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Learn
French Efficiently
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offer French classes in
Chicago & Phoenix for all levels.
We work with businesses,
corporations and
individuals. Visit
our programs here. Our approach is conversational
and intuitive Our first
goal is to help you feel
competent and confident as you
learn French as quickly as
possible. Because French
is closely-related to English,
it is one of the most easily
learnable
languages. We can design a program to fit
your specific needs: business,
traveling or personal.
You can quickly begin to
communicate in French
comfortably and enjoy all the
benefits of knowing another
language.
To learn
French, as with any other
language, you need to get a
solid grounding in the
essential aspects: good
pronunciation, basic practical
grammar, sufficient
vocabulary, good comprehension
and confident speaking
ability. It is our
teachers' job to lead you
through this process in an
effective and enjoyable
manner. There is an
analytical, systematic side to
learning a language.
There is also an intuitive,
unconscious element to this
process which needs to be
addressed in the overall
approach. Both are
vitally important as you study
French.
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French Classes Chicago
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ABOUT
FRENCH |
| French is
definitely a
beautiful language. Its sound is musical and
elegant and it is connected to at least 1500 years of history
and culture. It is a key that opens amazing universes, not least of which is modern France with
its celebrated educational and traveling venues.
Fortunately for English-speaking students, French
and English are closely related cousins. This
makes learning French a much
simpler task. |
| Vocabulary |
40%
of all English vocabulary (some say 60%) comes
directly from French. Indeed the English
nobility only spoke French until the 14th century.
Richard the Lion-hearted, for example, only spoke
French and mostly lived in his French provinces (or
in Palestine). This is good news for students,
since the greatest challenge for a language student
is to memorize thousands of words in a new language.
For example, when you realize that 99.9% of English
words ending in "ion" (like revolution and
nation) are exactly the same in French, you have
just learned 1,200 new words. And there are 25
or so categories of such words which are almost the
same in both languages. This makes
it much easier to learn
French.
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| Grammar |
| French grammar - if
taught properly - is very logical and systematic.
It is, once again, a cousin of English grammar and
much of the needed work is accomplished before you
start. To learn French well requires solid
grounding in its grammar. |
| Pronunciation |
| The pronunciation of French does have
some challenges for the English-speaking mouth, but
if you take your time and pay close attention to its
unique music, French soon becomes natural and
pleasurable to speak. |
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all levels of our French classes, you
will immediately be guided to
speak, while receiving a deep
grounding in French grammar
and vocabulary. |
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To
learn French can be a rewarding
experience which opens many cultural and commercial
doors. It takes concentration, persistence and
enjoyment to progress.
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