How to understand fast spoken French

And why audio in “slow French” won’t really help you

One of the most common problems my students share with me is:

I’m pretty good at reading French, but when it’s spoken fast by Québécois, I have trouble understanding it.

In the past, I used to believe my students.

It’s true that understanding a written language is usually easier than understanding live conversations. Speaking fluently is even more diffic…