Hi!

Depending on your age, you may find it is much more difficult than you esteem.

If you intend to move to France, it is certainly worth while brushing up your French before coming.

In France, you more specially need to talk, talk, talk.

That means mixing with people - you can easily do that if you have hobbies, and look for the loacl associations ( Ask Mairie or Office du Tournisme ). NB. It i always to look and peer, because being a member.

Otherwise you have the following situation.

Expats wanting for example to pruchase something, prepare nicely their sentence, can repeat it to the shop staff.

They then think, you can speak French, and when the answer comes, you are completly lost.

So talk, talk, talk.

It is mostly not important if you make mistakes - usually these contribute to get people laughing, and then you are making headway.

Of course if you move to the France profonde, your neighbours, may speak a local patois.

Yours,

giantpanda