Bonjour. This post is for clarifying few thoughts and seeking answers for myself. I would be really happy if i could get some advice from whoever reading this post. Just 32 hours before I had my weekly french class. I'm a beginner level student in french (A2). I'm an asian kid,, I live in france now, french seems pretty tough for me since the first day but i'm always so interested in learning this language cause I just loved it and i find french so beautiful and interesting. Fast forward to now, so I had my french class recently, at last half an hour of the class, we had one group activity of three people, like we have to form sentence with subject , verb and turn the sentence to negative. Pretty simple , isnt it? but guess what I'm really bad in group activitites. I hate group activities. To my luck my best friend was also in my group (who i think is pretty good in french). Even tho the task is simple, my mind stopped working midway for some reason. I couldnt able to process what is happening, i suddenly forgot the meaning of simple french words. My mind litreally froze. My teacher was trying explain to me, but guess what i couldnt understand single word of what she is saying. Ofcourse, she is talking in french but this time, i didnt understand a single word. Like what happened to me i asked myself. My best friend wrote the sentences down in paper to make me understand and i forced my mind so hard to understand the task but my brian said 'nope, not today'. It was so worse, that when my friend said the word "lait" i was litreally thinking what that word means, but the fact i know what it is , how the pronounciation is, but still at that moment, i blinked my eyes and i was so blank. I know I'm still a beginner but that was really embarassing , awkward , frustrating and tiring half an hour for me. Is it cause of tiredness? does that mean I have to work harder? is it cause i have got tired my classes and the regular mundane routine, that my brain said 'enough' at that moment? Maybe I'm just overthinking, but that moment was more than just a messed up french class. I always wonder is there anyone in this world who feel the way i feel. My french teacher played a song called "la liste" by rose to learn verbs and words. It was an amazing song. The singer litreally sings about the things she wants to do with the person she loves and also sings about the things she love. At that moment i didnt learn french. When she sang, "Aller à un concert, Repeindre ma chambre en vert, Boire de la vodka, Aller chez Ikea, Mettre un décolleté, Louer un meublé, Et puis tout massacrer", i wished only life could be this simpler and peaceful. After that class, my best friend asked me am i okay? and tried to make me feel better, and we'll learn french together after our exams are over and not think too much about it. But it was awkward. I waa drowned in silence in my room for next 24 hours. I didnt listen to any music. Even tho I loved "la liste" i was hesitating to listen to it. People may think i'm dramatic and overthinking, but this is how i think and how i felt. I wish i could wander around the french streets with ice cream in my hand , with no worries and carefree. I wish i dont think too much about learning french in french class but instead learn naturally from random people and strangers on the streets. There are lot of things i want to say but i feel like thoughts keep pouring out of my mind. I guess it's "c'est la vie" !
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