course) and stick with just that one ONLY. It is very overwhelming receiving heaps of emails alerting you of new videos etc.
I sign up for multiple because I can’t learn a language solely from one source. So I use Duolingo, books, iTalki, music, tv shows/movies, podcasts, and UA-cam vlogs/grammar videos. I learn the fastest when I diversify. I use a textbook for structure on what I should learn next and then make my study plans.
The reason I want to learn French by myself is flexibility and timing. I want to take online class, but my busy life doesn't permit me so I choose to learn on my own term.
So sorry for the late upload 😅 Something things just aren't working. All the links I talk about in the video are in the description post. Have fun learning 🤩
Bonjour aujourd'hui..its my first day to decide to learn French..i have started with few words..Now i have searched for any UA-cam channel to learn..i found you..& immediately subscribe after reading all positive comments..I hope by God's grace i will learn it by myself.. I can't spend money for learning.. Thank you so much.. Everyone wish me good luck 🤞🏻😊
I have studied 11 languages along the way of learning for my B.A., my M.A. and my PhD. All but 2 are for translation purposes. I wish my professors were more like you. I would/could have learned so much more.
I learned a lot by your french grammar playlist. It was very difficult to find french grammar resources in a structured way. My french grammar improved a LOT by the end of the course. Thank you very much.
Great advice, Dylane. I would add that your books have helped me so much over the past couple of years, I think I have them all now! Thanks for all you do 🙏
This is a great video. You really understand how the mind works when it comes to learning languages. I learned Spanish and Italian by talking to myself and listening to others. When I watch your videos, I see that you are making an enormous effort to teach French. You are a Superb teacher. I shouldn't take your generosity in publishing French videos for granted, so I sent you a small donation.
I was looking for some advice on how to start learning French by myself and I just found out your channel. I'm astonished seeing many free and great content that you've made, thank you for that!!
its my first week in my French journey, Im in the Philippines (a complete beginner 😅) and i came across your video and I am your new follower , thank you so much- I will surely watch all of your videos- I am eager in learning French 100% sure. ❤
O my god, I'm watching her video for the first time..... I'm in love with her, she is such an amazing educator. May god bless you. The best service is to spread knowledge, i appreciate all your hard work and i wish you all the very best. ❤️❤️❤️
All courses are like 500 dollars which is a pretty big amount in india im very thankful for you for providing free lessons that will help me to get fluency in language🤩❤ 🤩❤❤🤩❤
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane we really appreciate what you do for us as learners. For me, listening is the most difficult part when it comes to learning French. I hope one day i could listen to a podcast in french and understand 80% of it.
The speaking to yourself method is amazing. I learned turkish by myself . I was watching turkish series every night for 3 months and as well the grammar on UA-cam and after 3 months i was able to understand everything and started to speak slowly and for practicing speaking, i always speak to myself and now i have some turkish friends they tell me that how can you speak so well turkish without going to school?😊 Now i learn french and I'm using the same method and i hope one day i can speak it very well.
Ma'am, I sing-along French Songs and speak the same dialogue spoken in the movie out loud or as in French Tv Series. I learn a lot faster with sing-along songs. Neither English nor French is my first language. You made the French easiest to learn. Thank you so much for all the work you are doing for us. Thank You Ma'am.
