My French

It’s been long time since I last wrote how my French is going. So – it’s not bad but it’s not good as well. I can speak a bit. I understand either the topic of the discussion or sometimes details as well. A few days ago I had a small conversation with a taxi driver. I didn’t understand everything but I got the point of the discussion. And I was able to respond a bit too.

I’ve got the feeling that I could do kind of more since I got here. Shouldn’t I speak better French after 4 months of being here? On the other hand, French is not native language in Morocco. Maybe, 4 months is not a lot at all to learn some language very well. I only had 3 weeks of an intensive course and comparing to my classmates I did quite good progress throughout these 3 weeks. Unfortunately, I am not this type of person who catches foreign language very quickly. I guess I don’t have this ability. I have to spend some time to start speaking, understanding and so on. And time… you know – there is not that much of it here.

But let’s not focus on the past anymore. Let’s look at the future. I did some efforts to be more successful in studying some French everyday (yes, I do it!) and… on Oct 15, I’m starting new course (course will finish by the end of Dec) – next level in the same school that I took my summer intensive course! It looks pretty promising. If I only am very systematic in learning on my own and if I finally start speaking French with my flat mates I may do a considerable progress.

Let’s stop talking (writing) and start acting.