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Originally Posted by sidewinder
English is my second language. I was born and grew up in Belgium (till 9 y/o) and unfortunately don't practice the French nearly enough. It's quite embarrassing when speaking with relatives.  I took a continued education course last summer and it helped a little, but not enough. What I need to do is join a group of French speakers in town and get together a few times a month to socialize. That would really help mature my vocabulary too. Part of why I'm embarrassed to speak it now is because my education in the language only went to age 9. Sure I've spoken French on a somewhat regular basis with immediate family in the past 24 years, but not enough to really improve. Barely maintain is more like it.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
You can probably find some good french groups in your area on meetup.com. That's where I found my spanish group.
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Indeed...that's where I found out about several groups when I first moved to this town a couple of years ago. I went to one French meetup and found it helpful, but it was a bit of a distance from me, and it was winter/dreary so I wasn't motivated to go back. I kept hoping for another one closer to me but never went. Times weren't that convenient either. Excuses excuses...