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[anotheryou]

Any recommendations for French in specific are also welcome!

[jjgreen → anotheryou]

Once you're past the "basic vocabulary" stage, watch films in French, but with the French subtitles.

[anotheryou → jjgreen]

I just found a way to display two languages in the youtube subtitles :) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/two-captions-for-y...

pretty awesome with slow paced documentaries (bit a bit hard to find English and French subs, even when filtering for CC). E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YWXxsJQ4IA

[wallflower → anotheryou]

The problem with English subtitles is that you will usually just end up reading the subtitles and not focusing on the audio.

[anotheryou → wallflower]

I put the french subtitles first and it works out quite well for me. In any way you have to stay in a learning mode, pause at times to look up a word in the english subtitles, repeat for yourself in your head in the pauses etc.

[ai_ia → anotheryou]

You might want to try Michel Thomas.