You probably won't be surprised to hear that I make A LOT of mistakes during my 60-minute conversation lessons.

But because I am 100% focused on trying to express myself in French, I don't take notes.

Whenever I make a mistake, my tutor repeats the phrase or sentence the correct way.

Then I repeat after her.

So it’d be impossible for me to remember all the mistakes and corrections I receive.

Luckily, I don’t have to!

After each lesson, my tutor sends me a personalized feedback doc (the one I sent you a few days ago).

The doc has a list of sentences I said during our lesson, but written the right way.

The words and phrases I made mistakes with are underlined and highlighted, making it easy for me to see what I need to work on.

The first time I got this doc, I was blown away.

I could easily see the exact words, phrases, and grammar errors I was making.

I found this type of detailed feedback so powerful, I knew I couldn’t let it go to waste.

That's why I wanted to share it with you.

So you have an example of what working with a French tutor can be like.

More personal.

More practical.

And overall more fun!

The personalized corrections I've gotten are so useful I create Anki flashcards out of them.

I go through the doc, pull out the words and phrases I know I’ll use in future conversations, and create flashcards for them.

Why?

Because repetition makes permanent in language learning.

À la prochaine!

Lette Berhe, French Without Subtitles

P.S. If you haven't opened up the link I sent you, here it is again:

​French Conversation Notes​

Now that you know why I found it so useful, maybe you'll look at it with new eyes.