🇫🇷 How to learn French by yourself? Resources, methods and study plans

I'm a Native french speaker and french is in my opinion such a easy language the grammar and pronunciation is hard even for me, but don't give up guys hundreds of millions of people speak french. Amuse-toi bien et bonne chance.

Some fun ideas to further practice your French: 1- Playing games in French. Honestly this can be any game you like, but I’ve been playing Brain Test and Criminal Case in French when I’m bored; they particularly help you with your vocabulary. 2- Using double subtitles. There are chrome extensions that help you to put two subtitles in different languages; I find them particularly helpful especially if you are a beginner watching French movies/tv shows. 3- French webtoons. This one weirdly did not occur to me until I saw it in a video, but especially if you want to get more familiarized with daily phrases and more cultural aspects of French this might be a fun way to consider. 4- Turn your phone French 5- Journal in french; write short stories maybe 6- Use AI for help. For example, I have no one around me I can practice my french speaking skills with. If you are in the same situation, you don’t want to meet strangers online, or if you are a bit shy to talk to people in french yet, you can ask Google Assistant or Siri some questions in French to get some momentum for now. 7- Record yourself talking in French. It is a good practice to talk out loud; you can even talk about something simple like how your day went. Again, a good way to get some momentum if you don’t feel ready to talk to people in French. 8- Reread your favorite book or watch your favorite tv show/movie in french. If you’re already interested in the story, it makes it more fun to learn a language. That’s all I have for now I think. Lovely video!

As a native french speaker, i can tell that French is a very difficult language, even for french speakers. I hope y'all find the better way to learn it. My tip it's to "eat" french every single day by watching french videos with your native language subtitles.

Giving your mother tongue is mandarin, your french and english are really impressive. It's amazing

Learning French is my special goal to 2024! I was uncertain of where to begin and a guide to make my dream come true was given to me after this video. I can study with greater confidence now. I can do it!

Zoe, I really appreciate how structured you are because I am the same. Sometimes I get a little overwhelmed because I don't know where to start but your advice help me a lot. Thank you! You are such an inspiration.

I admire anyone who knows more than one language, I’m determined to learn French by the end of next year for when I go to Switzerland to see family 🇨🇭

Hi! As a faux-débutant at French stuck somewhere between A2 and B1 for a long time, I've felt really frustrated that I'm not making any progress. But your videos really inspired me to refocus and create an interesting and effective language learning path! I'm really grateful for your work and I'm looking forward to the next videos!

This lady is literally great, she gave all of those resources which we actually need to learn, no one as not good as like her.🙂👍

Zoe, thank you so much for this video. I've been study french for several years but I haven't been really consistent with my study, and this video is really motivating. I'm going to look the resources you mentioned.

I am so glad to have found your channel. I’m from Turkey. I’m starting B1 in Russian and have been dreaming of speaking French for years. Thanks to your recommendations, I feel very motivated to start learning. Also my brother is in love with the Chinese language and tradition, he’s learning Mandarin and he loves your channel as well😇❤️

Thank you so much Zoe for your helpful video! I have been trying to learn French for 3 years but I am always in the middle of work and other commitments. Therefore, I don't feel like I am achieving much. With your structure, I feel I will have a new start on my learning journey to make things right this time! Thank you so much!

This is such an EXCELLENT video. So detailed, so informative. She is so much better than the majority of other language learning channels on YouTube because she has actually done the work, rather than giving opinions on topics or apps they have never actually used beyond a VERY basic level.

I take your suggestion of not losing in navigations and focusing on useful resources per individual needs. This can be applied in all languages learning. Thank you so much Zoe.

حرفيا أنا اتعلم الفرنسية منذ شهرين لكن لا اعرف فقط Bonjour , je وبعض الكلمات 😂 قررت الاستسلام لعدم تطور مستواي في اللغة الفرنسية لكن الآن قررت ان احاول من جديد واتبع كل ما تعلمته من هذا الفيديو الرائع! اتمنى ان يصبح مستواي B1 على الأقل 🙏🏻 حظ موفق للجميع في تعلم اللغة الفرنسية!

I stumbled onto your video and I was encouraged so much by your methodical approach in learning French and other languages. I've been learning French on and off since 2008 and I actually lived in Paris for almost 3 years. As a busy pastor, I don't have a chance to speak French to the congregation but since I am now in Québec, I am determined to be a French speaker. I am an engineer by training and I've worked as an aerospace engineer for over 10 years. You have reminded me there is a way to build up French similar to how one can build an aircraft engine. Have you tried Pimsleur? I've found it very useful. Except for learning grammar which I have to do apart from it, Pimsleur lets me improve and correct your pronunciation, builds up my vocabulary and listening skills. I will try all the free resources that you have recommended. Thanks again! Finally, I've found someone who can really help me to learn French systematically. More importantly, you inspire me to get excited again in learning French. In 2 years, I will visit France again and I want to be able to speak French without my wife helping me.

Hi, I'm profoundly grateful with your video which is so detailed. I have learned French for 3 months and this video is really really useful for me. Thank you! You are such an inspiration.

I love her advice. It is so well informed and so well organised! Hats off! I can't imagine the amount of work she has done to put this video together. While being so methodical and calm. I loved all her resources! Unfortunately, Bussuu did not work for me. I am still sticking with Duolingo and Language Transfer. But i am pretty sure that is just me. I am EXTREMELY grateful for folks such as you egg have have learning in general so much more accessible! Thank you!!!!

As a person that has loved to learn languages and cultures in their free time this is by far the BEST beginners guide to any language I've ever tried to learn. Thank you so much and keep up the great work!

I love the way she broke it down.... thanks so much ☺️