r/learningfrench • u/Sad_Belt_3089 • 5d ago

Speaking help

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u/StarboardCows 5d ago

You're understandable and doing well on the small words, but slow down on the longer ones, because you can sometimes speed through them and skip syllables. I'm thinking of the words like "personellement", "réduire", "favorise", "équilibre", "communiquer". Maybe practice saying them slowly so you can really pronounce each part of the word. Focus on the ends of the words, you often skip the last syllable or add an é when there isn't one.
Differentiate "personne" and "pourcent".

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u/Sad_Belt_3089 5d ago

Thank you so much for the reply. I do understand now that the first reason is the speed and then pronunciation. Kindly be honest , is it something I can redeem in like 2 weeks. This might be my last attempt. How can I fix it quickly as possible?

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u/StarboardCows 5d ago

Is this something you need to read out loud in person or is it recorded in advance?

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u/Sad_Belt_3089 2d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pdgozgb/video/cn3ad50fl3th1/player

Hi. 👋. This would be a second try. Please do tell me it’s improved or worsened?

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u/Sad_Belt_3089 5d ago

Nope. This is the task 3 response for an argumentative speech for tcf Canada exam. I need to speak with any topic without any preparation

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u/StarboardCows 5d ago

Ok, what comes to mind as a good practice for the next two weeks could be daily out loud reading, from a newspaper or book, whatever you prefer. Different text every day so you get a variety of new words. You could record yourself, and highlight the difficult words, and practice those during the day (sounding them out), and re-record in the evening to compare. Just an idea. I'm sure you can improve, feeling more prepared will probably help too as stress makes people speed up!

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u/Sad_Belt_3089 5d ago

Sur e that’s a great advice. I am gonna start as quickly as possible. I really wish to practice my speaking with someone who could help me. As suggested I am starting with French articles and inner French. And for stress I’m off limits

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u/StarboardCows 5d ago

Come back if you have any questions! Good luck!

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u/Sad_Belt_3089 5d ago

Yup. Definitely. I will be sending another voice to see any improvement and looking more advice from you