“I set out on my great adventure to the wilder shores of linguistic competence only six weeks ago – and yet already I feel I’m floundering. Those who read my earlier piece will recall that I had opted for the Berlitz method in order to take my French from the three-year-old-getting-along level: ‘Train station, where, go now, please?’ to one where, by the autumn, when I have a new book out in France, I would be at least capable of conducting a basic press interview.”
The rest of the second part of Will Self’s attempt to learn French is ici.
