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I'm sure that, unfortunately, you make at least one of these mistakes that slow down your progression in French, which prevents you from advancing as you want. Welcome to episode 141 of the Fluidité podcast, and today I'm going to list the 7 mistakes that I see too often and that block your progression in French. So stay tuned! Do you learn French? Fabien offers you content in current French that talks about culture, history, French geography, but also about biographies, dialogues or learning tips. Welcome to the Fluidité podcast! Let's get right into the heart of the matter, starting with the first and most important mistake in my opinion. It's the lack of immersion or poor immersion. And I'll explain. Indeed, learning a language means memorizing a lot of information, as you have all done, to learn to speak your native language. Thousands of words with their meaning and pronunciation, grammar, syntax, etc. Many learners don't really do enough immersion. Immersion in the language is the activity that must be a priority in your learning. It will allow your brain to get used to the language, to create diagrams to better understand it, to assimilate all the language, to memorize it to develop your intuition when speaking. Because all human beings speak their native language intuitively, without wondering which words to use in a particular place, or how to place the words, conjugate the verbs, etc. No, it's done naturally. And it will be the same for your French. So you have to be in contact with French, do activities in the language, listen and read a lot to get everything into your brain and make it natural. But what is also important is the way you do it. You have to listen to different types of content, as diverse as possible. You can't learn a language with just one type of content. If you listen to my podcast, thank you, and that's great, but it's not enough. Because you only listen to one type of French, one type of expression. In the same way that you can't learn a language just by listening to music, or just by watching movies. One type of content can't represent all the richness of French, so it can't bring you the whole of the language. You have to listen to a lot of things, like documentaries, radio, television, movies, series, music, dialogues, interviews. Very sustained, common, informal, familiar things. That you read articles, short texts, lyrics, books, subtitles, magazines, etc. That you do all kinds of activities in French if you can. In short, as many types of content and records as possible to have the widest possible vocabulary. And to be in contact with different contexts of life. And speaking of content, I would like to tell you about an essential tool for you, French learners. It's the VPN CyberGhost that sponsors this video. A VPN is a very useful and very practical software that promises you, among other things, to be able to unlock geographical restrictions. 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Number 2 is the lack of practice. Yes, learning a language is learning a complex skill, like learning to play a musical instrument, for example. And I'm talking about oral practice, if you want to know how to speak fluently, but also written practice according to your needs. Like in any discipline, we have to practice so that the brain builds neuronal patterns and memorizes better, creates automatisms, and all of this will increase our confidence. The more confidence we have, the more we can try new things and therefore progress. Practice puts us in a real situation, so it allows us to know our weaknesses, our strengths, and to try what we don't know how to do yet. We don't learn to swim without getting in the water. We don't learn to dance just by sitting down and watching others. Or it's impossible to learn to cook without practicing. It's the same in all disciplines. And often, we don't dare to practice out of fear of making mistakes, and I can understand that, but we will do it obligatorily and we will never look ridiculous. The one who makes fun of your mistakes in French is not the right person to practice with. So you have to practice your French regularly. Then the volume and intensity of the practice will depend on your goal. For the third mistake, we're going to talk about grammar. The mistake you make is spending too much time on it. Grammar is only theory. It's not language experience. It's all the rules that organize the words between them, the conjugations, etc. And in real life, some of these rules are very respected, while others are much less or not at all. It's the usage that decides. So first of all, yes, you have to learn French grammar, but it must represent only 10 to 15% of your learning time because it is neither practice nor immersion. And the other problem with grammar is that you learn it badly or in disorder. For example, when you look at grammar lessons at random, browsing on YouTube or the Internet, and you worry about very specific exceptions the first time you get to know the rule. You absolutely want to know everything by heart, like at school. So secondly, you have to be organized in the learning of your grammar. That is to say, learn what is most used first, and then go to what is less and less used. When you start, it's useful to fly over all these rules to have an overview, a