Bonjour Dylane! In my humble opinion, you can improve your English pronunciation significantly by learning the dark L. In English, the letter L at the end of a word is pronounced very differently from the letter L at the beginning of a word. That’s called the difference between dark L and light L. To pronounce the dark L, one raises the back of the tongue, as if pronouncing ‘ou’. There are some tutorials on youtube about how to pronounce the dark L.😊😊😊
Thank you Dylane! I just recently picked up the interest of having french as my second foreign language and i have found sincerely your videos very helpful. I can't thank you enough. I am barely a month but i have great expectations Dylane! Merci infiniment et merci mille fois ❤❤❤
I was going to post this just as a reply but it turned into a new comment. I chose Dylane at first because she teaches in English, her videos were easy to follow even for a complete beginner, and her workbooks are excellent. I did try others but found that most tried to teach in French, did not have a comprehensive total "plan", or were aimed at intermediate level students. Her speaking practise videos are exceptional, as are the pronunciation series. I also find dictation exercises very useful to improve listening skill. It helps to have to write, not just listen. I think "Learn To French" has the best of these. Learning numbers is a special case....the only way seems to be just practise, practise, practise. Again, writing is more effective than just listen and forget. There are lots of "dictèe nombres" videos available. I don't agree entirely with Dylane in saying that a beginner should start with pronunciation. I think the first step is to try to get a basic understanding of grammar to be able to make some sense of the words you are learning. For this I used Dylane's grammar course. I didn't try any others to check if it is the "best" but I think it is very very good. And I am finding Google translate to be very useful. I may not be the "best" (see my other comment), but it is free, readily available. I set my tablet up split screen so that the text I am working from is on one screen and the reading of my fumbling pronunciation shows up on the other. Work from a text that also has a speech example, then pause and repeat until Google translate can understand the words. (Update) I tried installing immersion translate because the app info said it could access chatgpt but (1) apparent that was misinformation and (2) I could not get it to actually work on my android tablet. It just kept looping trying to install a browser plugin. I also had a look at chatgpt but the "free trial" is only for three days and it is not free. The money would be better spent on another of Dylane's workbooks.
I am so glad my lessons work for you 🤩 Thank you so much for your comment. When I learned English by myself, learning from people who spoke English was too hard, so this is why I teach in English. Not everyone like it but I am ok with that :)
Merci Madame - you are always so encouraging and empathetic to the journey of your students - this sure was a clear line up of your suggestions for learning.
bonjour !! im glad that i watched this video, im trying to learn french along with german to become a language teacher and these tips would somehow give me a good start !! wishing goodluck for everyone❤❤❤
Thanks Dylan. I am learning French and I have not been able to progress to this stage with God's blessing and your help🙃 And the thing I want to mention is that:😇 that my father always advised me to learn French with you😌 and I think that was the best advice for learning French🤩 I rarely comment on videos😎 But every time I see your lesson...I can't stop😉 and again and again thank you😊 Thanks a lot Merci beaucoup😘 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Took me a long time to figure out how I like to learn and what kind of content I like. Hint: just doubling down on Duolingo isn't enough. Schedule a video lesson with a teacher/tutor to give you an idea of what it takes to learn how to talk and understand what people say, that'll orient your studying
hi this my new attempt learning french i have been studying this language from primary school but the teacher was so bad but now i have bac next year and i need to learn it again i know some words but not evreything i hope that i will be fluent in fr wish me luck
Salut Dylane, wonderful advice as always. At 2:53 when you say you have a "photographic memory" I'm wondering if you really mean that you are a visual learner. That is, writing things down, making little drawings and charts helps to cement things in your memory. A "photographic memory" means you can look at the text of a book once, take a perfect snap-shot in your mind, and then be able to recall everything perfectly word for word and images too. It would be rare and amazing if you do have such a memory, but then again you are a pretty amazing person.👍
I know the difference between the 2 Martin ;) I don't need to take notes for things I am interested in, but for the rest, it's another story! Also, I have a very short attention span so that never helped. But I know the difference yes :)
Hi Dylan my sister awesome job 👍 and amazing job God bless you you are great thank you so much 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 💖 i miss to see your video more and more because you are kind amazing and great 👍 with my love your brother atallah from Jordan
Hello ~ I am eager to begin this course and I especially LOVE the checklist you created in the study guide so I can systematically work on the lessons. But, I see that there are a variety of OTHER videos such as "50 Sentences Slow and Normal". Do you have a checklist you can give me for the OTHER videos so I can catch up on them in a recommended order ? Many thanks for the work you have done to help those like me !
I learn from others You could say is shadowing. I have learned English in England working with English people. I had basic knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from school. But I couldn't communicate or understand full sentences.
