*Cringes at the idea of someone purposefully learning Quebecois*
Tune into a montreal-based news or talk radio station online.
Set a timer. Spend 5 minutes turning off the rest of the world, and focus on imitating the sounds of the phrases spoken by the news show. Pick up words when you can, meaning when you can, but focus on getting your mouth and mind to remember the sounds. You should be exhausted at the end of 5 minutes if you're doing this right. My brother taught me this trick and it works incredibly well. The point of the exercise is to feel comfortable with the sound and rhythm of the language. You'll find your recall of phrases improves drastically when you're not struggling over how it should sound. (This trick came in handy last year when I needed to brush up on my French and become comfortable the differences in meter between the French spoken in Paris vs. French Polynesia. After a couple of weeks of these sessions, I was able to translate comfortably when I arrived in French Polynesia).
Keep the Quebecois station on as background noise while doing dishes and other mindless work.
Find a weekend immersion program and enjoy.
It comes back quicker than you realize. Once you need it, it shows up.
The real problem comes with getting that blasted French out of your mind when you need to communicate in English.
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Originally Posted by inBOIL
Children's shows are a good idea. If the language they use is too basic, move on to a show meant for a slightly older audience.
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Be cautious of this one. You do not want to pick up a childlike vocabulary if you are learning the language for professional purposes.