Originally Posted by
Tandem Tom
My wife and I are currently using Duolingo for French. We are spending 6+ weeks there starting in May. We know we won be able to carry on a conversation but we like to greet and ask basic questions.
I'm about 5 months into Duolingo for French. I don't anticipate that I'll ever really be able to speak it using just Duolingo. But I do think I'll be able to understand it a bit. Don't know if you have Sirius XM, but there are several French language channels from Canada. I find that I can pick out the some of the lyrics on the Franco Country music channel. The songs are basic and often sung slow enough that it works for me.
If you don't have Sirius, you can pretty much get whatever you want on Tune-In or some of the other internet radio collections.