u/EasyAsQCD

I started studying French 5 months ago around Christmas from an A0 level. I've been putting in 2-3 hours per day, of which roughly 50-60% has been comprehensible input through DreamingFrench, Immersion.co, FCI on YouTube, and InnerFrench, 20-30% classes through Alliance Français, 10% grammar through grammaire progressive du français, and 10% reading through lectures en français facile by CLE. At this point, my best guess is that I'm around a weak A2 level.

This has been a fantastic experience of its own merits, but I got to really put it to the test this weekend when I travelled to Quebec city. For the first time, I was able to check into a hotel, order food at many different restaurants, and buy tickets: all in French! Further, I could actually read many of the plaques at various museums in French, albeit at a very slow rate.

Was I perfect? Absolutely not. I had to crash back into English while ordering ice cream because I had no idea what the words for cone or scoop were. A waitress also needed to flip to English in a crowded bar when I couldn't make out what she was saying. But, I was able to maintain a 4 minute conversation while checking into the hotel without any issues: I could understand what the receptionist was saying, explain who the reservation was for, solve a small issue when it was under a different name, get the keys and wifi password, and pay.

I know this isn't a huge achievement, but it's the first time there's been real, tangible benefits to my life due to studying French.

Also, shoutout to Amanda from DreamingFrench, her videos helped so much with understanding the Quebec accent!

I started studying French 5 months ago around Christmas from an A0 level. I've been putting in 2-3 hours per day, of which roughly 50-60% has been comprehensible input through DreamingFrench, Immersion.co, FCI on YouTube, and InnerFrench, 20-30% classes through Alliance Français, 10% grammar through grammaire progressive du français, and 10% reading through lectures en français facile by CLE. At this point, my best guess is that I'm around a weak A2 level.

This has been a fantastic experience of its own merits, but I got to really put it to the test this weekend when I travelled to Quebec city. For the first time, I was able to check into a hotel, order food at many different restaurants, and buy tickets: all in French! Further, I could actually read many of the plaques at various museums in French, albeit at a very slow rate.

Was I perfect? Absolutely not. I had to crash back into English while ordering ice cream because I had no idea what the words for cone or scoop were. A waitress also needed to flip to English in a crowded bar when I couldn't make out what she was saying. But, I was able to maintain a 4 minute conversation while checking into the hotel without any issues: I could understand what the receptionist was saying, explain who the reservation was for, solve a small issue when it was under a different name, get the keys and wifi password, and pay.

I know this isn't a huge achievement, but it's the first time there's been real, tangible benefits to my life due to studying French.

Also, shoutout to Amanda from DreamingFrench, her videos helped so much with understanding the Quebec accent!