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Prize – One copy of Tell Me More French, valued at $499 US!
Check out my Tell Me More French review to learn more about the product – but to put it briefly, it rocks! With speech recognition software and tons of learning materials, it is a comprehensive French learning package for all levels.
How To Enter:
Post a comment below (no longer than a paragraph or two) on what you would do if you could speak perfect French! It’s that simple. Maybe you want to chat up Carla Sarkozy or watch classic French films in the language they were intended to be seen in.
You can be funny, creative, thought-provoking – but be quick, the contest ends Wednesday, March 18th. I will announce the winner the following day.
Be sure to use your real email address when you leave your comment as that is how I’ll be notifying the winner. The winner will be picked by myself and Tell Me More based on the most interesting, funny, or creative entry.
All who enter will receive a discount coupon for Tell Me More French as well, so it’s a win-win!
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I would love to speak perfect french for many reason. The main one is to go to France. I love their culture. Second reason is that my french teacher has little faith in me that I could learn french. I want to prove her wrong. I know I struggle right now. I believe that is because I don’t get enough practice with saying french. The college version of learning french is not good. With only one hour a day in class time to learn french is not enough or effective. And it doesn’t help that I have 3 other classes as well. The book that we use http://www.myfrenchlab.com. Horrible! I don’t believe anyone in my class can even speak some what french! I can’t believe anyone can learn french this way. The third thing is I’m broke or I would buy a program like fluez or tell me more. I really do want to learn the languge beyond class. Last thing, I would love learn french so women can see on a deeper level. With learning french and cooking I can appeal to more women.
I would love to speak perfect French because learning a new language creates an opportunity to meet and converse with new people. A whole new world is opened up to people who know languages other than their own. French is a beautiful and romantic language and I always thought it would be too difficult for me to learn until I began listening to a French podcast by chance. I never even had a desire to visit France until then and I quickly became very interested in the language, culture, people…and even the food!
It stirred a passion within me to learn to speak French! I cannot wait to be able to feel confident speaking French so I can travel to France and sight-see on my own, watch(and understand!) French movies, dine out. shop and to be able to communicate with native speakers. It has always been a dream of mine to become fluent in another language.
Although I would love to win a copy of Tell Me More French, I will continue to learn French on my own.
My mother in law has always wanted to go to Paris, so my husband and I saved up enough money to take her this June. I had only studied Spanish in school, so I feel that winning a copy of Tell Me More French will help prepare me for this trip. I’m really excited, but scared that I won’t be able to communicate or read signs while there.
My mother in law studied French in school, but I feel it may stress her out if we rely on her to be our sole translator – and I want to bear some of the burden. Also, I’ve been told, that if you at least try to understand and speak the language, the locals are kinder and appreciate your efforts.
Aside from that, I’m sure it would drive my husband crazy if I were able to whisper sweet nothings to him in French!
It would be good for me to learn French so I can travel more extensively. There are so many French speaking countries. To be able to navigate cultures without language barriers would be a tremendous asset. Learning French would also make me more marketable in the employment scene.
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Bonjour!….ha ha pretty good, huh? I would love to speak perfect French. I have recently met a few French single young men. I would love to impress them with my “skills” I can get from using this program. I can just imgine the next time they come to visit, the look on their faces when I speak to them. Ouh la la, that would be so classic! It is true that in the class arragement, it is hard to get one on one time with teachers. I have aready tried this. I have thought about a personal tutor, but it is very expensive and with already attending classes, it would just add to the expense. I love the French language! It is truly very beautiful! I want to travel to many French speaking countries one day and, of course, to Paris where my new found friends are from. It is true that knowing other languages definately opens up your world! I have friends that know other languages, and let me tell you that I am soooo jealous of their cool stories of how they can communicate when they travel. Also, they can communicate with tourists when they come to their areas on vacation. They actually helped them with directions and stuff! How awesome is that? Some have kept in contact with each other! Wow, more friends around the world, I can’t wait!!! So, my new friends can help me with the culture, I just need to learn the language. You can be sure by allowing me to have this program, it will be put to good use and I will appreciate it. I am dedicated to my interests and believe me, this is something I have always wanted to do! So, I hope you choose me!
