I am staying with someone who is french and i am american. we both know a little of each language, exercises?

Question

so im staying with a french person for a few weeks, we have books and dictionaries and everything. need a good structure or format on speaking and hearing the languages. weve been asking eachother words, the meanings and then make a sentance from that word. then the other person does the same and we try to understand. i need a better structure, any ideas for learning of eachother?

Answer 1

Lucky you. You're already on a great track. To amplify it, try making some home made flash cards. When you do the exercises you've been doing, you write your English sentence on one side, your friend can write the French on the other side. You'll build an impressive repertoire of sentences before you know it. When you come to the review portion of your exercises, hold the flashcards between you with each of you translating the phrase in to your second language.

Answer 2

Try the Yahoo feature called "Babel Fish"...it's great!!