THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
Sir,—l, too, have been battling for years to acquire French, and cncountered the same obstacles as "Lc Pa>s Basque," but nothing alters my desire to speak this language fluently. Crude amateurish French we do_ not want and undoubtedly the real thing is difficult to acquire out here so far from France We should learn 1' rench from the French. For this purpose the French Club does not fill the bill. 1, too, was a member and enjoyed its meetings, but most of the performers were Knglish and- I did not seem to learn much. What is really needed is a conversation meeting, where one can meet the real French and hear them talk naturally in their native tongue. A child learns to_ speak long before it can read and this is how we should learn, by conversation. N.Z.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22541, 5 October 1936, Page 12
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141THE FRENCH LANGUAGE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22541, 5 October 1936, Page 12
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