FREE AND FUN WAYS TO LEARN “LA LANGUE FRANÇAISE”

If you are new here in France or if you are moving soon and struggling with the French language, here are the best (on my own opinion 😉) and TIPID way to improve your French speaking and listening skills and to increase your vocabulaire français as well.

I will insert words or phrases in French on this post to help you familiarize with a variety of French terminologies. C'est parti.

WATCH FRENCH LANGUAGE VIDEO TUTORIALS ON YOUTUBE

Most of the tutorial videos on YouTube are free, so you have a lot of choices. You can search videos you prefer, just type keywords like "French lessons", "Cours de français pour débutants", "French conversations", etc. My recommendations for you are as follows:

🎥 Learn French With Alexa is my favorite. Try her beginners playlist French Essentials Course because her lessons are fun and stres-free. You'll enjoy learning with her.

🎥 Learn French with Victor is a classic Français pour débutant videos with French subtitles. You will meet Victor, the silly French cartoon character there. Chapter 1-8, Chapter 9-16, Chapter 17-25.

🎥 La vie quotidienne en France classic videos: Une visite de Nancy, Au marché, A la stationservice, A la gare, A la poste, and A l'epicerie

🎥 Funny French videos with French subtitles: Alice et Antoine and Méthode de français

🎥 More French teaching channels: Francais avec Pierre, Comme une Française, Learn French with FrenchPod101.com, Learn French with Vincent, etc.

🎥 Interview in French with French subtitles: Easy French 1, Easy French 24, Easy French 21, etc.

REGISTER FOR FREE ONLINE COURSES

There are so many websites that offer free French courses, some of them are as follows:

🌏 Fun-Mooc is recommended to me by OFII (Vivre en France - Levels A1, A2, et B1)
🌏 The French Experiment, they have free french lessons with audio
🌏 ELearningFrench
🌏 Frantastique
🌏 Bonjour de France
🌏 Learn with Oliver

You can find more by searching on Google.

DOWNLOAD FREE FRENCH LEARNING APPS

📱 Duolingo for me is by far the best free mobile app. It can help you increase your French vocabulary and improve your grammar

📱 You can also try: Memrise, MosaLingua (Android or iOS), Drops (Android or iOS), etc.

📱 Free French translation apps: Google Translate, Microsoft Translator (Android or iOS), Translate voice, iTranslate (Android or iOS), etc.

READ STORIES OR ARTICLES IN FRENCH

The most practical and minimalist way is to borrow reading materials from your families or friends in France. You can also visit the library of your commune. I suggest you to read the following:

📖 Children's storybooks in French
📖 French travel guide books
📖 French magazines and newspapers
📖 Grammar books in French with practice activities, and so on...

LISTEN TO FRENCH SONGS (AND SING WITH IT!)

Tune in to French radio stations or you can use YouTube to play songs with lyrics.

🎤 French songs for beginners playlist

🎤Chanteurs de chanson d'amour: Francis Cabrel, Maxime Le Forestier, Michel Delpech, Emmanuel Moire, Edith Piaf, Mylène Farmer, and many more.

🎤Les plus récents chanteurs: Zaz, Christine and the Queens, Bigflo et Oli, Vianney, Kendji Girac, Louane, Julien Doré, Angèle, etc.

WATCH FRENCH MOVIES OR TV SHOWS OR FILMS EN VERSION FRANÇAISE

With our without sous-titre français. No English subtitles please! 😅 Some French movie recommendations:

📺 Louis de Funès films: L'Aile ou la Cuisse, Le grand restaurant, La Folie des grandeurs

📺 Les Bodin's
📺 Amélie
📺 La vie est belle
📺 Jeux interdits
📺 Les Bronzés

REGISTER FOR FREE COURS DE FRANÇAIS

If you are registered with Pôle emploi, you can obtain free leçons de français. Set an appointment avec votre Pôle emploi conseiller to get help or advice on free trainings.

Lastly, PARLER EN FRANÇAIS

The most effective way to learn for free is to SPEAK WITH THE LOCALS. If your family or good friends speak French, talk to them or listen carefully how they converse with each other. Also, do your best to speak French, do hand gestures if needed, don't be shy or don't be scared to make mistakes. French people are nice, they will try to understand you when you speak plus they can help you correct your mistakes and give explanation on words or phrases you don't understand.


I hope this post helps. Let's all be patient and let us never give up in learning the language. Just enjoy and take one step at a time. Also, stay positive and hopeful that one day we will speak the language comme un français. Bon courage a tous!


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