So far satisfied... but French current event lessons are lacking

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So, I’ve been enjoying my time on LingQ. It has helped me get comfortable with French and helped finish the foundation I needed to build to get down to some serious learning.

However, one thing that I feel is missing is the lack of current news articles in French. I love “Le Podcast High Tech”, but I really want some more current events in business, politics, science and maybe even art.

Are there any plans to expand the library? I plan on finding lessons and uploading them soon.

Thank you in advance, Steve and the LingQ staff. :slight_smile: You have made an excellent tool.

-Johnathon AKA Xakota

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However, one thing that I feel is missing is current news articles in French.

Also, are there any plans to add an edit feature?

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I think there is a daily news podcast + transcript at France Inter. If you don’t need transcript, there are lots of French news podcasts. Also check our spreadsheet of internet resources. I don’t have time to link to it here. I think there is a link in the help

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BTW what do you mean by “get down to serious learning”

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We rely on the content that our members can find. In my German, Russian and other studies I also use a lot of imported content. These often cannot be shared for copyright reasons but make for good learning.

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Hi,
Have a look at the links I share in these documents:

I hope you’ll find something useful there.

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Already checked the links you supplied, leie. I still use them. Great links. :slight_smile:

Dooo, hat I mean by “serious learning” is that I now have a good enough foundation to begin learning grammar. I’ve been building a hard-copy library of French grammar and dictionaries. I can finally understand enough to understand a few words when used within context. At first, learning is slow because you must use translations and dictionary definitions as crutches. I don’t have to do that as often. Don’t get me wrong. I’m far from mastering French. :stuck_out_tongue:

I may not have said “serious learning” in the most clear and concise way, but I hope this explains what I meant. I have begun to read books and when I find a word I think is useful, I write it on my notepad and make a LingQ of it after I’ve finished. Helps me fill my daily quotas. :slight_smile:

Also, dooo, I found it. Excellent. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.

As for my current “write, define, LingQ, rinse, repeat” process I have going, I will continue to do so. Seems very effective.

Thank you all for the help. I’ll be looking into expanding the library very soon. You were all very helpful. :slight_smile:

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I see thanks. Good luck with the grammar. But I wouldn’t take it too seriously :wink:

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Sorry，I wanted to share all the articles of Radio Japon and Radio France International I had already imported personally into Ling Q but these Radio stations did not to allow me share them…

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Sorry for mistakes.

but these Radio stations did not to allow me share them… -->> but these Radio stations did not allow me to share them…

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Not to worry, dillemme. At least you tried. :slight_smile:

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Hi Xakota,

Have you listened and read the FREQUENCE TERRE collection? I often add new articles!

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No, ma’am. I will look into it. :slight_smile:

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Damn. That is quite some heavy reading… I will surely work on my vocabulary before I attempt. Still, I love this collection. Merci beaucoup Cecile.

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