I learned how to speak French in just three months using audio books
Of course, I was taught French during my school days but never took it seriously. In my honest opinion, something like that just wasn't of any importance to me, and probably never would be.
After all, English was more popular and I could get along anywhere in the world with my knowledge of English language, right?
Oh my, how wrong could I have been.
It really became apparent how wrong I had been when I was sent to France for an assignment through my work. I was like a real fish out of water.
Everywhere I went to, everyone was speaking French. Locating someone who could speak English was like locating someone in England who could speak Chinese.
Yikes, I just felt completely lost.
Even after the experience I had in France, I still wasn't really interested in learning the language, as I probably wouldn't ever be going back to France.
Alas! On returning home, my superior informed me that I would be going back again three months later. Not only that, but this time I would be staying for much longer than the last time.
I protested, but she didn't bulge.
There and then I made a commitment to myself to learn French before the 3 months was up.
Being a lover of audio books, I went right ahead and bought some “Teach yourself French” foreign language audio books which I played while preparing for work in the morning, while exercising, during my commute to and from work and any other time when my hands were busy but my mind was free.
To be honest, I didn't really pay too much attention to the "Teach yourself French" lessons in the beginning, because it was all very strange to me.
But as time went on, it all started to make sense. What really helped was the translations to English for any word spoken in French.
This really confirmed what I had read sometime ago about the power of listening. No wonder God gave us 2 ears and just one mouth. You can learn virtually any language from just listening - it really is that powerful.
You wouldn't believe it but gradually I picked up and was able to speak some amount of French just 6 weeks after.
Can you just imagine the look on my superior's face, when I spoke to her completely in French without even mixing it a little with English!
She couldn't believe it and asked me how I was able to do it. I told her - audio books!
My superior was so amazed and impressed that I had taken the time to learn the language, that she promoted me to the head of delegation for the next trip we had planned to France. I was going to represent our entire company.
She made sure every other member of my team got their foreign language audio books and did exactly what I had done.
When I eventually got back to France 3 months later, I was no longer "a fish out of water".
It was fantastic, and I was amazed that I had been able to do this without hiring a tutor, going to college or night school, or even reading any French tutorial books.
And it was all done in three short months, just from listening to my foreign language audio lessons.
And do you know what was the most intriguing thing about all of this? I did this all in my "free" time. I didn't commit any special time to this, but the same time I had wasted in the past.
Now, if I could do this within just three months, I am absolutely certain that anyone else can do it too.
If there is any language you would love to learn, follow my footsteps and you will be pleasantly surprised what can happen in just 3 months, with the power of audio books.
There are several audio book versions of many books on learning foreign languages that you can get on the Internet.
You can start your search from SpokenNetwork.com direct, or through the many search engines. You just need to type in the phrase or title of the book that you are interested in, and you'll be given a whole host of results… within seconds.
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