Q&A for How to Learn French

The difficulty of learning French can depend on your native language. For example, native German speakers tend to have an easier time learning French than native Spanish speakers.

Not necessarily. Plenty of people speak and write in more than one language regularly. Learning French also makes it easier to learn other Latin-based languages like Italian and Spanish.

Learning is something you can take responsibility of yourself. While teachers are one resource in school, they are not the only one. Visit your school library for relevant books, join clubs, get a tutor, start a study group, use apps, etc. In the end, personal practice is your best approach. It is entirely possible to teach yourself nearly anything, provided you put in enough time/energy. Ultimately, don't make poor teaching an excuse for poor learning - you're responsible for yourself.

No. You have to resort to your friends as well as your teachers to help you out, because some of the books do not have all that you need to learn.

You can never learn any language all together. The more you practice a certain language, the more fluent you will become. The most important thing to do is to listen to that language. You can also practice thinking in that language as well.

If the accent is pointing to the right, it's called 'l'accent aigu' and it's pronounced like a long letter a, like day or ray. If the accent is pointed in the other direction, it's called 'l'accent grave', and doesn't really have any effect on pronunciation at all, but instead mostly serves to say that the next syllable is silent.

Yes, and it's proven children learn new languages much faster than older people.

Try the app Duolingo. It is free and very fun!

Study and live in France for as long as you can. It won't be easy but it is the fastest way.

By working hard, and regularly. The more you try to insert French in your life, the easier and faster you will learn it.

No, sometimes it's "le" or "les" or "l' ".

French is a really beautiful, but really complicated language. You can get some basic vocabulary in 5 days, but it takes years to master the whole language.

It is hard to tell, but most feminine subjects end with an extra E. Most masculine subjects don't.

It can definitely help, and won't hurt. Immersion is considered to be the best way to learn a language.

Either one could be beneficial, but your dedication to practicing will be the most important thing when it comes to learning another language. I would recommend starting with the language institute since they might be more accustomed to teaching students with a variety of learning types.

You could try the app Duolingo, it is completely free (you can use it on your phone or computer, online or with an app you can download), very fun, and you practice your understanding and pronunciation.

"Bienvenue à nouveau, frère."

To gain more interest in French, try learning more about the culture behind it by reading articles and watching movies about France. To up it by a notch, try watching them in French! You can even try incorporating some of these into your daily study.

Have you tried watching videos on YouTube? You should be able to find videos that were either originally done in French, or bring up some French subtitles.