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How can you learn French before coming to France?

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Learning French before you leave is a good way to prepare for academic and social life in France, and to demonstrate your determination to study in France.
 
300 million people in more than 50 countries in the world speak French. Joining them gives you a professional and personal advantage. It is not that difficult, and with “n+i” you will have up to 8 months to do it, during which time you will learn a good deal more besides. The students who have preceded you did very well—why shouldn’t you? Here are a few ways to start.
 
  1. Take classes at specialized sites, such as the Alliance Française or your university’s French department, where you can learn the basics from instructors who are used to teaching French to non-French speakers (grammar, vocabulary, writing, conversation),
  2. Listen to French language television stations such as TV5, France24 or radio channels (RFI). At first it may be difficult to understand the words, but little by little, thanks to the connection between visual images and sentences, your understanding will improve. Keep at it.
  3. Go see French movies in subtitled original versions to get used to the sounds of our lively language,
  4. Visit French Internet portals and the Web sites of daily newspapers or magazines (www.lemonde.fr, for example),
  5. Read children’s books, then well-written popular novels (Jules Verne, Georges Simenon, Joseph Kessel, Marcel Pagnol, and others) or newspapers and weekly news magazines.

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