French exam today...

[fajrdrako]

At Alliance Française today, I took the exam forthe end of level B-11. To pass, one needs at least 70% in all questions - oral and written. I got 70% in two levels, 90% in another, and "Excellent! Félicitations!" for the written work. This is a pass, though I had some stupid spelling mistakes, like writing "ferrai" when it should have been "ferai". Ah, well...

The teacher advised those of us who are continuing to take the class held twice a week, rather than the Saturday morning classes, because we learn faster and learn more when it's twice a week - once a week is plenty of time to forget what you learned the week before. Even with homework. But B-12 isn't held this term except on Saturday mornings, so she advised us to go into B-13. Makes me feel as if I'm skipping a grade.

Now, I'm jobless and close to penniless, but I squandered $400 of my hard-earned credit card on on the B-13 classes coming up in a week. It isn't just that I love the classes and don't want to stop them. It's that I really think my French is improving, and the better my French, the better I'll do in the job market. In the long run. And self-study only takes a person so far, especially when I feel that what I need now is practice in speaking and pronunciation. I still struggle with those French Rs.

The couse cost more than B-11, because we need a whole set of textbooks.

Thius is really exciting. And I swear I'll study or practise French every day. I really will.