if u have them … my cats are now francophone because i only talk to them in french & it creates a judgement-free space for natural conversation where u r hopefully only speaking french
also love teen magazines — my french teacher had a few from like 2010 (cool magazine) & i learnt so much strange québécois slang
& news sources in general, i’m #canadian so i just use radio canada & it’s great.. much pertinent vocab + sentence structure
tv5monde has a section full of exercises where u watch little videos & answer questions & i always learn something on there that isn’t french so it’s cool
Feb 11, 2025
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tv shows!!! i can't stress this enough, watching people engage in the language helps so much. after doing french for years and graduating with a delf b2, i give all credit to the fact that i was put in an immersive environment where french was always spoken around me. you can start with children's shows like Téléfrançais, and then move to your favourite show dubbed etc. that being said, nothing beats talking in french...so if all else fails, meet some french speakers to chat with, or maybe temporarily move to france 😄
i wish you the best of luck!
Feb 10, 2025
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Love this! I agree re: the above recommendation; you should start with Anki and use it to learn the 1000 most frequent words in whatever language you’re learning.
While you’re learning those words, it’s also helpful to start studying some basic grammar. Doesn’t have to be anything too intense. You could buy a grammar book and do one lesson a day, watch grammar lesson videos on YouTube, or use an online program like Kwiziq (depending on what language you want to learn).
Once you’re done learning the 1000 vocab words, I’d start consuming media! There are so many resources online depending on what your target language is—podcasts, children’s TV shows, newspapers, novels, etc. You can continue to make Anki vocab cards when you come across a word you don’t know, but it really depends on how you best learn.
I meet with my French tutor once a week and it’s helped me immensely with my speaking skills. You can find online tutors on Italki for pretty reasonable prices.
I also changed my phone and laptop language to French — it was frustrating at first but you get used to it pretty quickly and it helps with the learning process.
There’s also so many language learning resources online like r/languagelearning on Reddit. Good luck!
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