The ultimate method to organize yourself to learn French.

Ask yourself the right questions before you start :

What is your relationship with the organization?
Are you organized? Do you know how to follow a schedule? Are you able to prepare a plan and follow it?
 

How are you used to learning? 
Do you need someone to motivate and boost you? Do you have a visual or auditory memory? Are you disciplined?
 

What are your goals?
Is it an emergency for you to learn French? Are your goals realistic? Is learning French for you a crazy bet? Are your goals SMART?         
           

How is your schedule?
Are you very busy or do you have a lot of time? Do you have a lot of free time or only a few minutes a day?

Getting organized to learn French :

Ideally, you should be able to get out of the way:

at least 40 minutes a day

⚠️ Please note that this does not have to be 40 consecutive minutes!

This can be :

• 10 minutes in the morning,
• 10 minutes at lunchtime,
• 10 minutes in the afternoon
• and 10 minutes in the evening.
   

If you have noticed, I have divided this time into four. Why did you do that?

Because you need to optimize your time to work on the four skills:

• Listening comprehension
• Reading comprehension
• Oral expression
• Written expression
   

It's also quite possible to work on these four skills over several days, for example :

• Monday : 40 minutes of listening comprehension
• Tuesday : 40 minutes of reading comprehension
• Wednesday : 40 minutes of oral expression
• Thursday : 40 minutes of written expression
• Friday : we take a break

Sample schedule for learning French :

Here is an example of a schedule that includes a French routine :
 

I listen to music in French while preparing.

and / or 

I listen to a podcast in French on my way to work

I read a blog or newspaper article in French.

and / or 

I am reading two pages of a book in French.

I write how my day went in a notebook.

and / or 

I write messages to my language partner.

I am taking a conversation class in French.

and / or 

I phone my language partner.

Small bonus: for fans of series and movies: Watch a series or a movie in French before going to bed.

Do you have any tips on how to organize yourself to learn French? Tell me in comment 👇

See you soon for new adventures in French of course! 🇫🇷