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The speaker introduces the short version of how they went from 0 to B1 in French in two months. They explain the two phases of the process and note the difference between reaching a level and preparing for the DELF exam.
Speaker A
Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to the short and sweet version of how I managed to get from 0 to B1 in French in two months and for free.So there is a extended version, but I talk about everything else except for the method, and you can find that in my channel.But this time, like I said, it's a short and sweet version.So I'm just gonna go right into what exactly I did.So basically, I want to break this down into two different parts.
The first month and a half, and then the second, last 18 days.So not exactly the first month and a half, but around.So in the first month and a half, I studied from 0 to B1 level, and in second one, I went from B1 to B1.Who is ready for a Delf exam?Which is like, you know, preparing for a language certificate is a different thing than actually having that level.So that I needed to take care of.
This section covers the first month and a half of study, focusing on listening, reading, grammar, and vocabulary. The speaker describes using podcasts, music, comics, short stories, grammar videos, and a vocabulary book, plus jotting down unknown words.
Speaker A
Now, phase one.Phase one, which was getting from zero to B1.What I did, I did this stuff for listening.I listened to podcasts on YouTube.
I tried to listen to native French speakers.Yes, as someone commented, I did do that.I also listen to French music such as Indila and Zaz.They are my favorite artists, so I listen to them.Number two, for reading, I had this comic book, and I also was, like, reading some short stories in, like, A2, B1 levels and stuff like that.
I was not doing anything for speaking in the first month and a half and for writing, I was just writing down sentences based on.And this is the most important part.The whole point of the phase one was grammar and vocab.So I watched the videos in my native language, which were like, the full grammar of French A one in one video.It was like three hours, but it was one video.
And then the full vocabulary of French.A one in a video, you know.And so I watched grammar for A one and a two, and I took notes.So basically, I studied the video.I only watched it once, but I really studied it as I was watching it.
And for the vocabulary I did, I had a vocabulary book which was teaching French in German.And it was like every day you had like five words to learn.I usually did a week per day.Then I go through the half of the book, and then I let it go.I didn't finish it because I didn't have time, but it was a good book.
Then, like I said, I watched the videos.And also in the other parts, when I had a question, like a word that I didn't know, I would just write it down on A note in my phone.
The speaker explains the final 18 days of preparation, centered on DELF B1 listening, reading, grammar review, and vocabulary practice. They also mention timing exercises and doing full tests to simulate exam conditions.
Speaker A
That was phase one, phase two from the last 18 days.Again I did like a full version you can see in my channel.But what I did exactly was for listening.I exclusively listened to Delf B1 audios that I had in the St. Poulson book.Nothing else.For reading, I was doing the reading exercises.First I was doing it in the ABC Delft and then I was doing it in a sample song.But anyways, also exclusively that for speaking and writing I will get to that.But for grammar I did a reviewing thing where I had like a pamphlet and I reviewed that which was like the concise version of all the grammars that I need to know for B1.If you want me to make a video on that and teach you that, just tell me in the comments and I will do that.
For vocabulary again, like the previous time, I just jotted down every word that I didn't know and I corrected them and also I did like full tests.So like I started with timer and everything.So I timed everything and yes.
This chapter focuses on how the speaker handled speaking and writing while keeping the process free. They discuss using AI tools like ChatGPT or Perplexity, double-checking answers, and repeatedly rewriting sentences to fix mistakes.
Speaker A
So speaking and writing.What did I do now?Disclaimer this might not be for everyone but because I want to keep this strictly free.So basically you can get the books of your local library and you can watch the videos off of YouTube.So I want this to be exclusively free.
But what you can do is that you can use AI to help you.How?Okay, so for me, if you use ecosia, which is like another thing, they use AI which is also sustainable so their water is not damaging to the environment kind of thing.I'm not sure, don't quote me on that, but I think that's how.And basically that's the, the AI that I use, but it's still running on.On running off on like the Chat GPT models and stuff.So you can also use ChatGPT.I would suggest using Perplexity because based on what I no, that one comes with more resources than ChatGPT.But then again you can't really trust it completely.So be aware if ideally you have a French friend or a French speaking teacher or someone like that who could help you, that would be the best situation.
This is only if you have like really limited time and you don't have anyone French speaking around you.I could do an exchange where I was like teaching the person maybe German, they were teaching me French, but that would take longer than 18 days.So I needed to exclusively.I needed to be the one who exclusively speaks, you know, and not having anyone like not correcting someone else.So that was for me.
But basically, you do the.The exercises that you got from the book and you go through them, and then for the writing, you write down, and then you check it with, like, ChatGPT or whatever you were using, and then you double check.Because sometimes, a lot of times it could be wrong.So if you feel like something sketchy and by the time when you're finished with the grammar and kind of like the vocab, you should know, if it feels sketchy, go back and then reevaluate.So that happened a lot to me too.
When I figured out that I'm doing something wrong for the writing, like I wrote something wrong, I would just go again and write it down again and again and again until I figure out that I wrote it correct.So basically, one of my biggest problems with writing was that I would write something.The idea was there, but actually the writing was like the dictation was wrong.So I would just do this and I would just write it, write it, write it, write it until I figure out, like, I have it.And then next page, I would just do a little test on myself without looking at it to see if I actually got it.
The speaker wraps up the short version of the method and ends the video. They thank viewers and say goodbye.
Speaker A
And that was all.I did the short and sweet version.Thanks for watching.Bye.Bye.