Best method to learn French if you have no budget but unlimited time?
About two hours a day for French and basically zero budget. Not looking for the fastest method, looking for the most sustainable one that will actually get me to conversational level.
Current fr͏ee stack: Language Transfer for foundations, genuinely excellent and free. French podcasts for listening. Prom͏ova app for speaking practice scenarios. Paid addition: Ank͏i with a good French deck.
Everything I read says early speaking practice is the key difference between people who plateau at reading comprehension and people who actually become conversational. So prioritizing output over input even at beginner level.
What free or ch͏eap methods moved your French forward the most? And for people who learned French online, what was the turning point where it stopped feeling like studying and started feeling like actually using the language?