Hello!
Goal is to to speak french fluently by the end of this summer. Traditional ways of studying are not working good for me :) so far i've tried:
Books and audio courses - very boring
Group courses - not effective (have to admin, group was huge), wrong focus of priorities (who cares about that second muted E in some case of passe compose? i don't)
Talking with french buddies - good, but not enough
Tandem - lack of motivation (no monies involved), you have to teach your language (basically instead of money you exchange your time). But that was clearly the best so far
Watching movies/shows in french - the fact that for some reason subtitles do not correspond to what they actually say drive me nuts :D I am not good enough yet to watch without subtitles
French news radio - boring, hard to understand
So far i really enjoyed:
Listening to french songs with lyrics and singing them
Tandem
Talking in known contexts (shop, gym, friends etc)
So i am searching for either one-on-one lessons, or lessons in a small group (not more that 5 people) with focus on spoken french. If you are experienced teacher or maybe have your opinion on the subject, write here or PM me
Sergey



