{"id":1577351,"date":"2019-10-23T16:12:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T20:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1577351"},"modified":"2020-04-09T14:35:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:35:31","slug":"french-lessons-step-1-get-with-the-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/french-lessons-step-1-get-with-the-program\/","title":{"rendered":"French Lessons Step 1: Get With the Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pk-dropcap pk-dropcap-borders\">Like many Canadians, I took French from elementary to high school.\u00a0 Also, like many Canadians, I promptly stopped using it when I started University.\u00a0 I took a course about 10 years ago to brush up on my skills and I lasted about two months when the travel back and forth to classes became too cumbersome.\u00a0 I have had to use some French in just about every job that I have had.\u00a0 My understanding of written French is much better than my ability to speak the language.\u00a0 I can understand the gist of something if I am reading it, but if I hear people speak it, I can\u2019t grasp what the conversation is about.\u00a0 It\u2019s time for that to change.<\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons why spending some time learning the language again is important.\u00a0 DIVINE is a <a href=\"https:\/\/divine.ca\/fr\/\">bilingual site<\/a> and I\u2019d like to at least have the ability to have a conversation with someone in French if they are based out of Quebec.\u00a0 I\u2019m also an avid traveler, and French is spoken on five continents.\u00a0 It is a romantic language which means Spanish, Italian and Portugeuse should be easier to learn. Also, doesn\u2019t everything sound so much better and more romantic in French?\u00a0 Finally, I already know some bits and pieces of the language.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the decision had been made, I also had to figure out where I was going to take lessons.\u00a0 Classes are so hard to fit in to an already busy schedule.\u00a0 It is difficult to take night classes when meetings can go longer than expected or events pop up that I have to attend.\u00a0 Weekends are for playing catch up on errands and spending time with friends and family.\u00a0 I needed something that could easily fit into my life.\u00a0 Then, I heard about Babbel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.babbel.com\/course-description\/learn-french-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babbel<\/a> is the world\u2019s first language learning app.\u00a0 Approximately 73% of users said that they would be able to have a conversation (granted a simple one) in a new language within 5 hours of using Babbel.\u00a0 They use audio files with native speakers which will help with pronunciation.\u00a0 Since it\u2019s an app, I can take time whenever it works with my schedule; even if I just take a few minutes out of my work day to learn.\u00a0 They also adapt to your style of learning because different people learn through reading, writing, speaking, seeing or listening.\u00a0 I am a combination of all of these styles so it seems like the perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>I never thought that I would be a person who would excel with learning on my own, it seems like the best option given my schedule.\u00a0 I will be sharing my progress along the way, so keep checking back as I update you on my progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Like many Canadians, I took French from elementary to high school.\u00a0 Also, like many Canadians, I promptly stopped using it when I started University.\u00a0 I took a course about 10&hellip;<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/french-lessons-step-1-get-with-the-program\/\" class=\"button button-primary button-effect\"><span>View Post<\/span><span><i class=\"cs-icon cs-icon-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1577352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[253,421,418,415,417,422,419,416,420],"powerkit_post_featured":[3],"class_list":{"0":"post-1577351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-living","8":"tag-adult-education","9":"tag-app-based-courses","10":"tag-babbel","11":"tag-french","12":"tag-language","13":"tag-learn-a-langauge","14":"tag-learning","15":"tag-learning-french","16":"tag-online-courses"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1577352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577351"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=1577351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}