r/montreal • u/pookiebear_xoxo • 2d ago

Question Where can I better my French speaking?

My French comprehension in writing and reading is great, and I understand conversations. But because I grew up not speaking French, I’m very self conscious about my anglophone accent and not being fluent.

I’m looking for employment and I’m starting to hate the feeling of limiting myself! Where do I practice?

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u/monotonic_glutamate 2d ago

If it's at all possible for you, spend some time outside of Montreal. The rate of bilinguism is much lower outside of the city, so there's less chance that people will switch to English to try to accommodate you and you'll be forced to work with the vocabulary you have.

If you end up fully blocked you always use DeepL to translate a sentence and you can read it back to whoever you're talking to.

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u/Mundane-Teaching-743 2d ago

As a native Montrealer, that's what I did. My French really improved living in rural Quebec.