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- French in Action – Free Web Site
- Produced by Yale University, these video lessons uses the storyline of an American student and a young Frenchwoman’s adventures in Paris to teach the language.
- Produced by Yale University, these video lessons uses the storyline of an American student and a young Frenchwoman’s adventures in Paris to teach the language.
- Ma France – Web Site
- The BBC offers 24 video lessons that will teach you French.
- Duolingo French – Web Site
- Easy French Poetry – iTunes Free
- A French as a second language program, using poetry as a topic for discussion using everyday conversational French.
- Foreign Service Institute Basic Course – Web Site – Spotify
- The course is designed to enable you to reach conversational proficiency. You learn how to control the French sound system by listening to the tapes and repeating each phrase. The dialogues present natural spoken French in a variety of contexts, such as, greeting people, registering at a hotel, getting a train ticket, and shopping.
- Foreign Service Institute Basic Course: Phonology – Web Site
- The Introduction to French Phonology course provides additional drills for those who wish to sound like a native speaker of the language. The course may be used beneficially at any stage of learning the language.
- Foreign Service Institute French Fast – Web site
- Designed to familiarize you with situations encountered abroad, and to provide you with the language skills you need to cope effectively with those situations.
- Foreign Service Institute French: Headstart for Belgium – Web site
- Textbook and culture notes (PDF) and sixteen audio lessons (PDF).
- Foundations of French for Global Communication – Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – King’s College London
- Francolab – Web Site
- French Canadian site provides resources for language learners and teachers. Includes videos, quizzes, interactive modules, audio-visual presentations, and a wide selection of Canadian programs covering a variety of social and cultural topics.
- French Beginner’s Serial and Oral Course 2016 – YouTube
- Learn basic French with the Manesca French Course. 91 videos on YouTube.
- Le Journal en français facile – iTunes Free – Feed– Web Site
- Nightly news from RFI presented in slowly spoken French to assist you with your comprehension.
- Learn French – iTunes Free – Feed – Web Site
- A well-reviewed series of lessons for beginners and those who want to brush up on their French.
- Learn French in Your Car – Spotify
- Grammar and vocabulary to beginners, offering guidance in pronunciation and language fundamentals.
- Learn French with Coffee Break French – iTunes Free – Web Site
- The producers of the very popular Coffee Break Spanish now offer a program that will teach you French.
- Learn French with Daily Lessons – iTunes Free
- These lessons are brought to you by French teachers from Paris. They are best suited for those who already have some beginning French under their belts.
- Learn French with Spotify – Spotify
- A collection of audio courses on Spotify, that will take you from beginner lessons to advanced conversations–featuring essential travel phrases and vocabulary.
- News in Slow French – iTunes Free – Web Site
- Program discusses the Weekly News, French grammar, and French expressions in simplified French at a slow pace.
- Speak and Read French – Spotify
- Three albums of a French language course, Speak and Read French, created by Armand Bégué, a professor at Brooklyn College and his wife, Louise Bégué, in 1959. For basic and intermediate levels.
- Talk French – Web Site
- A lively introduction to French presented by the BBC.
- University of Texas: Francais interactif – Web Site
- UT provides a series of interactive vocabulary lessons. Media can be downloaded from the site.
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