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 Bon Patron will save your life. 

What is it?

 a free grammar checker that was developed by French professors

 not extremely sophisticated and won’t catch all of your errors 

but WILL prevent you from making dumb conjugation or agreement mistakes. 

MUCH BETTER THAN MICROSOFT WORD

What does it look like?

What’s it do?

it marks what mistakes you made (writes them out and you can also hover over them - I couldn’t screenshot the entire list because it is VERY THOROUGH) 

(I feel like I need to mention this is an automatically generated example, I’m bad at french but I’m not that bad)

says what type of mistake it is 

and what you can do to fix them.

What do I do with it?

Obviously don’t rely on it 100%, but if you’ve been staring at an essay for five hours it’s so nice to be able to run it through and have it catch the article you misused in the middle of the fourth paragraph. 

make sure you check again after correcting the errors because sometimes new ones will be flagged 

double check your work, sometimes it suggests corrections that you don’t need to make (since it’s a computer program and you’re a person)

As a student learning French, I thought it would be neat to offer French resources not only for myself, but for other French learners!

Learning Websites

Duolingo 

Bonjour

Babbel

ieLanguages

TalkInFrench

TheFrenchTutorial

FrenchCrazy

TheFrenchExperiement

FrenchByFrench

Memrise

Busuu

LanguagesOnline

Lingvist

Dictionaries & Checkers

Bonpatron (Checker)

Languagetool (Checker)

Reverso (Checker)

Linguee (Dictionary)

Reverso Dictionary (Dictionary/Checker)

Collins Dictionary (Dictionary)

Wordreference (Dictionary)

Linternaute (Dictionary)

Larousse (Dictionary)

Pronunciation

Frenchcrazy English vs. French

Letter Pronounciation

FSI Language

TalkInFrench

Pronunciation PDF

Phonetique

PronunciationGuide

Fluentu

Grammar Basics

Contractions

Possessive Determiners

Indefinite Articles

Definite Articles

Demonstrative Determiners

Interrogatives

Partitive Articles

Prepositions

Conjunctions

Conjugating Words (-ER, -IR, -RE; regular & irregular) + examples

Accent Marks

Imparfait vs Passe Compose

Imparfait vs Passe Compose 2

Passé Composé (past tense)

Futur Proche (near future, using aller)

Future Tense

Feminine & Masculine Words (+ Genders)

Tips from Native Speakers

Vocabulary

100 Subjects

41 Subjects

1000 Most Common French Words

170+ Subjects

Space Vocabulary (Tumblr Masterpost)

Extra

Type French + its Accents

Studyblrs who are Learning or Already Speak French (click French)

French Words Daily (a Tumblr Account)

French Words Daily (another Tumblr Account)

Tips

Definitely keep a notebook

Take a class if possible

If you’re taking a class, write down any extra French vocabulary you may get; my teacher likes to call it “bonus free knowledge” when she gives us extra vocabulary

Practice pronouncing. All. The. Time.

Take notes

Have readable notes

Practice writing & grammar

Once you start learning, do not stop or else you’re going to forget things!!

Take quizzes & tests online for practice

Make some online French friends :))

Thank you for reading my masterpost!

MY MASTERPOSTS:

How to Color Code & Highlight Efficiently

How to Make Flashcards

How to Get & Be Motivated

How to Get Enough Sleep

The Mega Stationery Masterpost

What are in my Pencil Cases?

German: Mathematik

Italian: matematica

Norwegian: matematikk

English: mathematics

Spanish: matemáticas

Swedish: matematik

Portuguese: matemática

Polish: matematyka

Romanian: matematică

Czech: matematika

Greek: μαθηματικά

Turkish: matematik

Dutch: …

Others: hoe don’t do it

{aug 15, 2018}

today was the first day of school. and the senior high department has 700 students 😱 now, i feel so keen on doing my best and working really hard this school year. The amount of people in class (we’re 50 students in one classroom) seems so daunting, & i barely know anyone.

i tried talking to some old friends from my old school but why did it seem so awkward? ugh.

somehow, this motivates me.

