My story https://www.fluentin3months.com/10-fails/ Study tools: 1. Duolingo 2. Coffee Break French/Spanish 3. Language Hacking French/Spanish. Book by Benny Lewis (LOVE this author!) 4. fi3mchallenge.com - This is a course for ANY language. 5. Netflix 6. italki teachers & language exchange 7. Best online language conference - www.womeninlanguage.com 8. record myself speaking 2x per week for 10 minutes each session 9. write for 10 minutes & submit to italki notebook for corrections 10. Comparative Grammar by Mikhail Petrunin 11. Meetup group for French speakers 12. Lingq.com for reading books that interest me. I've read over 30 books in French thanks to this website. 13. Linqg.com for listening practice 14. www.thestaircase.org : Great for easy French grammar & vocabulary 15. The Fluent Show (my favorite podcast for language learning) 16. Instagram - https://www.fluentin3months.com/language-learning-instagram/