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Originally Posted by substitute
I know you know what I mean, I'm just putting it into words for other people who're trying to learn and do the same thing. A good way to train yourself out of doing it is, if you can't actually get the chance to be around Francophones very often (as I don't!!), try to keep your hand in by listening to French media as often as possible. With so many webcasting radio stations (Radio Courtoisie is good for learners because they speak good French, lots of talking and usually not too fast, and no slang/streetspeak) and lots of French movies and TV series on youtube, it's not difficult to over time get a feel for the way French sentences are constructed.
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Well, I spent twelve years in a french immersion program, which means that everyone refused to speak the damn language. As such, my knowledge of conversational french is a lot more limited than it should be. My accent and my vocabulary (as you mentionned) is all right, though I can't construct phrases to save my life. Though thanks for the suggestions, I'll be sure to look into them. It's actually very different speaking french inside a school, where they tend not to bother correcting the way you speak (as they generally assume that high school students won't bother to apply the criticisms), and because of that we sound weird when we talk to people who actually know the language well. I wish I was put into an actual french program, as opposed to an immersion program.