global view, to know the generalities of the entire grammar program. And as you progress and gain experience, you punctually revise the rule that you forgot when it is necessary. And the more you progress, the more you will be interested in the more advanced grammar, the exceptions to each rule, etc. I see too many learners who know grammar rules that French people don't even know. Or learners who tell me about very specific exceptions before having used very basic terms or notions. So everything is upside down. The grammar of a language is exactly like an instruction manual, a mode of use of a device, for example. An instruction manual is not made to be learned by heart in detail from start to finish. It is made to be consulted when we need such or such a notion. Same for grammar. It's useless to look at grammar lessons at random and don't try to know everything by heart, with exceptions the first time, like at school. No, it doesn't work like that. It is your experience in the language that will make you understand grammar, but these theoretical rules and exceptions will make no sense if you don't have enough context. Then, the other mistake that I notice, and that I also made, is to learn vocabulary without context. I know you learn a lot of words out of context because all these videos that forbid you to use such or such words or that force you to use synonyms on social networks work very, very well. I made a complete video explaining why context is essential to learn vocabulary. But in summary, most words go with one or more particular contexts. So yes, we can learn words without context, separate words from sentences, but very basic words, like with the list of vocabulary that are made, which is on MosaLingua, for example. If I tell you the word tree, the verb to eat, no need for context to understand it. The translation will be enough. A tree, to eat, to eat. And that's all. Personally, I learn with MosaLingua these 3,000 first necessary words to express myself as a beginner, and then listening, reading, and contact with the language will give me all the context to understand, assimilate, memorize, and use the thousands of other words of the language that I will need. Learning words without their context, separate words, it's exactly like looking at a word in the dictionary at random to try to learn it. Do you do that in your native language? Did you learn to speak your native language like that? The answer is no. That's why you can't memorize the vocabulary well. It's because you make the mistake of learning it without context. And on top of that, it can create bad usage as well. The fifth mistake on our list is a problem of patience. Ah, the magical world and perfect internet promises you to learn a language in 3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days. On YouTube, we have to make spectacular videos that promise wonders to get the most views possible. Or a YouTuber says he found the secret to learn quickly, etc. I said it, learning a language is learning thousands of information. So in 3 months, you may be able to learn to make basic sentences to manage as a tourist if French looks like a language you master. But in such a short time, don't expect miracles. Instead of wanting to do everything quickly, enjoy learning, enjoy your experience with the language, your mistakes, your successes. Yes, try to progress, improve yourself step by step, but no need to race with others or compare yourself to someone else. Learning a language is learning a whole new life and a new culture. So it's a very vast universe and it takes time. The next mistake I want to talk to you about, I mentioned it a little bit, but it's the lack of regularity. First, you have to speak French frequently. It is the number of times that counts the most and that will make you progress. Because it allows your brain to strengthen the information better, to get used to the language better. Even if you only do it 10 minutes a day, because you can't devote more time to it, if it's regular, it's good. I see too often that they do 3 or 4 hours of French once a week and that's it. No, it's like you wanted to eat all the meals of your week in one go. It doesn't make sense. First, be regular. And then, the longer you increase your daily activity in French, the faster you will progress. But without doing too much either. No need to do 4 or 5 hours a day, for example. Except for little geniuses who do that all day. But it's not the majority of the population. So activities every day or every two days minimum. And more or less time according to your goal. Speaking of objectives, the last mistake is not to have any. It is important to have a final or intermediate goal. It can be a test to pass or a level to reach, for example. But if we aim for a goal, we know where we are going. We know how to work and we avoid scattering in all directions and getting lost. It allows us to have a specific motivation that will make us move forward. It will be our engine. It is also useful to have a goal to be able to measure our progress, for example. So don't worry, I made those mistakes too. And I would have liked someone to explain all this to me before starting to learn languages. So I hope it will be useful to you. Thanks again to CyberGhost for sponsoring this video. 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