Student exchange - France??????????
I was wanting to do the student exchange for 3 months in france. The only thing is I don't know much of the languge at ALL!!!!!! I haven't done french for a while and only know very BASIC things...Does this matter????? Would I still be able to go??? I am a quick learner and am not a ratbag or anything!!!!! I go to a private school that only offers German but I really have a passion for france and its language. Does it matter that I only know the absolute basics????? How much do i NEED to know as a minimum!????????? Thank you!!!!!!!
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Of course you are not a ratbag, and your interest in learning French French is wonderful and most commendable. It is lovely to find someone with so passionate about France. You could go, of course, for the experience and picking up every day French. However if you do not know the language at all, it is going to be extremely difficult. If the exchange was in the summer holidays, it would not be so bad as you would not have to follow lessons that you do not understand at all. In France children are obliged to do a variety of subjects including History and Geography, and whilst you may well cope in Maths because it is a language in itself and you do not need so many words to understand what is going on, in other subjects than English you will be totally lost. How much boredom can you tolerate? It will be extremely hard to concentrate so much all day long too, just to get a tiny understanding of what is being said.and trying to communicate with the people around you. On average it takes a good three months to adapt if one has no knowledge at all and to start really understanding, by which time it would be time for you to return home. You say that you have the absolute basics and that you are a quick learner. Perhaps you can brush up on what you already have learnt on the net and pick up a lot more before you go.That would help a bit. There are several free on line courses and if you picked a little form each, you would at least have the tools to get by. You ask what the minimum is: here is a site that will give them to you, but look at other sites too: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/french.htm and here is another: http://french.about.com/ I like the BBC French for beginners: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/ GOOD LUCK!
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