What work of other people or seminars, applications did you use to learn a language?

There are youtube videos where you can listen to and learn colloquial French. Just make sure you don't listen to any from Quebec!

There’s regional variances throughout.

The Parisians can be quite snotty about accents from the north coast.

A lot of it seems to hinge on how a is pronounced.

I once bought a set of records with a book to learn French. After two weeks of listening and repeating words and phrases as per the instructions, my brother clued me in. "You don't say any of those words the way he says them." It wasn't long before I put the course away forever.

I had good luck with a website called Conversation Exchange. They match you up with a person and you spend an hour in your language and an hour in their language (and both people learn).

It is a great way to learn the language and to give back. I have a good friend I met from doing this.

I also simply listen to videos on topic I like. You have to be at a certain level to do this (if you understand nothing of the video, it isn't fun or helpful).