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[magic pelican]

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[faint harbor]

For me it's just a tonne of input. I listened to French music, watched French shows/English shows with French subtitles, changed my phone language to French, etc., so I always had some French input be it passive or active. Of course I joined this community and became active in it which is when my learning shot up because before I had only dealt with French passively but then I've had to talk with people and actively give opinions and talk, etcetera.

[dire tangle]

I had prior education in french so I had a leg up but

1. Started with just getting input. Sitting down and listening to 30-60mins of french a day for a month, writing down any new vocab I managed to pick up
2. Hanging around in vc and just practicing and listening
3. A looooot of asking questions
4. Lurking in #salle-de-classe to see what other people were asking and learning from that
5. More and more input (games, music, shows)
6. Making friends and communicating with them in french
7. Helping others and learning how to find info for them if I didn't know the answer or couldn't explain it quickly or easily
8. Dictées

[rich igloo]

Thanks so so much. Great to hear from others

[rich igloo]

only question, what's dictées?

Also, any suggestions for great input sources

[dire tangle]

Dictations - you listen to someone read out a text (with punctuation) and you try to write it out
Helps a lot with identifying issues you have with oral comprehension and using context clues

[rich igloo]

that sounds perfect for what I need help with, thank you