Hello Dylane, I started learning because my 4.5 years old has to learn as second language in school. He is studying with his teacher… his teacher start with songs and some pictures showing him asking him to memorise… can u suggest me how can i make him to improve better….
Hello Dylane I am wondering why no one ever mentions taking advantage of Google translate when they are suggesting resources for helping to learn french? I realize it might be a problem if one relies on it instead of actually learning to work independently but I am finding it to be very useful for testing my progress......for instance, your "French Speaking Practice" videos are very good but because they are just a video, there is no way of checking to see if my pronunciation is adequate. However, if I speak into Google translate using the "Transcribe" mode, it will instantly write what it thinks I have said. I can then then try again until I get it correct. When trying to write something original, I can compose it in french, copy it into Google translate, and it will show me where what I have tried to write is actually coming out as nonsense.
Google Translate is not actually that great at translating, especially long sentences. Chat GPT is much better and on top of that you can ask it why the structure of the sentence is this way.
I've been listening to TikTok lives and I hear "schkuzz" constantly. I know it is slang like schwee" (Je suis -I am) but what does it -schkuzz" mean? Thank you.
I know its a year later but in case anyone sees this and cane help me, awesome. I am a leanree who needs to know the history and what im working towards. The full picture. I (especially with language) need to understand why something is the way it is so i can recognize patterns. How to i construct my leanring around that when i dont know where to find the definitions of french words and why they are used to describe or be that thing they are or are describing?
Hi dylane, Is the pronunciation of 'ai' the same as 'e accent grave'? I though it was a little different with the bottom lip moving forward with the pronunciation of ai, but i cant really hear that in words like 'fait' or 'jamais'. I see different videos where teachers explain it differently.
Dylane, une question s'il vous plaît. You mentioned knitting, I enjoy also. Can you recommend a Knitting podcast spoken in French? I can only find one on UA-cam. What is better - to learn French from a French native or from a person whose first language is English?
All your advice is so true. The biggest thing I have found is to NOT sign up to lots of website/youtube learning platforms. Choose one, like Dylane (of course) and stick with just that one ONLY. It is very overwhelming receiving heaps of emails alerting you of new videos etc.
That is true Wendy. There are so many platforms now that it's hard to stay focused. Thank you for choosing me 🥰
I sign up for multiple because I can’t learn a language solely from one source. So I use Duolingo, books, iTalki, music, tv shows/movies, podcasts, and UA-cam vlogs/grammar videos. I learn the fastest when I diversify. I use a textbook for structure on what I should learn next and then make my study plans.
The reason I want to learn French by myself is flexibility and timing. I want to take online class, but my busy life doesn't permit me so I choose to learn on my own term.
That's a very good point! Life can get really busy sometimes!
That’s so great that you are taking the initiative! Bonne chance!
So sorry for the late upload 😅 Something things just aren't working.
All the links I talk about in the video are in the description post.
Have fun learning 🤩
Bonjour aujourd'hui..its my first day to decide to learn French..i have started with few words..Now i have searched for any UA-cam channel to learn..i found you..& immediately subscribe after reading all positive comments..I hope by God's grace i will learn it by myself.. I can't spend money for learning..
Thank you so much..
Everyone wish me good luck 🤞🏻😊
I have studied 11 languages along the way of learning for my B.A., my M.A. and my PhD. All but 2 are for translation purposes. I wish my professors were more like you. I would/could have learned so much more.
Oh wow! 11 languages is incredible! I am very impressed Leslie :)
I take off my hat, Lesly. As a personality you are somewhere between "persistent" and "stubborn". In positive meaning of the second word.
Eish you are more than the word intelligent
I learned a lot by your french grammar playlist. It was very difficult to find french grammar resources in a structured way. My french grammar improved a LOT by the end of the course. Thank you very much.
