Is there any good way to find like an online class or something that could recreate that experience? I do not want to try to self-teach a language, that sounds awful lol
Is there any good way to find like an online class or something that could recreate that experience? I do not want to try to self-teach a language, that sounds awful lol
The best thing you can do is hire a tutor to do private lessons with. Some can be quite affordable (exploitation alert ig, but I won't tell on you), but if it's a hobby you want to invest in, getting more expensive tutoring on a weekly basis is worth it. It keeps it fun since you can go at the exact pace you want, and structure the teaching to learn whatever is most fun/useful to you. There's no "class" to be bored in or to fall behind.
That's kind of along the lines of what I was thinking, but I don't know how to find a tutor. I'm not rich, I'm not used to, like, directly paying people to teach me stuff. Not only do I not know how to find them, I wouldn't know how to vet them either.
But I'd be willing to pay quite a bit, teaching is hard
What's nice about Italki is you can easily change it up. Might be best to start there with a few different people till you find someone you click with.
Also I've taken a lot of language tutoring online, and if you have a reasonable audio/video setup (I work from home so it was already there for me) you're good to go.
Could be good to start out with some guy in LA who learned your target language until you get conversational, and then switch to native speaking teacher(s) to build your skills from there.