LEARN IT WITH MUSIC!

This is the fun side of language learning! If you find music you like in a language you are studying, then thats definitely an incentive to improve your level. And listening to music you like the sound of is a great way to improve and develop an interest in the language. Many songs are very rich in terms of verbs and vocabulary. A really good way I have found to take advantage of this is to listen to a song a few times, try to extract as much meaning as possible, then google the lyrics and work out what you could'nt understand. I find it a great learning method as its fun to listen to the song and try to translate it simultaneously in your head. Its like a jigsaw-puzzle in language learning,and because the learning is in a pleasurable context your retention will be much greater and longer. Good artists to start off with might be Bénabar or Renaud, whose lyrics are slow are usaully easy to follow. A good song in particular to try out this approach might be a great song by Francis Cabrel "Octobre" . You could find these other songs by looking up french music on Youtube or by checking out the French playlists on music listening sites like www.deezer.com