1. Take a good look at these sites from the links page and jot down all the reasons that make sense to you about why YOU are studying French.
Why learn a foreign language?
http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/C_I/pkwyfl/whylearn.cfm
http://www.adfl.org/resources/knowing_other_languages.htm
http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/flsat.html
Why study French?
http://www2.chccs.k12.nc.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php? sectiondetailid=13134&PHPSESSID=bf1d1d528499c6085ced09da2ddb146d
http://www.nvcc.edu/vflc/whystudyFrench.htm
2. Then take a look at how to study a foreign language and take notes on pointers you may want to try this year in order to make studying a practice that really pays off for you.
Hints on how to learn a foreign
language
http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/C_I/pkwyfl/hints.cfm