Q&A: How to Improve French Pronunciation and Sentences?
Struggling with your French pronunciation and sentence structure? Get some tips to improve your French pronunciation and sentences.
Hey there, how’s it going? In my newsletter every week, I answer questions sent by readers like you.
Since most of the questions I get are quite helpful, I’m sharing them here as well. I want to help more French learners who might be facing the same issues.
Today, I’ll be sharing this question from Valerie.
« I have been trying to learn French for over two years now, but am struggling with the correct pronunciation and with sentence structure. I know the words, but putting the right words in the correct order on the spot, is something I’m especially struggling with.
I do not know anyone that speaks French fluently. Do you have any suggestions for learning correct sentence structure? Maybe a book or an audio?
Merci beaucoup pour le lecons et audio. »
Here’s my answer :
Writing a correct sentence in French is always a challenge. I explained this before in a blog article « The secret to building better sentences in French ».
If you’d rather not read that article and want a shortcut, here it is:
Read and read some more.
(See the irony there?)
In that article, I explained why reading can be a great way for you to build better sentences. If you can combine reading with writing and get a penpal (or a tutor), you’ll eventually get better at building sentences on the fly.
Now concerning your struggle with pronunciation, here are some resources and suggestions that might help:
- Check out the French Pronunciation Guide here. Practise whenever you can.
- Record yourself reading a French text and then compare it with a native speaker’s recording afterwards
- You can also record yourself reading the news. Check out RFI and their news in easy French: They have transcriptions, and it’s free.
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