French Resources

FluentU

Don’t like to learn languages with textbooks?

Try FluentU: An online language immersion platform where you can learn French through real world videos.

It’s especially useful for intermediate learners and above. They can learn from real-life videos and real-life accents to get a step closer to fluency.

Great to develop good listening skills.

Yabla

A similar site to FluentU but with two important distinctions:

  1. Yabla has less learning features than FluentU.
  2. Its video library is aimed more at adults.

Can’t choose between FluentU and Yabla?

Check out: FluentU vs Yabla – Which One Is Better?

Speechling

With Speechling you can improve your French pronunciation.

It works like this:

  1. You hear a native speaker say a sentence in French
  2. You repeat the sentence and record your own voice
  3. You send the recording to your coach
  4. Your coach sends you feedback on your pronunciation within 24 hours
  5. You work to improve your pronunciation… and the cycle starts again until you nail it.

Speechling is a great tool to improve your pronunciation, an aspect of language learning that’s often neglected.

A basic Speechling account is free and grants you 35 corrections per month.

The paid version has unlimited corrections from a coach and costs $19.99/month.

If you’re interested in paid account, use the code: SLL4NP at checkout to receive a lifetime 10% discount.

You can read my Speechling review here.

Glossika

Glossika uses a method called: Mass sentence method.

This basically means that you will hear lots of sentences and you have to repeat them as well as you can.

It’s ideal for getting used to the sounds and grammatical structures of French.

Especially useful for the intermediate learner and above.

FrenchPod101

French language course with short lessons and lots of dialogue. Starts easy but gets harder as you go.

If you hate courses with a fixed structure, try FrenchPod101 as it offers different learning paths.

Forvo

Forvo is a huge online pronunciation dictionary.

Wanna know how you pronounce a word in your new language?

Check out Forvo. It’s free!

iTalki

The go-to place to find language teachers and language exchange partners.

Speak French very well? Become a teacher at iTalki and get paid for your efforts.

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