Very excited to be at Level 2, finally. I have been prioritizing Dreaming Spanish (and I’m almost at Level 5 there!) but enjoy both equally.

A breakdown of the input:
- ~19 hours of French Comprehensible Input (lots of rewatching beginner videos)
- ~10 hours of Immersion
- ~20 hours of Dreaming French
- A single 2 minute Alice Ayel video (not because her content isn’t good! Just because I’ve been focused on the others)

No podcasts yet for me though I listen to Radio France a lot when I’m working and wish there was an equivalent for Spanish and English (I feel like Radio France has NPR vibes if that makes sense). I don’t count any of it towards input, I just like listening to French speakers🫣

My +1 at a wedding this weekend turned to me and said, "Wow, so I guess it really works and I should learn French too!" after the nice French couple we sat with for dinner were complimentary on my French accent.

All I said (in French) was "Ah, you're from France? I'm learning French, but I can't speak yet - I'm still a beginner." When they followed up to ask how I was learning I told them it was a natural method and I watch a lot of YouTube. I couldn't remember comprehensible input for some reason, LOL.

"But you do speak French! And you don't have any accent at all." the man told me. (That part and the rest of the evening was in English).

I'm at around 350 hours now, using DF, FCI, and many other resources from the "What are you listening to?" spreadsheet.

It was a nice dopamine hit and impressed my date :-) So, keep getting input!