Watch dubbed movies with subtitles. Take classes :)

Thanks for your tips :) 

Right now I just take classes 2 times a week, I need to study more and that at home, so I need some advices.

You can:

- Watch the news.

- Watch "bref" (it's kinda funny and short).

- Watch movies with subtitles.

- Try to meet and hang around with Frech-speaking people as many times as possible.

- Find some podcasts in French.

- Check the website of BBC and go to "Learning" then "languages".

- Get an easy-to-read short story in French. It could help if it is somthing you have already read.

- Get the free "20 Min" journal every morning (some people do not recommend it due to the quality of the news, but for begginers I think it helps).

- Try writing (letters, emails, etc) in French... that helped me a lot.

- If you're single... maybe get a French speaking boyfriend ;-) 

- play with Google Translate/Babelfish/Bing Translate (at your own risk ;)

- get your bf in on it, if he doesn't already speak French

thanks for the tips! 

For how long have you talked French? How fast did you learn basic French?

I came on this thread looking for tips as well and found it helpful..I just wanted to add some more about what I've been trying these past months-

- watching French TV with french subtitles

-reading articles on Le Figaro

- reading through French websites

- making vocabulary lists and looking over them whenever I remember to

- trying to think to myself in French even though I revert to English

The hardest part is pronunciation. I read the words the way an American would read them, making me incoherent to French ppl.

If anyone else has more tips, please share!

exactly the tips I give my students! my very words! proof that it works wonders then!