I suppose that your mother language is English. First of all, Internet offers a plethora of options. To name but a few (all free):
They provide everything a beginner should know. You should buy a good grammar book. There are many great books and Amazon is a good place to find used ones in affordable prices. Personally, I highly recommend the book Easy French Step-by-Step, a best seller for anglophone learners of French, which has the advantage of a very reasonable price. The only drawback I see, is the lack of an accompanied CD for the pronunciation but you can certainly deal with it by watching French tutorial videos in YouTube. Of course the aforementioned links contains relevant material.
In addition, buy a good French-English, English-French dictionary. There are online dictionaries, but it is a good practice to have always available a hard copy.
If you have forgotten basic grammatical terms I suggest you to buy the book
English grammar for Students of French
One has to grasp English grammar (or his mother language grammar for that matter) before attempting to learn the French one.
If you cannot afford many books don’t worry, you can find a glossary of the basic grammatical terminology (accusative, dative, personal pronouns and the like) usually in the form of an appendix in almost every grammar book for learning French. The aforementioned appendices are most often accompanied by the French counterparts. I.e.
Imperfect=Imparfait, Perfect=Passé Composé, Pluperfect=Plus-que-parfait, Past Historic=Passé Simple, Accusative/Dative=Complément d’Object Direct/Indirect, etc.
Of course, as always, Internet offers information about almost everything (glossary).
But personally being a little archaic, I prefer the hard copies:-)! Thus, I suggest also a French Reference Grammar like that of H. Ferrar (Campridge University Press) which has the advantage of being irresistibly…cheap (used copy).
If you are a student, you could apply for the Erasmus program and asking ways to pass a semester in France. Staying a period in France will help you to make leaps and bounds with the French language very quickly .
In addition, find either an advanced learner of the french language or even better someone who is French native speaker to talk with.
Also, another suggestion is to find someone that has the same level with you in French (and the same goals as well, linguistically speaking!) and work together.
Last but not least, post your questions here:-)! Good luck with the so called langue de Molière; an amazing language indeed.
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Other online ressources:
https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Sites-thematiques/Langue-francaise-et-langues-de-France/La-DGLFLF
https://www.binge.audio/category/parler-comme-jamais/#
https://www.binge.audio/category/parler-comme-jamais/#
https://www.telerama.fr/radio/binge-audio-donne-un-coup-de-frais-a-linfo,n6127814.php
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