{"id":21302,"date":"2014-11-12T14:23:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T13:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=21302"},"modified":"2014-11-13T00:25:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T23:25:29","slug":"new-blogger-chez-transparent-language-john-bauer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/new-blogger-chez-transparent-language-john-bauer\/","title":{"rendered":"New Blogger Chez Transparent Language: John Bauer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Salut tout le monde, je m\u2019appelle<\/em> John Bauer and I\u2019m one of the new writers on the Transparent Language\u2019s French blog. Mon histoire\u00a0<\/strong> (my history) with France and la langue fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (the French language) is far from normal. I first came to France 3 years ago without knowing anything about the country or the language. I forced myself to learn as quickly as possible and achieve my goal of getting into grad school in France.<\/p>\n

After a hard year learning the language enough to get into school, I was in! My troubles were far from over though. Once I was accepted by a universit\u00e9<\/strong> there were more stumbling blocks than I can possibly count. Not just trouble communicating in this new language, but cultural problems I hadn\u2019t expected.Not to mention the fact that I had accidentally entered French law school! Now, a CM<\/strong> (Cours magistral<\/em>, lecture class) is hard enough to follow in a normal situation, but when it\u2019s a class on law in a foreign language\u2026 well, I was pretty lost.<\/p>\n

After another year of figuring out just how the French education system works, getting out of law school, and getting my French to a more acceptable level, I was finally in a Master\u2019s program that I wanted to be and I was finally able to keep up in class. Even if I had trouble remembering to regarder dans les yeux<\/strong> (make eye contact) when it was time to lever mon verre<\/strong> (raise my glass), I was at least able to understand that I should be looking at them in the eyes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m currently in my second year of a LEA<\/strong> (Langues \u00e9trang\u00e8res apliqu\u00e9es<\/em>, Applied Foreign Languages) Master\u2019s program at a university in Paris. Le fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> is a part of my everyday life now, but I still have to learn new things and I still make mistakes every day, so feel free to point out any mistakes you see in my articles!<\/p>\n

J\u2019ai h\u00e2te de<\/strong> (I look forward to) writing about the d\u00e9fis<\/strong> (challenges), both cultural and relating to language, I have had and how I eventually got over them. A big part of mes \u00e9tudes<\/strong> (my studies) both inside and outside the classroom are related to culture and language and how they affect interactions between people. With the right tools and the right knowledge, learning a foreign language isn\u2019t an insurmountable wall, but a scenic hike up a mountain trail you\u2019ve never been before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Salut tout le monde, je m\u2019appelle John Bauer and I\u2019m one of the new writers on the Transparent Language\u2019s French blog. Mon histoire\u00a0 (my history) with France and la langue fran\u00e7aise (the French language) is far from normal. I first came to France 3 years ago without knowing anything about the country or the language…<\/p>\n

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