My year did not go exactly to plan.

A big thank you to Tomgosse for leading this thread and making a space we can all share our highs and lows.
Here's to a great 2017 for Les Voyageurs!

geoffw wrote:Happy New Year everyone! I honestly can't remember anymore whether I ever officially joined this group or just lurked and commented on rare occasion. In any event, I haven't intentionally focussed on French this year, and I finally gave up on trying to keep my own log for anything. But that doesn't mean I don't have French-learning end-of-year confessions/achievements to share, and this seemed the place for it.
Soclydeza wrote:Bonjour à tous!
I've completed Hugo French in 3 Months, I'm almost done with Pimsleur IV, just started on FSI and got up to lesson 101 in Assimil NFWE. Assimil is the staple of my routine but the difficulty has shot up drastically at this point and I'm starting to see it as more of a chore to try and use it, so I figured I need a break from it (I also finished 2 versions of Assimil German in the past so maybe I'm just Assimil-ed out for the time being). I'm looking for some alternatives or ideas that aren't too elementary but not too advanced either. Any suggestions on resources, routines, habits, etc?
rlnv wrote:Wahoo, welcome to the Hugo French in 3 Months club. I know of at least a couple of us Voyageurs who've completed that course. I personally have two memories of it, fondness, and utter nightmarish fear. The fondness was during the beginning, and trembling fearful anxiety towards the end. I enjoyed it, but was crazy enough to actually do it in 3 months, among a bunch of other stuff during a forum challenge. I think I slept, woke up, went to work, came home and studied, and restarted the loop during that challenge. Fun times. But it was a good course, except that guy trying to lose the weight in one of the dialogs, his accent made me crazy.
With the solid work you've already done, have you considered perhaps some native reading, or graded reading, instead of starting another course?
Soclydeza wrote:
Haha, I think I know exactly which dialogue you're talking about! (the guy trying to lose weight) I think Hugo is a great all-around course for vocab, listening/reading, grammar, etc.
Do you have any suggestions for graded reading? Preferably something with audio. I feel like native material might be a bit daunting for me right now (the French speak REALLY fast and I don't think my vocab level as of yet is very useful). The one thing I'm worried about is the fact that French uses a lot of idioms and I feel like I may get lost without guidance, so I'd prefer something with transcripts.
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