How I'm Learning French at age 40 (and succeeding).

My experience of learning French as a 40 year old. I share with you the secrets to my success!

Everything in this video is based on my own personal experience of learning French, but it can equally be applied to your own language learning journey, with English or another language.

✰✰✰✰✰Help support the channel so that I can make more videos by✰✰✰✰

Buying one of my courses:

♥ Sending a donation:

#learnfrench #languagelearningjourney #howtolearnfrench #languagelearning

[amarug]

I studied Japanese - at age 37 I knew one word: "konnichiwa". Now, at age 40, I am pretty much fluent by any standard. On a recent trip to Japan I got asked if I lived in Japan all the time because they thought this was unattainable outside Japan. The faces really turned weird when I said I started learning for the first time at age 37. My mom started Spanish at 65 ish, now at 71 she speaks it at lightning speed and traveled all across South America...

[noreturn]

This is one of the best videos I've come across on adult language learning, and relevant beyond French. An honest portrayal of a realistic journey. So refreshing to hear a real account of second language learning for English speakers. Enormously credible compared to the confluence of pseudo-polyglots on YouTube. More of this please Jade - would be interested to know your schedules, types of things you work on etc. what resources do you find are useful or a waste of money etc. Great job and good luck!

[lapinfacedelion]

My mother tongue is french. I'm studying English every day and I'm 53 soon 54. Keep going Jade kudos!

[faa]

So glad I came across this video and the comments. As someone who is 39 about to turn 40 I find the video and the comments very inspiring!

[baronmeduse]

I'm 49 and I started learning Spanish about a year before the end of the pandemic. So the initial phase allowed me quite a lot of hours per day, for listening and reading. This was beneficial and by the time I was fully busy again I could do about 2 to 2.5 hours a day and make progress. I also have a few Spanish friends here in the Netherlands, so that helped. There can be some drawbacks to this kind of self-study, like not knowing which materials to use or how best to to use them without wasting time. Though like you say after about 40 you don't feel so rushed. I've been down a couple of dead ends with Spanish, but it was all learning.

[ronan.pellen]

Congrats on your progress and dedication Jade, et que vive l'amitié franco-anglaise pour l'éternité (et un jour!) 😘

[radiobolinder]

You truly are an inspiration, Jade. I am following your example for success and hence listen, repeat and take notes on unfamiliar words and expressions every day. It works very well. The other night I even dreamt in English!
I intend to keep that strategy going regarding English, and may now, much thanks to you, also recommence my studies in French.

[ellymeikle]

I started learning french after I retired.

[klarissaclairiton]

You will find the reflexive in French very convenient in many situations. Often the word GET to express state in English will be reflexive in French. I am 68 years old and learning German. I am fluent in French.

[JosephB-tvgf]

You are a breath of fresh air, Jade! Ignore the nay-sayers. There will be hundreds of these but only a couple of yea-sayers. School often discourages us from an early age. I'm glad I didn't listen to these teachers. I followed my Moon, ignored the Sun and did my thing; geometry and physiology. (the Sun is 0.6 million Moons in brightness).

[antre_du_retro]

Bon courage dans votre apprentissage du français 😉

[ivancotescorvacho]

Brava, bravissima...Avanti tutta ! ...e GRAZIEEEE !!!

[dunyahali]

People need motivation love and sleep ❤

[BPEMETO]

Thanks for the video! : ) My second foreign language in school was French. (First was English ) I was very good at it. But know after all these years I remember so very little of it. : ))) I kind of want to learn it again, but I also want to learn Spanish. Do you think that It would be a good idea to study both of them now at the same time ?

[kathygrosvenor]

40? At 73 I’m having little success learning French. The only way I’m able to learn at least a bit is by listening to 60s French music ie: Brigitte Bardo and all the greats.

[TheTeachingCouple]

Amuse-toi bien avec ton apprentissage 😃

[JollyGood-zq]

I was surprised to know your real age. I thought you were a lot younger. Anyway, I think age doesn't really matter if you have the desire to learn.

[knlei]

Honestly anybody can learn any language at any age. its just up to whether you can comprehend and pick it up and memorize and understand it . age or not