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\nMy impression of the French<\/p>\n
\nMy impression of the French<\/p>\n
I’ve been taking French<\/strong> lessons at Alliance Fran\u00c3\u00a7aise de Singapour<\/a> for some time now and I have sadly not been making much progress. Maybe I’m just getting too old for it but this foreign language thing seems a lot harder than it used to be. Either that or I am getting lazier to study. There’s no way to tell.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Perhaps it’s because I am not actually wired to master a language through a structured curriculum. After all, I did learn Japanese (JLPT 1 certified<\/a>) by watching anime — totally true story.<\/p>\n In order to attack this problem from a new direction, I’ve come up with a long-shot proposal that may just be crazy enough to work. I am offering “free” Japanese lessons<\/strong> to any interested French speaker (of sufficient proficiency) out there who shall in return give me — you guessed it — similarly “free” French lessons. I can start anywhere from Japanese basics to JLPT preparations. Side note: This proposal works a lot<\/em> better if said French speaker resides in la R\u00c3\u00a9publique de Singapour.<\/p>\n So, French speakers out there (in Singapore?) looking to pick up the mystical Japanese language, do drop me an email<\/a>… Please?<\/p>\n Other courses I can offer in exchange include: “Preparing for SAT” (2310 non-superscore), “How to write an A’ Level General Paper” (straight As) and “US university application for dummies” (my own Commonapp essay makes me cry).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My impression of the French I’ve been taking French lessons at Alliance Fran\u00c3\u00a7aise de Singapour for some time now and I have sadly not been making much progress. Maybe I’m just getting too old for it but this foreign language … Continue reading