Harvard, Columbia, Yale and other Ivies being French

<p>Wow, you’re only 13, so you’ve got a lot of time. :)</p>

<p>At the moment, your english definitely isn’t strong enough to cope in an english speaking university, but compared to other french 13 year olds that I know, you’re doing fine. Will you have the chance to do a bilingual BAC or the IB? </p>

<p>Aside from basic grammar/vocabulary, the biggest problem in your writing so far seems to be your lack of knowledge regarding idiosyncrasies. But that’s OK. In english, we don’t say things like “follow a course” like you do in French; we say things like “studying” or “taking classes in”. The best thing to do would probably be to write down the phrases that don’t seem natural to you, and to keep a list that you revise. Good things to read would be:</p>

<p>+Novels (I wouldn’t advise jumping into the classics for a few years - you need to develop more fluency in English. Try basic things like Harry Potter - if you’ve actually read the books first in French, it’ll help your understanding, and then you can tackle some books that you’ve never seen before.)

  • Newspapers (try [BBC</a> - Homepage](<a href=“http://www.bbc.co.uk%5DBBC”>http://www.bbc.co.uk) for a British perspective; it’ll probably seem more relevant to Europe than the equivalent American newspapers).
    +Grammar websites/vocab websites (try freerice.com for vocab!)</p>

<p>You probably want to surround yourself with English sometimes, so I’d recommend:
+Films (but sometimes the English isn’t too grammatically correct; it’s colloquial, of course)
+Books recorded on CDs/podcasts of books</p>

<p>Your english is pretty good for someone of your age, but don’t give up :)</p>