A bientot!
Well for one reason is that I took French in high school. I always admired it. But I just didn’t to to well in it. My grades were very poor, and of course I had other things on my mind.
Then I went into the Navy, and got to travel. Well guess where we ended up in Cannes, France. Only wishing I would have really gave it a 100% effort in high school. I just loved it there. It was beautiful there, and I went to Monty Carlo, and Niece. I also got to see the Royal Castle it was like a dream me being 19 years old. I couldn’t believe it. The only sad part is that I didn’t get to Paris. I read a book about Onassis and how he played a role in Monte Carlo at one time. I don’t know about what the French thought of him. But it was interesting. Every since Ive always wanted to learn French.
I love talking to people from other countries. If I were to win this contest I would talk to my friends from France via computer. I would be able to write in French, which is the most difficult thing for me to do. I am fluent in Spanish, English and Italian and I read Portuguese and French but to me learning a language well without a good language course is nearly impossible. I would like to be able to speak, read and write, and translate and interpret from French and into French.
If I learned French I would sign up for a French TV channel to get used to the slang and the everyday use of the language. I would also learn the lyrics of many songs in French and share them with my friends by creating a website with a place for song lyrics in French, as well as in Spanish, English and Italian with a link to the music of the song on the same page as the lyrics so that people would be able to click on this link and hear he music while they read the words. I would post translate these songs to the languages I know and put illustrations on the page corresponding to each song. People would learn the different languages in this way because songs make it easy to learn languages.
Tout simplement!I would love to have the opportunity to study French further because….
1.) French is the most beautiful language in the world!
2.) I have the desire to communicate proficiently with Francophones found throughout the world.
I have many reasons to want to learn to speak French. Mainly, I will be going there to be a missionary, and want to speak fluently. As a whole, I love languages. Love to hear different languages. I do speak conversational German. Lived in Europe for many years, and my favorite language is French. I love the way French sounds. I always look for French movies, so I can hear the French language. Je m’appelle Jerry/Bon disent au revoir merci……L’espoir de recevoir des nouvelles de vous
I teach french and my students (ranging from adolescents to seniors) often ask for tools to continue learning on their own. So any new material is welcome. Thank you.
I would love to speak perfect French for two reasons! I am a French teacher who has just returned to teaching the language after 25 years of teaching only English. My one true love has always been teaching the French language,and I am excited but extremely rusty!!!! The second reason is that French is the language of romance, and I want to use it to be as romantic as possible!!!!
Merci beacoup.
Kathreen Mendoza
Bonjour, je’mapelle John. Je parle un petit français, mais veux apprendre plus!
I speak Spanish, a bit of Italian and a bit of French – but I do use it everyday at work but would like to be able to communicate more effectively with co-workers and guest. My mother is French Canadian and this would be a wonderful gift for her.
Merci
I learned French for two years when I was in the university. It is a lovely language. After graduated, I didin’t have a chance to learn French. It’s pity. If I could speak French, I would like to travel around France, make lots of friends, watch French movies, see French musicals especially Le Petit Prince and Notre-Dame de Paris, sing French song and listen to French music. I really interest in everything about French. Everytime I hear French, I feel excited. I know it is French, but I couldn’t understand. If I could speak French, my friends might think I am a cool and adorable girl. Haha!!
My husband is French, my kids are first generation and I want them and us to talk to their Grandmother and relatives in France. They have family there and we’d love to visit and get to live like real French people!
I am an African American. I studied French in high school and in college and have fallen deeply in love with the language. Though, I am able to write and read French, I desire most to be able to speak the langauge super fluently. My reason: Given our history as African Americans in America, we have experienced such a huge loss of our cultural backgrounds – including our origin and language. I have met many Africans, born of the continent that are not fluent in English, but speak French as their official language. Given that French is the official language of the following African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cote d’Ivoire
Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Niger , Rwanda, Senegal, and Togo, I would be able to talk to many of people across the African Diaspora. The need is dire. I’d like to be able to fluently engage in conversation with those who hold the key to my history so that I can share it with my children, with my family. We have so much to learn from one another. Language being the only barrier that stands in between. I am an activist for SUDAN and RWANDA (French-speaking country), please help me communicate.
