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🇫🇷 Think your French class was brutal? The French Foreign Legion takes language learning to the next level–pushups, punishment, and no mistakes allowed! Think you could survive? Watch today’s video and let us know your thoughts.
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9:47 – Singing in French
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French Foreign Legion FIGHTING & TRAINING [English sub documentary]
La légion étrangère hors série
le major Gérald s'engage !
First french class for Foreign Legion recruits
Comment survivre et combattre dans la jungle – La formation militaire la plus difficile
Légion étrangère française: 1 mois dans la forêt tropicale
How the French Foreign Legion teaches the French language to the new recruits.
Why Do Men From All Over the World Want to Join the Foreign Legion?
The foreign legion : men without a past
Cours de français à la légion étrangère
Légion étrangère française : Les secrets d'une sélection – EP2
First french class for Foreign Legion recruits
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Excellent channel
It would be cool to see more videos about central Asian and Siberian languages.
Yea especially Punjabi.
Yes, I would like to learn Chukchi.
@WVWwe need a video on Indian languages in general. They’re the coolest languages in the world but none of them except Hindi are ever really given the light of day by language learners
@Light Ray especially the South Indian and Dravidian languages (Malayalam and kannada etc)
Chuvash, nganasan, sakha and ket are interesting
Thanks you
Being a native French speaker, I can tell you that the level of spoken French in this video is really low, even for those who seem to speak well. Anyway, thanks for sharing
See that’s the thing, the point I noticed and what illy is explaining is not achieving ultimate fluency, it’s about actively speaking with confidence and minimum comprehension to listen and respond! Lol
True but the words are wrong, and I wouldn’t have understood if I had only heard the audio. At one point, he said ‘Pompééé’ in reference to ‘push-ups,’ but the correct pronunciation is ‘pump.'”
The thing is, it’s the trainer who gets it wrong, not the soldiers.
Exactly. @Copious Cat
I had the same feeling listening to them. It was sometimes hard to understand what they were saying, the teacher even made a pronoun mistake once. I suppose, as long as they understand each other, it’s the most important.
Can I join to learn french quickly?
No. It is too difficult.
aun no he leido un comentario del metodo, Powell Janaulus es real? se puede considerar metodo de aprendizaje acelerado?
Can you do a video on Navajo?
I second this request. Not enough is done to promote learning languages like Navajo, Comanche, Nahuatl…
These are considered endangered languages on the brink of becoming dead and while they might not be as wide spread and used as a second or third most spoken languages they do deserve being kept alive.
@Jesse Cortez agree, and it has such intresting/unique grammer.
Fascinating. This kind of training would certainly give you the needed motivation to learn.
The ultimate TPR
This looks so fun
Nice to see clips of “Thomas Gast – Der Legionär” a german former legionary. Very wholesome guy.
I’m French and I think I will do this with Chinese, I’m struggling with this language because I don’t spend enough time practicing…
in brief:
The video discusses the unique and intense methods employed by the French Foreign Legion to teach its recruits the French language.
– The French Foreign Legion is known for its rigorous combat training and its strict approach to teaching French.
– Communication on the battlefield is crucial, and with recruits coming from various linguistic backgrounds, everyone is required to learn French.
– The Legion teaches French not as a second language but as a working language.
– Recruits have 17 weeks to learn operational French, mastering 500 words and using them fluently in sentences.
– From the first day, speaking any language other than French is strictly prohibited.
– The Legion also assigns recruits a new French name, which they must respond to promptly.
– The teaching environment can vary from a traditional classroom to outdoor settings.
– The instructor is typically a platoon leader who also teaches French in a direct and no-nonsense manner.
– The teaching method, known as the KY blong method, is based on repetition, incentive, and immersion.
– The recruits are drilled repeatedly to ensure they understand and remember the words and phrases.
– The main goal is for recruits to understand and relay orders in French.
– The teaching approach is exceptionally practical, focusing on words and phrases that the recruits will use daily.
– The instructor uses various techniques to teach, such as pointing to body parts and having the class repeat the corresponding French word.
– Recruits are also taught military terms and equipment names.
– If a recruit makes a mistake, they might be asked to do push-ups as punishment.
– The Legionnaires end up speaking a dialect of French, influenced by the diverse backgrounds of the recruits.
– Singing in French is a significant part of the training, with recruits singing various French songs, including the Legion’s anthem.
– The video concludes by directing viewers to another video for a more in-depth look at the Foreign Legion’s language lessons.
Overall, the video highlights the intense and immersive approach the French Foreign Legion takes to ensure its recruits learn French quickly and effectively.
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Hey Olly, I got your beginning french book! I love it 10/10 recommend.
The famous “démerde-toi” language method
I would share this with my newcomer students if none of them were refugees from war in their countries…
Someone needs to use some of this in Quebec.
Write world war 2 in simple italian per favore !
Looks like the Legion has dialed it down a bit. I read a book called “Five years in the French Foreign Legion” by Simon Murray. Writing from the 60s, seems like everything was enforced through violence. Insufficient progress in French meant slaps, a buttstock to the guts, or a thrashing if you were really dragging. It was basically an organization of fugitives and adventure seekers, molded into a powerhouse military organization. Probably still the case!