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How to improve your oral fluency
Read passages out loud (and make a note of the words with which you struggle and ask your teacher later).
Focus on the -é at the end of words (which you must pronounce); the -e, -s, -t that are silent, numbers, and tricky sounds (-tion, h-, r-).
Increase your speed, even if it means mispronouncing certain words.
Listen and repeat. Watch video clips or listen to songs whilst reading the transcript and repeat some passages.
In Quizlet, type a short article in French (divide it into paragraphs to go on each card). Then listen to the software voice and repeat.
Submit any text to Tremplin FLE to have it recorded.
Practise saying out loud what you have done in the day. Have a list of verbs in the right tense to refer to.
Try and include the funny or irritating bits of the day - include emotions as if you were writing a diary, or do a crazy improvisation in front of your mirror! Anything to make speaking in French fun!
Watch the French News.
Arte Journal Junior or Le Petit JT are easier to understand, and last between 5 and 12 minutes.


Choose a topic and write a mini-presentation of the main issues related to that topic. Deliver it out loud to yourself, from bullet points.
> Turn a holiday trip to France into a real language experience:
- When visiting museums, read the displays/information leaflets and listen to a French audio-guide
 - Take sports lessons with a French coach (tennis, horse-riding, diving, etc)
- Go to a concert of a French singer/group
- Buy a few magazines - there is a wide choice in France: Phosphore, Le Monde Junior, Sciences et Vie Junior, Géo Ados are good. Magazines with a slight political edge are Elle and Les Inrocks (Advanced level).
- Do some baby-sitting or a part-time job on the beach
- Order your food in French in the restaurant / ask questions in French in shops
- Buy a few dvds (check they have English subtitles, or at least French ones)
- Watch French TV / listen to French Radio (Fun Radio, Sky rock, etc)



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