AJ

[mystic flicker]

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[sour seal]

yeah, you're at a level now where you have to incorporate some form of partial immersion in your routine.
Now that you understand the concepts behind the language, or at least the main ones, you need to practice in real situations, different contexts, until you can intuit them and it becomes comfortable.
Most people follow a curve similar to this one:
A1: 90% lessons 10% immersion
A2: 50% lessons 50% immersion
B2: 10% lessons 90% immersion

What I recommend is basically reading and listening to media in French. Whatever you like, video games, series, socials, videos, books, random internet searches... What you need is stuff that's at least a bit challenging, that you can at least understand a bit, and that's motivating for you. If you manage to vary your sources of input, even better. You can take note of vocab or grammar points that stumbled you, then review that afterwards.

doing that means you need to spend more time doing French than before, but also you're not spending that time only doing French, you're also doing something you would have done anyway, but in a language you're more comfortable of. It's a bit more tiring and not as comfortable, but very rewarding and doesn't eat away at your free time

[olive zealot]

Thanks! For the longest time the only thing I listened to (or could understand even a bit) was the Innerfrench podcast. Recently about a month or so ago I found this series on youtube which I’ve enjoyed quite a bit and can understand pretty well with subtitles https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCnUnV3yCIYsorEFTMQUynEFEJFyZBtTv&si=RB3Dpz1yHQAlpLxM

Is stuff like this a good style of content at this stage? I also watched some stuff similar to
https://youtu.be/dRhEbABFQEc?si=5legqu7BorJTOfch

but I found that the news type talk show style content is easier to understand for now since its usually slower and covers a wider array of topics/accents/speaking styles etc

[sour seal]

the best content is content that:

• is at least a bit challenging
• you can at least understand a bit
• is motivating for you

that's a huge range! what to pick exactly is up to you. Personally I just pick stuff I would read/watch in my language anyway, like video games for instance, but that usually means going for native media and not tailored for beginners. But that's just my preference.

Subtitles and no subtitles are both good, and provide different benefits. Subtitles can make it a bit more comfortable, but no subtitles can force you to practice listening specifically. There's no bad choice, but I recommend trying to switch things from time to time.
InnerFrench is really popular for beginners!

[olive zealot]

Thank you, J’apprécie vraiment votre aide!

[thorny locust]

Can I know who your italki instructor is? Does it really help and worth the price?

[olive zealot]

Yeah, the biggest part where it helps is training me to basically spontaneously speak french which was the main difference I noticed compared to writting. In writting I can take time to think but having actual conversations is good for speaking practice as it helps me find areas where I’m weaker when it comes to forming sentences