... huge range of themes that seem tie well into everyday conversation. I feel that I am now beginning to understand the structure better. For me Babbel or something similar is a good baseline. I also briefly tried Langua and Memrise which may be worth exploring too. However immersion is really helpful, whether watching tv, films, video clips or the news feed idea above. Then backing that up with a suite of stock phrases that you just learn by heart ...

... last 2 or 3 years, I have been trying to learn more foreign languages besides English. My go-to app is (not surprisingly) Duolingo . I have also experience with Memrise, but it didn't feel like a good fit. I find these apps to help learn vocabulary or for keeping up with a language I've previously learned in other ways (for example, from a language school or online lessons), but not necessarily for learning at a conversational level. 1 ... ... have experience/know of other tools or apps that are more effective alternatives