I am so happy to hear this Naveen. Good job on finishing it 🤩
Suddenly search for learning French for beginners, UA-cam has suggested you. Love from Bangladesh
That's awesome, I hope you enjoy the video :)
You are my power in French
Great advice, Dylane. I would add that your books have helped me so much over the past couple of years, I think I have them all now! Thanks for all you do 🙏
Kurt I shared your comment on my Instagram story yesterday. Thank you so much 🥰
This is a great video. You really understand how the mind works when it comes to learning languages. I learned Spanish and Italian by talking to myself and listening to others. When I watch your videos, I see that you are making an enormous effort to teach French. You are a Superb teacher.
I shouldn't take your generosity in publishing French videos for granted, so I sent you a small donation.
Thank you so much for supporting my work 😍 I am so glad you enjoy my French lessons 😍
You are the cherry of the French language Thanks Dylane.🌷
That is so sweet, thank you 🥰
I was looking for some advice on how to start learning French by myself and I just found out your channel. I'm astonished seeing many free and great content that you've made, thank you for that!!
Rodrigo I am so happy that you found my channel! I answer comments every day so let me know if you have a question :)
Starting with good pronunciation is what helped me the most.
Yes 😍 Kimberly you will want to watch next week's video :)
Bonjour Dylane j’apprends le français depuis dix ans tout seul. Tes conseils sont bons😊
Merci beaucoup Denise 🥰
its my first week in my French journey, Im in the Philippines (a complete beginner 😅) and i came across your video and I am your new follower , thank you so much- I will surely watch all of your videos-
I am eager in learning French 100% sure. ❤
You’ve got this!
Welcome to my channel 🤩 Keep me updated fo your progress :)
O my god, I'm watching her video for the first time..... I'm in love with her, she is such an amazing educator. May god bless you.
The best service is to spread knowledge, i appreciate all your hard work and i wish you all the very best. ❤️❤️❤️
You are too kind ☺️❤️
The most talented and clever teacher i have ever seen
Thank you 🤩
All courses are like 500 dollars which is a pretty big amount in india im very thankful for you for providing free lessons that will help me to get fluency in language🤩❤ 🤩❤❤🤩❤
Anytime :)
You are very respectful person.
Trying my best ;)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane we really appreciate what you do for us as learners. For me, listening is the most difficult part when it comes to learning French. I hope one day i could listen to a podcast in french and understand 80% of it.
The speaking to yourself method is amazing. I learned turkish by myself . I was watching turkish series every night for 3 months and as well the grammar on UA-cam and after 3 months i was able to understand everything and started to speak slowly and for practicing speaking, i always speak to myself and now i have some turkish friends they tell me that how can you speak so well turkish without going to school?😊 Now i learn french and I'm using the same method and i hope one day i can speak it very well.
That's amazing 🤩
Hello Dylane,
I think you're brillant and very level-headed person.
Thanks a lot for all your advice.
👍🤗👌
Merci Miguel 🥰
I think so
"Speak to yourself"
Je suis d'accord avec toi
Not many people do this, and it's free :D
Ma'am, I sing-along French Songs and speak the same dialogue spoken in the movie out loud or as in French Tv Series. I learn a lot faster with sing-along songs. Neither English nor French is my first language. You made the French easiest to learn. Thank you so much for all the work you are doing for us. Thank You Ma'am.
That's a great way to learn! Keep going 👏
Bonjour Dylane! In my humble opinion, you can improve your English pronunciation significantly by learning the dark L. In English, the letter L at the end of a word is pronounced very differently from the letter L at the beginning of a word. That’s called the difference between dark L and light L. To pronounce the dark L, one raises the back of the tongue, as if pronouncing ‘ou’. There are some tutorials on youtube about how to pronounce the dark L.😊😊😊
Will try ;)
Merci Dylane! I have been following you for quite some time and I make sure to purchase your books or Patreon! You have truly been a great teacher.
