The Half Way Point: Looking Back at The Progression of My French
Before I left for France I found myself thinking at times, just about how my French would progress throughout the year. To be completely honest my first thoughts were wrapped around the fear that I wouldn’t learn enough or be able to keep up with others in conversation. Now, being almost six months and over the halfway point for my time in this beautiful country I've realized just how far my French has come. I had taken IB French for three years at my high school and upon my arrival was rather satisfied with the language skills that I had and wasn’t as much nervous in a way about the difficulties that could arise with a language barrier. However, maybe it was the fact that I hadn’t practiced my French enough during the summer, but after orientation finished and I joined my host family and really ‘begun’ speaking French did I realize that it had major gaps. I remember in the beginning and first three weeks having to use a translator many times throughout the day with my host family
