My french is so perfect...
English is far away easier than french : why my english is so crappy ??
I do a mental blocking on this langage : why ? How to remove it from my head ?
HELP !!!!
As a native English speaker I find Mandarin easier than French. I think a lot of it comes down to how you learn in the first place. I studied French at school and like most of us learning a language I had to read lists of words and repeat them over and over again. This is not how anyone should learn a language. The Pimsleur method, based on natural learning, (the way a child learns it's native tongue) is far better. No text required either, you don't even need to be able to read.
The trouble is once your taught the school method you are doomed unless you get exposure to native speakers continuously.
Come and live in the UK for a year, that should do it. You can also learn how to roll cheese downhill, drink warm beer and vomit on holiday whilst maintaining an inflated sense of superiority over colonials like the Aussies and Americans. Welcome to England, (a German colony).
