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[marble osprey]

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[willow hill]

I think French Facile is fantastic for beginner comprehension. Français avec Nelly is also great.

I've been primarily using these two

[errant canopy]

https://francaisfacile.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/journal-en-français-facile/
This website has podcasts with captions that get highlighted as the narrator says them

[shy dune]

Ok, what about resources for grammer?

[acoustic temple]

Grammar I would mainly recommend LawlessFrench and Kwiziq, but those are not podcasts
For Podcasts, I'd recommend InnerFrench

[shy dune]

what about youtube videos? Or vocab resources, like, say, flashcards or things like that.

[errant canopy]

Easy French is a good channel, with subtitles and slower content:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HADlVv4nZZQ

[acoustic temple]

I'm not a big fan of youtube resources generally
a lot are heavily focused on certain specific french accents that don't interest me, vocab resources are wordreference and anki

I'm a big Easy French hater since they change what's being said in the subtitles quite frequently and it bothers me

I get why they do it and I'm sure it's still good for early learners

just drives me nuts

[errant canopy]

as in, they reword it into more natural english instead of sticking to a very litteral translation?

[acoustic temple]

no, the french

[errant canopy]

oh, ok. Haven't noticed that

[acoustic temple]

they change what's being said to be "more correct" or cut out filler words and stuff like that

I'm sure for many people that's fine, I just find it misleading when you're trying to understand what sounds you're hearing and the text doesn't even match the sounds

[errant canopy]

yeah I can see how that would be misleading

[wispy garnet]

what vids of avec nelly do u watch? does she have a playlist made for listening practice? cuz I cant find any.

[wispy garnet]

how do u practice with podcasts? Im A1 and I went to French Facile and I can only understand some words but not all, is that good?

[willow hill]

ive been absolutely spamming podcasts and vlogs from them and some others, about 3 weeks ago i couldnt understand anything (it just sounded like gibberish), now i get the gist of most conversations from them

[wispy garnet]

ooohh, so like, u understand a majority of what they're saying now even if u didnt understood anything at first? (3 weeks ago)

So basically, jst spam myself with immersion and I'll eventually learn?

[willow hill]

yes, for example the recent video they posted i understood around 85

[wispy garnet]

do u write anything down or no?

[willow hill]

yes

[willow hill]

i also do a bit of grammar, but only when it pops up

like when i get confused on a sentence strucutre

[wispy garnet]

ohhh ok tysm

[wispy garnet]

such as?

May I add you for further inquiries?

[willow hill]

sure