Bonjour!

Here's one of the most common problems I hear from French learners:

"I can read French pretty well, but when French people start talking, I get lost."

The problem often isn't that you don't know enough vocabulary.
It's that your ear hasn't had enough practice with the way French actually sounds in conversation.

Native speakers connect words together, shorten sounds, speak quickly, and use rhythms that are very different from written French.
That's why listening practice matters so much.

One resource I recommend for this is Camille Chevalier's À Moi Paris audio course.

The lessons are designed to help you get comfortable with spoken French, with natural conversations and recordings at several speeds.
Instead of jumping straight into fast native audio, you can build up gradually.

If understanding spoken French is one of your biggest challenges, this is one of the courses I'd look at first.