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# French learning: Onwards and upwards
- URL: https://www.adamsooley.ca/french-learning-onwards-and-upwards/
- Published: 2020-03-03T14:23:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T13:26:26.000Z
- Description: Week two of learning French, plenty of practice, a new night course at Algonquin College and at least a little evidence that all this work might actually be getting me somewhere.
- Author: Adam Sooley
- Tags: Life & Music

Wow, into week two now of the French learning. Gotta say, it's mind-numbing at times, but it's worth it when I am seeing some progress.

I have now also signed up for a night course at Algonquin College, which I will be doing for three hours a night, twice a week.

I have to achieve a 90%+ mark with LRDG to move forward in their program. At this point I am scoring 60%, but I am loving that my tutor notices that I am trying to participate more and more and has scored me top marks there.

Can't learn without continuing to try and participate.

![](https://www.adamsooley.ca/content/images/2026/09/learningprogress.png)

Here is a little conversation with my tutor. I had to explain my family:

Je m’appelle Adam, je viens de Port aux Basques à Terre-Neuve et je suis marié, ma femme s’appelle Jodi, elle vient de St. John's à Terre-Neuve. Mes deux enfants s’appellent Paige et Sadie. Paige a X ans et Sadie a X ans. J’ai un frère et une soeur. Mon frère s’appelle Michael et ma soeur s’appelle Sonya. J’ai X neveux et X nièces. Un de mes neveux s’appelle Gavin, il habite avec moi, il a X ans. Il est soudeur. Il vient de Paradise à Terre-Neuve. Mon père a X ans et il s’appelle John. Ma mère a X ans. Elle s’appelle Elaine. Mes grands-parents sont décédés. J’ai une vingtaine de tantes et d’oncles et une soixantaine de cousins. J’ai une belle-soeur et un beau-frère. Mon beau-père a X ans et ma belle-mère a X ans.

It's not the best, but I don't think it's the worst either. I'll take it as progress.

Oh, and I removed numbers and replaced them with X's since you don't need to know that info.

Happy Tuesday all. :-)

It's onward and upward from here.