My French

18 September 2007
After spending 6 months, my French has not improved as it should be. As a language teacher who is temporarily being a language student, I can analyse the problems. Firstly, the method used is not communicative at all. I have not been instructed to do conversations. We spend most of the time studying grammar, just like what my English school teachers did. I even have doubts when I want to introduce myself in French. Compared to my Mandarin lessons, this French method of teaching language is really out dated. Secondly, I am bit lazy. This happens because I don’t see any success in my French, so I decide not to spend time to learn the language. If success breeds success, then failure breeds failure as well. Nevertheless, the money spend is cheap enough, so I have no regrets. But this means I won’t continue my French lesson. Probably continuing my Mandarin is more beneficial.
At the mean time, looking at my busy schedule, I think staying at home at nights probably sounds better and healthier for me. So, I have decided to cross out the dream of mastering French. This is quite good actually, I have been crossing out my dreams that are not viable and not interesting anymore throughout the month following my birthday. At that time, I had a dozen of ideas. By doing this, I will end up having only a few that I really want and in the long run, I will have a very clear goal and dream that will make my life much easier to manage and I can spend my energy doing what matters most. Good then.