Learning how to speak French clearly has to be one of the more difficult languages to learn in amongst the many other European languages. Although in general, I suppose any language is difficult to learn. Having said this, you have probably heard most people tell you that it requires much dedication and perseverance to learn a language, and that only people who have "photographic" memories will succeed in being being able to fluently speak a foreign language. Some will go on and say that the only way to learn a language is to travel to another country and hear the language spoken in conversation. Although this is very helpful, it is not entirely necessary.