It is great to mix with people/students with whom you can practice learning French with. Lots of Colleges and Universities offer a wide range of French Courses for all stages of learning the language.
I attend the City of Wolverhampton College French Level 2 class. It’s great to be able to dip into French culture every Thursday evening, and is often very inspiring!
Around the country, there are also ‘Meetup groups’ who have monthly/weekly meet ups where members speak in French, discuss France and organise French themed events!
If you live near the West Midlands, then check out the Birmingham French Meetup group……you can join via Facebook or the site itself, and put your language skills into action! They have great community spirit, and it’s a great place to meet like-minded people 🙂 http://www.meetup.com/birminghamfrench/ et http://www.wolvcoll.ac.uk/
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