Pick a French-language program or application that is a appropriate for you. There are a number of available online programs such as Google Translate (translate.google.com) and translation2.paralink.com. Smartphone applications are also available, such as English to French Translation Phrasebook, English/French Dictionary and iSpeak French.
Locate a French text such as newspapers Le Monde (lemonde.fr) and Le Devoir (ledevoir.com). You can look online, or you may be able to find French newspapers and books at your local library.
Read through the French text quickly without looking anything up. See how much of the text you can understand on your own. This will force you to use the French you already know.
Read the text a second time and stop to take notes whenever you encounter difficult words.
Look up the difficult words in your French-to-English translator.
Reread the text one more time. Make a note beside any words that you forget the second time through.
Review all the words that you wrote down. Pay special attention to any words you had difficulty with in the second and third readings.