Exactly, conjugations are another thing where actively learning grammatical conjugations will make learning more efficient (although it’s insanely boring and coming from English, infuriating lol).
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You've hit the nail on it's head. You cannot term intensive study of a language with a proficiency goal in mind without being familiar with the rules that provide the glue. It is like endeavouring to construct an elaborate building without knowing the design principles.
I started learning French from scratch since end February this year. Apart from speaking English, no other inherent advantages as Bengali is my mother tongue. I started out with an excellent French grammar primer cum exercise book and did it thoroughly twice (especially the exercises) the verb conjugations and the articles in French follow a different rule altogether and you will stumble later if you don't grasp them early enough. There is a section on writing as also language structure (TCF) and you cannot wing them.
Once you are able to decipher entire sentences, start reading French online dailies like Le Monde, practice writing short pieces etc and of course listen to RFI radio and other podcasts (with transcripts)
Spoken proficiency is a different matter altogether and am yet to wrap my head around it. Tutoring will probably be needed in this section at some stage. Perhaps a WA group where there is at least a few members with native proficiency can help.
Of course, prior knowledge of any romance language and a good grounding in English (something many former Commonwealth citizens can rely on) gives you a headstart. This project is not impossible if you are willing to devote at least 6 months of REGULAR prep. Another month or twos exam prep will be needed. I don't think AF courses will help unless taking the TCF is a goal which lies in the somewhat distant future. Get a tutor if you're lucky to get a good one and have a lot of spare cash lying around
Were you going for classes or self teaching?
I'd like to start that French route.
All the best btw.
Thanks alot this is very helpful. I'm starting on French this month.
I'll self train for two months then try get a trainer after that for around 3 or 4 months... Hopefully by Feb I can attempt the exam. I'm not sure if that's too ambitious but I won't know if I don't make the best effort.
Depends on new Ielts score....
So i dont have to withdraw existing profile and create new one right?
Just update the form... Is it?
If she wants to be safe than sorry then she can.
But I checked the application form to see what it says.
It doesn't ask us how much money we have right now.
It only asks us how much do we will bring to support our family.
So technically we haven't given false information even if we didn't have the money in our account at the time of the profile creation.
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probably she lied so would handle the application from the beginning so that she would charge her complete fees instead of half. Either ways better to play safe than sorry. It took me a year and four attempt to pass Celpip exam with a good CRS score (493), while not wait a month longer for everything to be perfectIf she wants to be safe than sorry then she can.
But I checked the application form to see what it says.
It doesn't ask us how much money we have right now.
It only asks us how much do we will bring to support our family.
So technically we haven't given false information even if we didn't have the money in our account at the time of the profile creation.
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All test centres can not resumed testing in full flow anywhere in the world right about now. It seems we can still predict IELTS, it's IRCC that has become unpredictable.
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