Ashli thank you so much 🥰 I love reading your comments. And thank you so much for always supporting my work 🥰
Thank you Dylane! I just recently picked up the interest of having french as my second foreign language and i have found sincerely your videos very helpful. I can't thank you enough. I am barely a month but i have great expectations Dylane! Merci infiniment et merci mille fois ❤❤❤
Thank you so much for choosing my videos 😍 I am so glad they help you!
I love your channel! I'm learning from Chile to go as an exchange student to France. You seem like such a warm and sweet person.🇨🇱🇫🇷
That is such an exciting adventure. I hope you will have a lot to fun 🥰
Merci Dylane! J’apprécie beaucoup vos vidéos. Merci pour m’encourager :) bonne journée 🙂🙂🙂
Merci à toi :)
That's a fantastic guidelines for learning French. Thanks madame Dylan
Merci Karib 🤩
Merci mille fois, Dylane
Merci à toi :)
I've been doing very well with my learning and you are so rigth!Excellent!👍🔥 Great job! Thank you!
My pleasure :)
Your advice is very helpful. Merci beaucoup et bon journée 😊
Merci, bonne journée à toi aussi :)
Mille mercis Dylane! 🌼💛 Great tips to remember.
Merci Kesia 🤩
I was going to post this just as a reply but it turned into a new comment.
I chose Dylane at first because she teaches in English, her videos were easy to follow even for a complete beginner, and her workbooks are excellent. I did try others but found that most tried to teach in French, did not have a comprehensive total "plan", or were aimed at intermediate level students. Her speaking practise videos are exceptional, as are the pronunciation series.
I also find dictation exercises very useful to improve listening skill. It helps to have to write, not just listen. I think "Learn To French" has the best of these.
Learning numbers is a special case....the only way seems to be just practise, practise, practise. Again, writing is more effective than just listen and forget. There are lots of "dictèe nombres" videos available.
I don't agree entirely with Dylane in saying that a beginner should start with pronunciation. I think the first step is to try to get a basic understanding of grammar to be able to make some sense of the words you are learning. For this I used Dylane's grammar course. I didn't try any others to check if it is the "best" but I think it is very very good.
And I am finding Google translate to be very useful. I may not be the "best" (see my other comment), but it is free, readily available. I set my tablet up split screen so that the text I am working from is on one screen and the reading of my fumbling pronunciation shows up on the other. Work from a text that also has a speech example, then pause and repeat until Google translate can understand the words.
(Update) I tried installing immersion translate because the app info said it could access chatgpt but (1) apparent that was misinformation and (2) I could not get it to actually work on my android tablet. It just kept looping trying to install a browser plugin. I also had a look at chatgpt but the "free trial" is only for three days and it is not free. The money would be better spent on another of Dylane's workbooks.
I am so glad my lessons work for you 🤩 Thank you so much for your comment.
When I learned English by myself, learning from people who spoke English was too hard, so this is why I teach in English. Not everyone like it but I am ok with that :)
I literally love you,you are helping me so much😭my french improved alot and im so thankful,i wish you the best ma'am🙏💖
You're so welcome!
The Goddess of French🙏🏻🙏🏻
Stop it ☺️
Merci Madame - you are always so encouraging and empathetic to the journey of your students - this sure was a clear line up of your suggestions for learning.
Merci Peter ☺️
Merci beaucoup, Dylane !
Merci à toi :)
bonjour !! im glad that i watched this video, im trying to learn french along with german to become a language teacher and these tips would somehow give me a good start !! wishing goodluck for everyone❤❤❤
You can do it!
Hello Dylane, thanks for your great advise. Today I just start French my 3rd foreign languages✨✨🥳
Thankyou ma'am,you are really a great teacher
It's my pleasure
Merci Dylan
Merci à toi :)
Parlez-vous à vous-même, excellent conseil!
