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tropic flower
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Hi! I'm a French teacher here, and in my experience, what works for my students is a combination of all of the above. I think you need to spend some time building up your Vocabulary in context (that's where the CI comes in handy) but also find opportunities to apply the new knowledge asap. Talking to others and writing to them will also help to reinforce any grammar

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I think it also depends on your fluency goals. If you only want French for travel, CI might be enough. But if you want to develop true fluency, you may have to learn the grammar more intensively

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For example if you wanted to study or work in the language

calm spindle
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i don't have problems with recognizing vocabulary due to spanish but it seems hard to learn the pronunciation through CI because i just read it and then move on to the next word

tropic flower
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Of course it helps that you already speak Spanish 🙂

calm spindle
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but yeah i want to be fluent although i doubt i'll live in a french speaking country but if i study abroad i might choose france instead of spain if i'm advanced enough

tropic flower
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I'd definitely say speaking with others who can coach you on pronunciation is better, then

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Which is your first language? English or Spanish?

calm spindle
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english

tropic flower
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Me too ^^

tropic flower
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If you found that combo of techniques worked for Spanish then it sounds like it's worth doing it again.
What level would you say your Spanish is at?

calm spindle
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b1.5 to b1.75... kinda low so i might end up waiting on french if it's too hard to not confuse them but i'm gonna try it out

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tropic flower
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I think you'll find your Spanish will come in handy. I took a year of Italian in university and thanks to French I found it was a breeze

calm spindle
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i studied italian for 6 months before spanish and it was so easy to switch

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now i speak italian at a very basic level but i remember a lot more than i thought i do after over 2 years

tropic flower
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That's awesome!

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Do you live somewhere that allows you a lot of spanish/French practice?

calm spindle
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no but i'm chronically online so it works out

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do you?

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i want to move near the mexican border one day because it's so hard to move abroad

tropic flower
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Besides work and the internet I don't know any French speakers haha. Despite being an official language everyone hates learning it in school and drops it asap

calm spindle
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so you live in canada?

tropic flower
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Sure do

calm spindle
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lucky you can move to quebec without getting a visa but there's nowhere in the US that speaks spanish or french as an official language besides puerto rico

tropic flower
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I have trouble understanding the québécois. I have more of a France French accent with an English accent behind it.

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I stick out like a sore thumb in quebec

calm spindle
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true

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do you recommend i learn the french accent? i've heard people make fun of people with other accents

tropic flower
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I like to tell my students that there are many French accents, including theirs.
I do recommend mimicking the sounds so you know you're saying the words right, but don't compare yourself with a native speaker

calm spindle
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i'm just assuming there are grammar and/or pronunciation differences

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or is there a neutral accent i can learn

tropic flower
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Your voice is going to have its own unique qualities based on how you speak. I've seen too many kids beat themselves up because they don't sound Parisian

tropic flower
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Pronunciation will be fairly standard too.
If you want to model it after something, start with what people will probably call standard/national/Parisian french

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Something like Québécois is very heavy on dropping vowels, and leans a lot on terminology that you won't find in more standardized European versions

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It's stupid late and I should get some sleep, but feel free to message with more questions. I hope I was able to help a bit!

calm spindle
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tropic flower
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Night!

buoyant flume
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Definitely grammar

calm spindle
tropic flower
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I don't tend to meet a lot of people online these days tbh. If I'm looking for someone to practice with I specifically seek out people who are willing to speak the target language with me!

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There's a penpal app called Slowly that I've used

calm spindle
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thanks