Parlez-vous français ?
Jan. 19th, 2006 02:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geminigirlCayne and I are trying to move towards a mixed French/English speaking home, in hopes that when we have children, we'll be a bilingual house...that we'll speak French at least half the time at home, and English elsewhere.
Why French? Cayne speaks French...his education was French-Immersion, when he was growing up (if you're familiar with schools in Sudbury, he went to Alexander Public and then Lo-Ellen Park.) And I studied French, years ago.
Still, it was a long time ago, and I need to spend some time studying, and refreshing my French language skills, my grammar and vocabulary.
I need resources, and assistance. Has anyone done any sort of language self study before? Is anyone homeschooling, and using a particular method for language study? Does anyone know someone teaching French who would be willing to spend some time working with me, or who might share their resources?
I'd prefer to keep the cost reasonable, and I've obviously got plenty of conversation sources-Cayne, his Mom, his sister, and so on, so that's not a concern. The big thing is retraining my brain to recall the basics of grammar, and then to build vocabulary.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Apples?
(Please feel free to direct other people you know to this post to provide input/suggestions/ideas.)
Why French? Cayne speaks French...his education was French-Immersion, when he was growing up (if you're familiar with schools in Sudbury, he went to Alexander Public and then Lo-Ellen Park.) And I studied French, years ago.
Still, it was a long time ago, and I need to spend some time studying, and refreshing my French language skills, my grammar and vocabulary.
I need resources, and assistance. Has anyone done any sort of language self study before? Is anyone homeschooling, and using a particular method for language study? Does anyone know someone teaching French who would be willing to spend some time working with me, or who might share their resources?
I'd prefer to keep the cost reasonable, and I've obviously got plenty of conversation sources-Cayne, his Mom, his sister, and so on, so that's not a concern. The big thing is retraining my brain to recall the basics of grammar, and then to build vocabulary.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Apples?
(Please feel free to direct other people you know to this post to provide input/suggestions/ideas.)
