Jessie here. Since I learned French on my own through total immersion, I think it's more about learning while speaking in the wild and not obsessing over grammar and being perfect. Language is like drawing where you just have to trust the process.
I loved seeing you pop up in this interview series!
I’ve taught myself French from scratch too and I SO agree with you about letting go of perfection and just trying to absorb how people naturally speak over here. Spoken and written French are soo different, and the textbooks will only get you so far in daily life!
Only question is how can one speak « fluent French »yet not master the grammar as it’s referenced? It seems to me if someone is fluent they speak like or almost like a native speaker. Thus, the grammar is usually very good, maybe even faultless.
Jessie here. Since I learned French on my own through total immersion, I think it's more about learning while speaking in the wild and not obsessing over grammar and being perfect. Language is like drawing where you just have to trust the process.
I loved seeing you pop up in this interview series!
I’ve taught myself French from scratch too and I SO agree with you about letting go of perfection and just trying to absorb how people naturally speak over here. Spoken and written French are soo different, and the textbooks will only get you so far in daily life!
It's a difficult thing to understand if you haven't lived through it.
Lovely!
Interesting read.
Only question is how can one speak « fluent French »yet not master the grammar as it’s referenced? It seems to me if someone is fluent they speak like or almost like a native speaker. Thus, the grammar is usually very good, maybe even faultless.