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Language learning essentials
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items I'm currently learning French, I've done a lot of research ont this topic & those would be my essentials for learning any language. I do spend a lot of money on it but I see it as an investment in myself.
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Books
I bought this ebook over the summer & I learned a lot of from it. It has lots of information about learning language in different ways either with spending money & there's a free way as well. Highly recommend it if you're thinking about learn...
Fluency Made Easy
My french tutor recommended these 2 books for me when I was a begginger, it has lots of great exercises with lots of pictures & activities that makes it fun to learn!! Would recommend to start with these workbooks even for other languages!
Assimil french books for begginers
This is very helpful to learn how to conjugate verbs! & have all types of verbs to memorise & understand.
Complete guide to conjugating 12 000 french verbs
I love doing word search puzzles & what's better way to do it than doing it in French! Lots of vocabulary words, helps me keep my memory active & refreshed. I do it every morning to start my day on a good note.
Learn French With Word Search Puzzles
Language apps
This one helped me memorise vocabulary a lot!! I love how they have different topics so you can fin your interest & learn the words like I found for makeup and football/soccer and those are not usually common in language books.
Drops - Free language learning for 50+ Languages
If there's any language app you have to download it would be this one!! You do have to pay for it depending on your currency it ranges it's $30 Canadian. It's worth it for me because it's a podcast and there's bunch of activities that introduce you t...
Pimsleur
I didn't see improvement until I got a tutor on this app. If you can invest money on this it's worth it, I've had 2 tutors both of them are great. They told me what I need to work on & every week we have a topic to talk about that way my speaking...
italki
I know everyone loves to hate on Duolingo, but honestly I love using it when I take a break from my weekly tutors calls to help retain my vocabulary. It's easy, simple & fun to use! It's a good as a side thing pairing it with having a tutor is de...
Duolingo
I love the podcast they have. It teaches you that you already know a lot the language that you're learning from English. How you can use English words in language learning and it's so helpful! It's a very different concept but it definitely makes it ...
Language Transfer
Great for learning French vocab. Teaches you the meaning of the word with context in sentences.
Linguee
My tutor recommended to use this app instead of Google rand late because it's more accurate and I couldn't agree more!
DeepL: translate
TV shows & movies
One of my favourite french shoes, each episode has a famous actor & shows you more about the entertainment industry. Very interesting and entertaining highly recommend!
Watch Call My Agent!
Another great french series about a family dealing with a gang & how they're effecting they're lives.
Watch Thicker Than Water
The french version of this series is much better, lots of drama and people fighting their way to popularity in a social media game to win 1000,000 euros
The Circle France
My comfort show, I live through this because it was always my dream to live in Paris. The first season was pretty much just English but they changed that in other seasons & so you can learn French with it! Lots of french slang, drama, humour, cul...
Emily in Paris
The french version of Skam is just great, discuses high school life & each season focuses on a character & a main topic with it.
SKAM France
Carole and Alex are two thieves who have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Under Marraine's thumb for years, they dream of freedom. With the help of Sam, a motorbike champion, they try to free themselves from their life on the run.
Wingwomen
Tired of the small-time grind, three Marseille cops get a chance to bust a major drug network. However, lines blur when a key informant makes a big ask.
The Stronghold