mikuichibanfan

[chilly tide]

Please be patient

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[lyric pagoda]

When you said you never understand convos, do you mean you only understand convos that are made for learners, but not regular ones ? Or have you directly tried listening to actual french after learning its written form ?
Spoken french is very different from the standard written form. And although theyre not natural french, i dont think its a bad idea to start with slow, spelled out audios and then try to understand actual convo

[lyric pagoda]

@ornate bronze anyways, to answer (because idk what youve been doing so far) :

1. Passive listening helps your brain detect patterns, intonations and recurring words even if you dont understand. ie music/podcasts
2. Watching subtilted videos is a great idea. Interviews, political debates, french documentaries or vulgarisation videos ... all of these can be easy to understand when properly subtilted.
   I like ARTE and France.tv for educational content, but it really depends on the type of content you consume, tell us what you like !
3. If you're trying to really train, i would suggest pausing the video after a sentence you dont get, replaying it and trying to repeat it, then listen to it again.

[safe karma]

just a heads up, listening to stuff that's 80-95% comprehensible is the sweet spot for learning quickly. But if you're dead set on only watching content made for francophones, there's tons of that on youtube depending on your interests. I like radio-canada, gurky, joueur du grenier, altis play, among others.

If you're open to material made for learners, innerfrench is pretty good