On 14th of December (a day after acceptance), I went to Alliance FranΓ§aise de Tachkent and signed up for the course starting in Feb. Alliance was very classy, french vibes, a lot of french native speakers too. Fortunately, my group only had 4 people, which made it almost an individual lesson.
Pros: Alliance is established by French Embassy (so official); teachers were good (mine was Madame Sevara and she was a dedicated teacher for sure); class size was small; and they have this big library of original books in french.
Cons: Classes are rare (not in summer), only 2 times a week, so you will have to spend 5 months studying one level (I think this was to some extent good because I could study passively and manage it with my work which got progressively heavy); administration and sales work very bad, resulting in a bad customer service.
Overall my experience was pretty good there. I have finished A1 (I know very small progress) but at least something before I start taking French in college this fall. You can see a letter I wrote after I finished half of A1, and later my result from DELF A1 after I finished the whole A1.
Was it hard? Not that much. It was a mix of Russian grammar + English words. A lot of things do not make sense though. Everything is either feminine or masculine. Nothing in the middle. 99 is 4*20+10+9
(quatre-vingt-dix-neuf). And of course, the pronounciation is peak. But I think it is going managable.
Now as I see into the internet, I come across French songs, books, or materials a lot. They turned out to be as common as I expected them. And finally, I can like some French reels cuz I actually understand them (a bit). MDR :)
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