Practice, practice, practice ! It is often said that to learn a new language that’s what you always have to do. But there is an other way …
A new study (I found it on Santé Magazine) has just enhance an other way of learning : passive exposure. What is it ? It simply means that you learn while listening to a foreign language or observing it.
How do I listen to it or observe it ?
I will make a confession : I improved my English while watching my favourite DVD at the time, Moulin Rouge in English with the subtitles, then without them. I already knew it very well since I had watched it in French several times : it was the one with Nicole Kidman and Ewan Macgregor not the one you see in the picture ;). And it helped me a lot ! You can do the same with your favourite movie or DVD or Netflix serie if it is available in the language you wish to speak. You can also watch a short video on youtube on a subject you are interested to. Even if you don’t understand everything, it will help you ! There is a variety of combinaison that you can use from the easiest to the hardest : in French with English subtitles, in French with French subtitles, in French without subtitles.
You can also read magazine’s articles in French at you library or at a train station if they have it or on a French website.
Podcasts, radio, music and audio books will also do the job (and I hope also some of my blog’s articles too :))
Radios :
France Info : https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinfo
France Inter : https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter
France Bleu : https://www.radiofrance.fr/francebleu
France Culture : https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture
France Musique : https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique
TV channels :
France 5 : https://www.france.tv/france-5/toutes-les-videos/
France 2 : https://www.france.tv/france-2/
France 3 : https://www.france.tv/france-3/
arte : https://www.arte.tv/fr/
M6 : https://www.6play.fr/
TF1 : https://www.tf1.fr/
Tell me in the comment section if you have access to the links in your country.