Et c'est gratuit :D
Thanks a lot for your advice Dylan, it's really helpful for me as a beginner in French 🙏
Pas de quoi :)
Yes , you are absolutely right , thank you for all your videos , this is very helpful work from you, merci bcp
My pleasure 🥰
Thanks for the tips and recommendations
Great advice thanks a lot
Thanks Dylan. I am learning French and I have not been able to progress to this stage with God's blessing and your help🙃
And the thing I want to mention is that:😇
that my father always advised me to learn French with you😌
and I think that was the best advice for learning French🤩
I rarely comment on videos😎
But every time I see your lesson...I can't stop😉
and again and again thank you😊
Thanks a lot Merci beaucoup😘
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I love reading your comments Nesar. You work so hard watching all those videos every day. You will speak French in no time!
Thank you very much Dylane for your effort.
Pas de quoi :)
Wow you taught yourself English as an adult? Good job! I am teaching myself French at age 32😊
Thank you so much
You're most welcome
Merci Dylan you helped me a lot 🥰
Pas de quoi :)
Merci a vous, des conseille très utiles! Je parle deja avec moi-meme, tous le temps.....
Moi aussi David 😅
This sounds like a practical way to learn!
Thank you Rich :)
Rally useful advice, thanks for your videos! Tomorrow I'll watch the pronounciation ones 😁
Nina let me know how it goes :)
Thanks for teaching love from india Delhi
Video quality in not good it's Difficult to read sentence
I had nobody else complain :/ Sorry about that
Do you like your own comments?
Thank you so much for a useful info and your immense work on the courses! ❤
My pleasure Nela :)
Merci
Vous etes la meillure
Merci :)
You have a great course Dylane!!
Merci :)
Merci beaucoup madame 🌹🌹
Merci à toi :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane 💐💐🌹🌹
Merci beaucoup
de rien :)
Thank you for your advice.
My pleasure!
Love your tips! Merci beaucoup ❤
Merci 😍
Thanks 😊
No problem 😊
Took me a long time to figure out how I like to learn and what kind of content I like. Hint: just doubling down on Duolingo isn't enough. Schedule a video lesson with a teacher/tutor to give you an idea of what it takes to learn how to talk and understand what people say, that'll orient your studying
Totally agree Lisa. Duolingo is great to learn a bit everyday but it won't give you all the tools to learn :)
Thank you so much ❤
Merci Beaucoup Dylane, hopefully i can learn french.😅
I am sure you can :)
Merci beaucoup mon prof je préfère. Je suis en le niveau B1 à Alliance Française de Kampala
Bravo Gloria, B1 c'est super 🤩
hi this my new attempt learning french i have been studying this language from primary school but the teacher was so bad but now i have bac next year and i need to learn it again i know some words but not evreything i hope that i will be fluent in fr
wish me luck
I am sure you can do it 😍
Salut Dylane, wonderful advice as always. At 2:53 when you say you have a "photographic memory" I'm wondering if you really mean that you are a visual learner. That is, writing things down, making little drawings and charts helps to cement things in your memory.
A "photographic memory" means you can look at the text of a book once, take a perfect snap-shot in your mind, and then be able to recall everything perfectly word for word and images too. It would be rare and amazing if you do have such a memory, but then again you are a pretty amazing person.👍
I know the difference between the 2 Martin ;) I don't need to take notes for things I am interested in, but for the rest, it's another story! Also, I have a very short attention span so that never helped. But I know the difference yes :)
I'm learning the 1000 most useful words from the refold deck, I was wondering if I could get a bigger deck 😆
Just discovered your channel and just subscribed too.
Thank you
Hi Dylan my sister awesome job 👍 and amazing job God bless you you are great thank you so much 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 💖 i miss to see your video more and more because you are kind amazing and great 👍 with my love your brother atallah from Jordan
Thank you Atallah 🥰
C'est très bon.
Merci :)
Bonsoir Dylane 👋
Bonsoir 😃
oooh sure appericed
I do have a private teacher, and I would like the self-study guide for additional support
You can get it on my website, or send me a email and I will send it to you :)
Use 1.75x to save time
How many levels(like A1,A2......) are covered in your grammar and conjuction videos please tell 🙏🙏
I like your video alot
Merci :)
Hello ~ I am eager to begin this course and I especially LOVE the checklist you created in the study guide so I can systematically work on the lessons. But, I see that there are a variety of OTHER videos such as "50 Sentences Slow and Normal". Do you have a checklist you can give me for the OTHER videos so I can catch up on them in a recommended order ? Many thanks for the work you have done to help those like me !