“Ah my darling, I love you, where have I been all your life.”
Outside of my obvious life-long love of Pepe le Pew, I have always been in love with the French culture; the people, the food, the language, the landscape, the subtle glamour, the pride. In high school, having only the options of taking Spanish and Latin (and being confined to Latin by my mother), I tried to teach myself French using a English-French dictionary I found in the library, to little avail.
Now, photos of the Eiffel Tower, stately chateaus, and ornate cathedrals decorate my walls. Cook books, such as The Taste of France & Girardet, line the shelves, smelling faintly of herbes de Provence from my ongoing attempts to create authentic dishes. A coveted couple of bottles of French wine, beckon from my little wine cooler, promising transportation to another time and place if only I open them up to breathe. A well worn and dog-eared copy of “A Year in Provence” lays faithfully at my bedside and my “French Cafe” CD rests in the player, ready to play at the touch of the remote.
My twelve year daughter has benefitted (or suffered – depending on who you are asking) from my love of the French. I bought her the Muzzy cartoon French lessons at two, put her in French camp last summer – much to her chagrin I might add, plastered her room in Bombay Company “French Chic” decor and make her practice with her French vocabulary flash cards as often as possible. Needless to say, she knows considerably more than I do, though I feel that if she had someone to practice with, it would make all the difference. I want to take her to France, the two of us, Mom and Munchkin before she gets too old to be furious that she has been ripped away from her text messaging, UGG boots, iPod and her giggling pre-teen friends for two weeks. I want her to see how big life can be and for us both to experience it together from the inside out. Not as a tourist – just another dumb conceited American, but as a fluent and well spoken visitor that had enough respect and admiration for the place and the people, that she did her homework.
I have been to Paris and love it there. I have several friends that are French and I would love to speak to them in French. I did my thesis on Samuel Beckett who wrote his books in French and would love to finally get to read philosophy and books in the original. I also love French film which is quite unique compared to American film. Normally I have to read subtitles, but would love to understand it without the subtitles.
Also, since I do search engine optimization and web site design for a bunch of clients, I would like to be able to do simple site design in French and some basic translation without having to consult with translators.
If I could speak French well I would visit my friends in Canada sooner rather than later. I would feel more confident about myself too.
The thought of seeing French films, some of the most innovative cinema since the beginning of movies, and picking up on the nuances so easily missed because of having to contend with subtitles excites my soul.
I would be more willing to go to French restaurants and even to France!
But mostly, I’d feel closer to my French ancestors, especially to my grandmother and her mother. I feel these women in my heart every day. The thought of embracing their language, and my own heritage, more fully thrills me.
Ah yes, I can sing La Marseillaise already. Correctly even. And in tune! I just wish I understood it completely. With your software, I’ll be able to translate it myself and then I’ll never forget its meaning.
Thank you for considering me.
I love the french culture, history, architecture, songs, french cinema, wine, artist. I would like to be able to read Les Miserables in french and all the other great french books.
Im a singer and songwriter and would love to write and sing my songs in french.
Most of all I’d would like to speak french because my best friend in the whole world is from France, Grenoble. I met him in internet many years ago and we only talk in english using msn and phone calls. But we are good good friends. He helped me a lot during my mother illness and finally when she passed away. He was there all the time for me.
I want to surprise him going to France speaking fluent french
He would be so happy, I know that!
Ah now here is a tricky question. Why want to learn how to speak French? well the main reason being.. to be able to buy a bottle of milk from a french local village shop, without involving all the theatricals of sign language and terrible prononciation. No honestly….I shall be moving to France with my children and family, thus the need to learn the language properly in order to properly integrate, and be accepted in the local community.