Chances are, he was just remarking on your pronunciation, which is all anyone cares about with French. I studied it for 5 years (IB/college many years ago) and

Chances are, he was just remarking on your pronunciation, which is all anyone cares about with French. I studied it for 5 years (IB/college many years ago) and still managed to get the brusque English-menu treatment in Quebec. For the past year I've listened to almost exclusively French music and my pronunciation has improved dramatically. Now even when I whip out a couple lines of simple A1-level stuff, natives compliment my French. The only thing that has changed is that I talk more like the songs I've learned.