ENROLL IN OUR ONLINE GENERAL FRENCH COURSES
Have you always wanted to watch classic French films, like Amélie or La Haine, without dubbing or subtitles? Want to communicate with almost 70 million people living in France without the help of Google Translate? Enroll in one of our online French courses, available to students from beginner to advanced levels, and become fluent in a short time. Our native-speaking instructors will prepare lessons for you to improve your vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation while helping you to become proficient in listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
What will you learn with us?
Our instructors will get you speaking from the very first lesson, teaching you words and phrases that will introduce you to the traditions of French-speaking countries. Soon, you’ll be ready to communicate not only with people living in France, but also with the millions who use French as a first and second language worldwide. Further, French is a Romance language, meaning it will be far easier for you to understand and acquire Spanish, Italian or Portuguese!
What resources do we use?
All the materials you will use in your lessons will be selected and designed to suit your level, needs, and preferences. Do you love cinema? Our tutors can prepare fun lessons around classic or contemporary films. Are you a literature-lover and would like to learn a language through books, instead? Done! If you are already an advanced learner, you’ll acquire more complex vocabulary and grammar (ever heard of the plus-que-parfait?), while working on your pronunciation to sound as accurate and native-like as possible. Regardless of your aim when learning the language, our online courses will help you attain them!
Some benefits of our French online lessons include:
- Full technical support available in case any issue arises.
- Take the class from the comfort of your own home (or even your bed!)
- Flexible schedules to suit your busy routines.
- Possibility of recording the lesson to review it later.
You can choose to take one-to-one or two-to-one courses, or can even ask for closed group lessons (with friends, co-workers, or family members). The maximum number of people allowed per group is 8, and each online French lesson lasts one hour.
These are completely free and will take no more than 15 minutes
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With almost 300 million speakers worldwide, French is one of the few languages spoken in five continents. In addition to being the native language of France, it is the official tongue of many other countries, like Canada, Belgium, Haiti, and Switzerland. This means that being a francophone will enable you to communicate with millions of people from all over the world, understand amazing literary works and cinema, and take advantage of countless professional opportunities, no matter where you are from.
Repetition, consistency, and motivation will help you take your French skills to the next level. So, it is important to complement your lessons with self-study. Take a look at the following resources to help you practice French in your spare time, and become fluent sooner!
Grammar Grammaire
If you are learning French as an English speaker, you will find the languages differ quite substantially. Some similarities do still exist, for example, French grammar is fairly similar to that of English (word order in both is commonly Subject-Verb-Object). But many aspects are a lot more complex, verb conjugations, and require regular practice! The following free resources are the perfect complement to your lessons with us at Listen and Learn.
Verb Conjugators
Use these verb conjugators for regular and irregular verbs alike:
- Conjugator Reverso
- Lingolia
- One of our star French teachers, Bertrand, recommends the free website Toutelaconjugaison, which allows students to practice the conjugation of all French verbs with hands-on activities, online corrections, and self-study lessons. This is the best conjugator he has come across on the Internet! Although it is entirely in French, it is intuitive to use and suitable for anyone (children and adults).
Grammar Exercises
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Bonjour de France offers worksheets categorized by level (from A1 to C2), covering different grammar topics, such as agreement, syntactic analysis, pronouns, and more!
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED To Learn French features endless grammar resources and self-assessment tasks for you to put your skills into play. The website has activities like fill-in-the-blanks and interactive games for every level of proficiency.
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Conjuguemos has a section on French grammar focused on verb conjugation and learning the different uses of each tense, so it’s great for practicing grammar rules and to test your knowledge.
Pronunciation Prononciation
French pronunciation can make speakers of other languages feel confused. There are certain sounds, such as the “R,” which English speakers are not used to producing. But don’t worry: use the following resources to practice and you will be speaking French comfortably soon!
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Slang and colloquial terms are crucial to sounding like a native, but they can be hard to learn from a textbook. Read this great blog post and learn 12 conversational phrases to become more fluent.
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED If you would like to learn more about French pronunciation through music and real-life conversation, then the Mimic Method website can help you. It has both free options (where you can download guides and audio files) and premium courses, where you’ll be assigned a tutor and you can send them recordings of yourself speaking in French for feedback.
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Audio French is a great online audio dictionary you can use if you are ever in doubt about how to pronounce a word in French. You can also find whole phrases, so they may come in handy if you ever travel to France and need to get by with your French skills.
