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Check out some polyglots on youtube. Some of them keep learning new languages and they have good advice.

I can share my experience learning Spanish (at 40). I practiced every single day for 6 months using a variety of resources. Apps, grammar references, (online) dictionaries, personal teacher, news websites... I think what is important is not so much what resources you use, but the time you put in. You need to find a way to stay motivated for a long period of time, that's the hard part.

How well can I speak after 6 months? Well, I went through most of the grammar of the language, I can communicate (with someone willing to speak slowly), I can read the news but I have a hard time understanding people speaking at a normal pace. Overall, starting from zero, I'm rather satisfied but I expected to be better than that after 6 months (esp. considering French is my first language). It's harder than what I thought.

I stopped learning a few months ago and I'm afraid I'll forget everything pretty fast. Unlike English, I'm not exposed to the Spanish language.



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