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Thks, yea, same hunger games trilogy. All 3 books have audio, too. 30hrs+ total. https://www.audible.co.uk/series/Hunger-Games-French-Audiobooks/B01LZE1F3A
Ok then, it seems like A2 is the important milestone i have to reach, I will just clear it officially and do the test before year ends.
Maybe in a couple of weeks, i will add a conversation only tutor. I think even short, 30 minutes of chit-chat each day will be good if budget allows. It will be like having a phone call with a friend.
You are right, practice is key. What ever learning method used initially (grammar, CI, vocab, shadowing, or a mixed approach and etc), in the end there will less and less useful things to learn and it become all about massive amount of practice and using language. Can't escape from practice. Massive practicing/using should be a method by itself. Get good at reading by practicing more reading native content, get good at speaking by practicing more speaking with native and etc.
I think sometime especially in the early days I was wasting time looking for the best or fastest method, it is probably just a form of procrastinating from doing massive practice.
This weekly thread is actually keeping me consistent and motivated, too lol. I will update my progress.
That's awesome. I've read the hunger games trilogy in my native language and they were absolutely brilliant. Might have to give it a try in my target language with audio too!
Sounds like a good goal with the A2 by the end of the year, looking forward to read here how it is going! And a phone call sounds really nice, I noticed at my workplace there is someone practicing their british english that way on their lunchbreaks (I was wondering why they are just repeating mundane stuff in british accent and realized this must be it).
And same. I actually kept myself from progressing by being stuck on "how to progress, how to optimize learning, what do I need..." etc. Best method has been to just dive into the most obvious stuff and just practicing without overthinking. This is why I buy study books: they have a clear path for learning that you can follow.
And I'm glad to hear that! We'll keep the weekly threads going - it's an accountability thing for me and reminds me on bad weeks to not give up (you guys are inspiring too).