French Learning Tailored For Your Busy Life
bref.
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I learnt all my everyday social phrases from
1 movie and
1 TV show.
This page is about that TV show 👉🏽
and how I juiced every bit of French into my Passive Vocabulary
The most under-rated skill in picking up vocabulary is putting yourself through repitition. If you can handle this one aspect, you will succeed
It's my version of the Feynman's technique:
You hear new sound in the show
You pretend you're the expert - what does this sound mean to you? (you don't have to be right)
Look up what it means (this blog should help)
Make a list and try to use that sound in real life
You have now captured a new French word
If you used it right in real life, it Will come back to you like it's part of your vocabulary now
🎉 Getting Started
Start with bref. I have some other suggestions if you don't like this show, but what I want you to take away from this blog is how to handle a new sound you hear. I've made a diagram 👉🏽
If we haven't met yet…
Hi, I’m Josh—
an Indian expat who cracked the code to learning French fast while juggling a full-time job.
I didn’t have the time for endless grammar drills or years of passive learning. Instead, I spent time doing what I enjoyed. I watched TV, went to work on a farm, listened to a ton of French Music and hung out with french folks
I created my own Phrase Sheet noting down the things I learned in a large excel document of about 900 entries.
You can find them by categories below:
Browse by category
used with close friends, not at work. very informal
Get my full phrase sheet