Answer by David Bailey, CEO of Spotnight, on Quora. I’ve learned several foreign languages as an adult. I was able to learn French to conversation fluency in 17 days using the following techniques.

When you’re an English speaker learning French, one of the best surprises is how many words are cognates—words that look and sound similar in both English and French, and have the same meaning. A few ...

It is 6 p.m. You have logged off from work and are unwinding with a glass of wine. You turn on the TV, but instead of Netflix, you click on a new app called 6pm in Paris, and spend the next 30 minutes ...

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The conventional wisdom says learning French for Canadian immigration takes years. Ishan Malhi's students have been completing their language requirements in just 4–5 months, while many traditional ...

In small, seminar-style classes, we teach you not only to express yourself clearly in written and oral French, but to appreciate and interpret the language and cultures of the French and Francophone ...

I knew I’d never sound like a native. But shouldn’t I be much better than this? By Pamela Druckerman Contributing Opinion Writer PARIS — When Notre-Dame burst into flames, I turned on the French TV ...

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