hello, native english speaker here. i spoke french as a kid (mother raised me speaking it) but due to family differences i've largely forgotten it. i have a decent pronunciation, can understand some writing/radio, but cannot speak it myself anymore.
this is a bit more unusual, but i feel it would really help: i am at a skilled level of latin (yes, the ancient kind), i've been reading and writing it for 7 years. i can speak it out loud, form sentences, etc. if it were a modern test-able language i would likely be fluent. it's just a bit difficult because it's obviously not spoken anymore, so in school, i learned it from textbooks, grammar charts, and morphology readings. it was very logical and methodological, and i would be tested regularly. i know with modern languages, they're usually taught with real-world applications and colloquial speech (i.e. "where is the bathroom" or "what's your name"), but i found the way i learned latin to be more accessible. i don't remember any languages i learned at home or by classes other than latin. it just made more sense to me. with latin, it can be mapped out with charts due to gender, cases/case endings, number, conjugation, whatever. so i spent a lot of time memorizing the rules and charts and ended up being very skilled at the language.
can this still be applicable to learning french? i'm basically asking if anyone knows some french sources that are more geared towards traditional study (grammar, vocabulary, rules) instead of a more contemporary approach. obviously latin as a romance language will help me relearn, as well as english being my native tongue. anything helps!
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