Basic principles

• How is it possible to learn a language on your own?
• Who are you to speak about it?
• I was bad with languages at school
• Do schools teach languages?
• Is it possible to learn a language without leaving home?
• Everybody tells me it's impossible
• How long does it take?
• Do language tapes really work?
• Can I study while driving my car?
• What about group classes (adults)?

Ideas and doctrines

• All I need is a dictionary and a good grammar book
• Efficient learning must be painful.
• I can learn while sleeping - without efforts.
• The "old school"
• I heard something about language centers in the US army during WWII.
• What are the defects of the army approach?
• What is the contextual (situational) school?

The best programs (book and tapes packages)

• What is the Foreign Service Institute?
• What about the Defense Language Institute?
• What kind of books and tapes do they produce?
• Which languages are available?
• Where can I buy them?
• Why American books - can't you be less imperialist - gringo?

• Who was Dr Pimsleur?
• How does his method work?
• How long do I need to complete their method?
• Is it efficient? What will be my skills in my target language when I'm over?
• How much does it cost?
• Where can I buy these programs?

• How can I tell a good program from a bad one?
• What do you think of Berlitz?
• ...And Assimil?
• And the  Teach Yourself serie?
• Et la méthode "Nonante jours"?
• What about grammar books?

Tricks of the trade and common problems

• How should I learn grammar rules - syntaxic patterns?
• What is the best way to learn vocabulary?
• I have a hard time remembering some words. What should I do?
• What about pronunciation ?
• I want to improve my reading ability. What can I do?
• I'm not very fluent in my target language but I understand it perfectly.
• I can't write well in my target language.
• I don't understand what people say when they speak quickly.
• I stopped in the middle of the course and now I want to go on.
• If I can get understood - that's all I need.
• I want to learn several languages at the same time. What do you think?

Maintaining and practicing your language

• Will I remember the language I learned ?
• How can I practice my language if I don't live in the country ?
• Where can I listen to my language ?
• What about books ?
• How can I buy newspapers and magazines ?

If you have more questions, you can contact me.