Vocabulary Vocabulaire
English borrows thousands of words from French (such as coup d’etat or rendezvous). So, as an English speaker, you have a head start learning the language because many words will be familiar to you already. But what about the many words you don’t already know? Try out the resources below to expand your French vocabulary!
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED “Ancien” in French means “former,” not “ancient,” while “assumer” means “to accept” and not “to assume.” Learn more about false cognates in this article.
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Looking for vocabulary exercises to help you remember the new words you have learned? French Circles categorizes them topic and level of difficulty.
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE Quiz Tree offers interactive quizzes in French for you to expand your vocabulary and assess your current proficiency.
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Looking for more free resources to improve your French vocabulary? Check out our blog post for dozens more!
Reading Lecture
The ability to read French is an essential skill for everything from reading novels to understanding street signs, menus, and the news. So, it is worth taking a bit of time every day to try to improve your reading comprehension skills with these online resources.
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Need help choosing your next foreign-language novel? Here are some suggestions for great books for beginners who want to improve their vocabulary and general knowledge of French. Similarly, here are some options for advanced learners who wish to fine-tune their reading skills.
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Lire en Français Facile is a webpage with dozens of free graded books from A2 to B2 levels. You can filter them by level, topic, or age (there are materials for children, adolescents, and adults).
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Black Cat CIDEB also offers a wide array of graded reads in French for every level of proficiency. Enjoy translated classics, like The Black Cat by Poe, or original works in French.
Listening Écoute
Listening is a tricky ability to acquire, especially if you are a beginner. How can you improve if you don’t understand a word of what you are hearing? Well, the Internet is full of resources that will help you develop this skill in an engaging way, without becoming frustrated. Practice as frequently as possible to improve your ability to converse with native and non-native speakers in more meaningful and interesting discussions!
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Listening to podcasts is a great way to expand your vocabulary and develop your ear for French. Have a peek at some of our recommendations for French podcasts you should be listening to when learning the language!
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Watching movies and TV series is also a great strategy to increase not only your oral comprehension, but also your understanding of facial expressions, gestures, colloquialisms, and slang. If you are looking for some suggestions, this blog post talks about 8 great films that will inspire you when learning French, and this one recommends 5 binge-worthy Netflix shows.
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED At French Kwiziq you can find a vast selection of French listening tests and dictations that include translations and worksheets for you to take your listening comprehension skills to the next level.
- BEGINNER INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Lawless French is another great resource that features short clips of French-speaking movies and TV shows, including transcripts to read at the same time to ensure you do not miss anything!
Writing Écriture
Take a look at these resources to improve your knowledge of French punctuation, word order, clarity, and the overall mechanics, so you can learn to write in French with flair.
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED Read this blog post and find out more about the benefits of writing daily in a foreign language.
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED French Kwiziq offers a vast selection of writing prompts and challenges for B1-C2 students who want to improve their writing skills, particularly when it comes to grammar and vocabulary.
Speaking Parler
Speaking can be hard to develop, especially if there are no French speakers in your area (or if you are shy when it comes to using your foreign language skills with others).
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED If you are looking for virtual partners to talk to and develop your speaking skills, you should check out HelloTalk, a social media platform where you can meet people from all around the world and practice your French! A similar website is Conversation Exchange.
- INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED In our blog post, you can find a lot of French slang that will increase your fluency and help you speak like a local!
For Kids Pour Enfants
Children absorb languages more easily than adults, but some help from them never hurts. Take a look at these resources and encourage your child to learn French in a fun, meaningful way.
- If your child is learning Canadian French, watching Caillou can be a great way to help them develop their listening skills and vocabulary. Caillou is a Canadian cartoon, and you can find more than 400 episodes on YouTube!
- French Baby Flashcards is a great app for kids to remember vocabulary and create their own study materials. It even includes audio recordings, so kids learn how to pronounce each word correctly.
- If you are looking for free books your child can read in French, go to the International Children’s Digital Library and take a look at the more than 50 children’s books they have available!
Miscellaneous Divers
Take a look at these miscellaneous resources and take your French skills to the next level.
- Want to know your current proficiency level? Take our FREE French Level Test! The test is quick to complete and the immediate results will give you a good idea of your current ability, which can serve as a marker of your progress as you continue to improve.
- Making mistakes is only natural when learning something new, especially a language. However, if you want to prevent some of them from happening, you can read our article and find out more about the 5 most common mistakes learners of French usually make.
- Sneezing is universal, but its sound and reaction are not. Play this fun trivia game and find out how to sneeze in French!