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Jack \u00e9tudie la sociologie \u00e0 l’universit\u00e9 en France. Il est all\u00e9 \u00e0 Corvallis pour l’universit\u00e9 aussi, mais pour un peu. Il aime la France et aime la cuisine fran\u00e7aise et non la cuisine am\u00e9ricaine parce-qu\u2019il est plus confortable. Il aimait voir la nature \u00e0 Corvallis et pr\u00e9f\u00e9rait une petite ville. Il a dit qu’il n’avait pas beaucoup d’amis et qu’il ne pense pas avoir besoin de beaucoup. Il a un petit groupe d’amis comme moi. Il aime \u00eatre avec ses amis quand il a de mauvais jours. Les \u00e9tudiants fran\u00e7ais ont les m\u00eames probl\u00e8mes que les \u00e9tudiants am\u00e9ricains.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Je pense qu’il est int\u00e9ressant qu’il est tr\u00e8s similaire \u00e0 moi. Je pense qu’il n’a pas beaucoup aim\u00e9 l’Am\u00e9rique, c’est int\u00e9ressant. Beaucoup de fran\u00e7ais gens aiment les Etats-Unis, mais c’est bien qu’il aime sa maison. J’\u00e9tais tr\u00e8s nerveux. Ce exp\u00e9rience a \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s informative, parce que je connais quoi \u00e9tudier! <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Side note: <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I found this conversation really interesting and helpful to me as I realize now that even if I know words\/ sentence formulation in french, pronunciation is a key part of learning french and something I need to work on. It was definitely harder than I expected, I came prepared with a full script of questions and tried my hardest to memorize hypothetical answers but once we began I became very nervous since talking with a native french speaker can be rather intimidating, and since he spoke very fluently and fast, I felt bad asking him to slow down or to repeat things. I often had to pause and think about what he said and try my hardest not to look back at my notes, I think when talking to my peers in class in french is defiantly much easier than talking to a native french speaker! But, I am glad I did it even though this experience was nerve-wracking and very difficult, I learned about what I need to focus on and how I need to improve my confidence when speaking. It taught me a lot about what goes into studying a language, just because you know a bunch of words in french doesn’t always mean that you can get around in France, I think if I were to go to France I would be a bit lost still since my pace is nowhere near that of a native speaker, and sometimes I don’t have confidence in my pronunciation and so I was worried he wouldnt understand me, I focused so much on trying to make my prononciation good that sometimes I wouldn’t fully listen to what he had to say! I tried my best and we had to record this conversation two times because he was going too fast, and I felt really bad.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jack \u00e9tudie la sociologie \u00e0 l’universit\u00e9 en France. Il est all\u00e9 \u00e0 Corvallis pour l’universit\u00e9 aussi, mais pour un peu. Il aime la France et aime la cuisine fran\u00e7aise et non la cuisine am\u00e9ricaine parce-qu\u2019il est plus confortable. Il aimait voir la nature \u00e0 Corvallis et pr\u00e9f\u00e9rait une petite ville. Il a dit qu’il … <\/p>\n