I don't have one for the other lessons no. It would be a lot of work to change every week when I publish a new video unfortunately :/
I waited to your new video
Here it is :)
you are amazing
No you are ;)
comment je peux améliorer mes ecrits?
I learn from others You could say is shadowing. I have learned English in England working with English people. I had basic knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from school. But I couldn't communicate or understand full sentences.
I am a student.I learn french language for A/L.Can you give us a roadmap as a pdf to learn french ❤️
All the lessons you should learn are in my self-study guide :)
Hello Dylane, I started learning because my 4.5 years old has to learn as second language in school. He is studying with his teacher… his teacher start with songs and some pictures showing him asking him to memorise… can u suggest me how can i make him to improve better….
Thank you very much for this video
I can't pronounce the letter "e" it do hard ,do i decided to move on 😅
One day you will and that's ok if it's not today :)
Do you have tips not to forget what you learn?
A little bit of practice every day. Even as little as 10 minutes :)
Hello Dylane
I am wondering why no one ever mentions taking advantage of Google translate when they are suggesting resources for helping to learn french?
I realize it might be a problem if one relies on it instead of actually learning to work independently but I am finding it to be very useful for testing my progress......for instance, your "French Speaking Practice" videos are very good but because they are just a video, there is no way of checking to see if my pronunciation is adequate. However, if I speak into Google translate using the "Transcribe" mode, it will instantly write what it thinks I have said. I can then then try again until I get it correct.
When trying to write something original, I can compose it in french, copy it into Google translate, and it will show me where what I have tried to write is actually coming out as nonsense.
Google Translate is not actually that great at translating, especially long sentences. Chat GPT is much better and on top of that you can ask it why the structure of the sentence is this way.
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane How "not very good" is it? It seems to be quite accurate at recognizing speech, which is mainly what I am using it for.
I've been listening to TikTok lives and I hear "schkuzz" constantly. I know it is slang like schwee" (Je suis -I am) but what does it -schkuzz" mean? Thank you.
I know its a year later but in case anyone sees this and cane help me, awesome. I am a leanree who needs to know the history and what im working towards. The full picture. I (especially with language) need to understand why something is the way it is so i can recognize patterns. How to i construct my leanring around that when i dont know where to find the definitions of french words and why they are used to describe or be that thing they are or are describing?
You should get my self-study guide on my website (it's free) and follow the lessons. I explain as much as I can the why's and how's :)
how to prepare for tef/tcf?
Diversify your study, reading, listening, writing, grammar, etc :) Good luck!
one idea I have is learn to tell a short story in French, try to do it as fluently as possible.
Very good idea Yan 😃
Hi dylane, Is the pronunciation of 'ai' the same as 'e accent grave'? I though it was a little different with the bottom lip moving forward with the pronunciation of ai, but i cant really hear that in words like 'fait' or 'jamais'. I see different videos where teachers explain it differently.
I am not sure because I don't explain pronunciation in this video but AI can be pronounced é or è depending on the words ;)
You said "a dollar" at the start, what country are you in?
I have been living in Canada since 2019. My husband is Canadian :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane ah, superb. That all makes sense now. Thanks for the videos 👍🏻
are you a French native speaker?
I am yes. French os my first language and the only one I spoke until I was 27 :)
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane os? What does it mean?
John 3:16, God bless
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Dylane, une question s'il vous plaît. You mentioned knitting, I enjoy also. Can you recommend a Knitting podcast spoken in French? I can only find one on UA-cam. What is better - to learn French from a French native or from a person whose first language is English?
Judith try Lysandre Hourdin. She has a podcast and UA-cam videos with transcript :)