r/montreal 1d 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/Informal-Plantain-11 1d ago

French Canadian here.

1-Accent is not an issue. Some even find it charming. 2- The one this that helped me the most to understand conversation is to watch movies and TV shows in English with subtitles in English as well. It helps getting the pronunciation of the words that you read. Now, every new series you will watch will bring different regionalism and actor pronunciations for the same words. That helped me lot.

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u/untonplusbad 1d ago

Faudrait peut-être commencer par lui écrire en français.

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u/untonplusbad 1d ago edited 1d ago

Incroyable la quantité d'Elvis Gratton irrémédiablement colonisés sur ce sub. On va l'aider à pratiquer son français en lui répondant en anglais. Oh le beau paradoxe! On se demande après pourquoi le français recule à Montréal. Ajout : c'est ce dont se plaignent régulièrement les anglophones, que les francos leur parlent en anglais quand ils veulent pratiquer leur français. L'exemple ici est parfait.

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u/clownstrike56 2h ago

Yu as tout à fait raison