Of course, I was taught French during my school days but never took it seriously. As far as I was concerned, it wasn't important to me and never would be.

After all, English was more popular and I could get along anywhere in the world with my knowledge of English language, right?

How dead wrong I was.

I realized my mistake when I was sent to France for an assignment. I was like a real fish out of water.

Everywhere I went, everyone was speaking French. Finding someone who could speak English was like finding someone in England who could speak Japanese.

Whew, I really felt lost.

Nonetheless, I made a silent resolve not to learn the language, since I wasn't going to be coming back to France.

But on getting back home, my boss told me I would be going back in 3 months. This time I would stay longer.

I protested, but she didn't budge.

There and then I made a commitment to myself to learn French before the 3 months was up.

Being a lover of audio books, I went right ahead and bought "Teach Yourself French" audio books, which I played while preparing for work in the morning, while exercising, during my commute to and fro work and any other time when my hands were busy but my mind was free.

At first I didn't pay too much attention to what was being said in the "Teach Yourself French" audio books because it was a strange language.

But as time went on, it all started to make sense. What really helped was the translations to English for any word spoken in French.

This really confirmed what I had read sometime ago about the power of listening. No wonder God gave us 2 ears and just one mouth. This means just listening is powerful enough to learn virtually any language.

You wouldn't believe it but gradually I picked up and was able to speak a significant amount of French just 6 weeks after.

You can imagine the surprise on the face of my boss when, 10 weeks later, I spoke French to her without mixing it with a single word of English!

She couldn't believe it and asked me how I was able to do it. I told her - audio books!

Not only was she very impressed, she made me the head of the delegation she was sending to represent our company in France.

She made sure every other member of my team got their audio books and did exactly what I had done.

When I eventually went back to France 3 months later, I was no longer "a fish out of water".

It was incredible, but I was able to achieve this without taking any classes, without hiring any private French tutor, without reading any "French tutorial" books.

All of this was possible within 3 months from just listening to French audio book lessons.

Do you know what was most intriguing about this? I did this all in my "free" time. I didn't commit any special time to this, but the same time I had wasted in the past.

If I could do this within 3 months, I am certain anyone else can do it too.

If there is any language you would love to learn, follow my footsteps and you will be pleasantly surprised what can happen in just 3 months, with the power of audio books.

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