How to Learn French / Comment Apprendre Le Français (Absolute Beginner to Advanced)

There is a lot of unclear and bad advice on Youtube about how to learn French on your own. So, I made this video as a resource to walk you through my entire timeline of learning French from Absolute Beginner to Advanced with real, practical steps. I'm just mad I didn't find a video like this when I first started because I could have saved way more time.

Guide to the Video BELOW:

French Introduction (To Prove I'm Not a Big Fat Phony): 0:10

Month 1: 1:50
- Duolingo (duolingo.com)
- Coffee Break French (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coffee-break-fren…) (Also on Spotify)
- Learn French With Alexa (youtube.com/user/learnfrenchwithalexa)
- Français Avec Pierre (youtube.com/channel/UCVgW9ZQaGBk6fsiPgE2mYDg)
- Learn French With Pascal (youtube.com/user/lsfrench)

Months 2-3: 4:23
- Easy Languages (youtube.com/channel/UCqcBu0YyEJH4vfKR--97cng)
- List of Top 1000 French Words: (french.languagedaily.com/wordsandphrases/most-c…)
- Anki (Desktop App is Free while Mobile App is Paid) (apps.ankiweb.net)
- How to Use Anki for Language Learning: (youtube.com/watch?v=zWtGmYZSEfs)

Months 4-12: 9:13
- Intermediate French – Innerfrench (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intermediate-fren…) (Also on Spotify)
- Français Authentique (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-francais-…) (Also on Spotify)
- Assimil Amazon Link: (amazon.com/Assimil-French-Pack-English-speakers…)
- How to Best Use Assimil: forum.language-learners.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&… (Guide is talking about Spanish Assimil but it is the same process)
- iTalki: (italki.com)

Months 12-24: 16:20
- French Voices: (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/french-voices-pod…)
- News in Slow French: (apps.apple.com/us/app/news-in-slow-french/id733…) (Also on Spotify, I think)
- RFI Site: (savoirs.rfi.fr/en/apprendre-enseigner)
- TV5Monde: (apprendre.tv5monde.com/en)
- Logic Language Learning (youtube.com/channel/UCR062I8ifJV0LdwoAXvJjUw) (Tell him Ian sent you)
- BOOK “L’Art de Simplicité (amazon.fr/Lart-simplicité-Simplifier-cest-lenri…)

Year 2-2.5: 20:20
- Vlan! (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vlan/id1233992877)
- Floodcast (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/floodcast/id10197…)
- Bouffons (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bouffons/id132460…)
- France Inter (apps.apple.com/us/app/france-inter-radio-podcas…)
- Radio France (apps.apple.com/us/app/radio-france-podcast-radi…)
- AUTHOR: David Foenkinos (goodreads.com/author/list/278858.David_Foenkinos)

5 minutes of French is better than 0 minutes of French everyday. There were resources, channels, podcasts, and videos that I didn't mention of course for the sake of time, but these were the main highlights.

Music: Cocktail by Lucky Chester (soundcloud.com/lucky_chester/royalty-free-lofi-…)