↳ wednesday 18.10.10.

durham university, first year — 2/?

university is such a different experience and it’s very independent; i’m glad i’m here doing what i love 💕 i’m sure i won’t have time to create new content often as i don’t have time to spend much time making things “studyblr pretty” but i’ll show you daily snippets ☺️

it would be nice to say that I always know what I’m doing, but with 2.5 jobs + four classes + social life….it gets pretty hectic. add in a delightful lack of time awareness, and battling the assignments i get every week is hard to handle. this past week, i had a lot of work obligations that I unfortunately had to let get in the way of my homework completions [not to mention a stop-messing-with-this-studying headache that I got on Thursday]. it’s really helpful to plan ahead so I can avoid that drowning feeling, and also avoid those days that my brain just doesn’t want to cooperate with me! these tips are all methods that I personally use to deal with school as a dyslexic student with poor time management skills, so they may not all work for you!

⚡️syllabi out the wazoo: I look over my syllabi as soon as I get them [up to four weeks ahead of time, or the night before class starts]. looking over usual homework due dates, and bigger exams and papers for my smaller classes means that I can gauge a general routine for my ‘study’ hours.

⚡️plug that ish in on a calendar: I have a Mac, so the calendar app works well enough for me. I like the idea of physical calendars, but I always seem to forget to make my writing small enough for other things…and because I have four classes and many things due every week…hand cramp central. my current bujo is actually just for jotting notes or little to-dos, but weekly spreads are really helpful as well if you keep up with it! if your school uses canvas, you can subscribe through a calendar app to monitor new assignment additions automatically.

⚡️ set reminders ahead of time: sometimes my lack of executive function skills get to me, and I push things off until the very last second. fooling myself by pushing due dates up two days early has helped me a lot, as I think Oh, this is due TODAY, let’s get it done, Pooh! rather than waiting until midnight when I’m tired and cranky and miserable about messing up my assignment. for exams, I have reminders set two weeks, and then one week in advance, so that I start reviewing material before it’s crunch time, and I have more time to truly absorb the content.

⚡️ find time to catch up: I’m a commuter, and the parking on my campus SUCKS. if I want a good spot, I have to get to school before 8 am, which usually means 2+ hours before work or class most days [unless it’s my 8 am, which I usually get to school an hour early for]. that gap is really good for getting ahead on assignments in the library [when it’s actually quiet and peaceful], meeting up with classmates/friends for quality time, and getting ready for a good day. the more you use those hours, the more free time you’ll end up having, because you won’t be spending the afternoon/evening on concepts that you should’ve known before class. this past week I found out about an event that I wanted to go to, on the very same day it was happening. luckily, I had already done a bunch of my readings, so I was free to go without worrying about hw! /// gonna be real and say I don’t take my laptop out while riding the train [don’t want to become a target], but I usually have a textbook of the day that I can read. even exposure to the material is helpful, and better than wasting that time on social media.. [guilty].

⚡️ plan assignments out in class: I’ve gotten pretty comfortable multi-tasking, and class is no exception. I usually schedule how I want to tackle assignments while I’m in class, so that I can start working on that game plan that day, instead of taking another few hours when I’m back to home to figure out how I want to structure my work time. 

⚡️ studying…at work?: most of my jobs have allowed me to do my homework [lots of downtime], or at the very least, read while I’m on the clock. tempting to jump on reddit and kill time, but again….better to stick to education unless it’s truly scheduled FUN TIME. basically, if you’re at work, be working on something, whether it’s for coins or your degree. obviously, if your job is really tiring, no need to force things. and sometimes, work is a respite from the rest of your life. but if you have an opportunity to do so, and it’s not detrimental to your health….study at work.

APWH notes that I took during the school year!