Resources to learn French

After taking classes for three years in school, it has been a while since I started to learn French again

Here are my favourite resources to learn the language of Molière!

Resources for practising your listening skills

Listening to French people can be a difficult challenge! Not only they will speak fast but the french language is not pronounced the same way that is written!

Podcasts:

The good thing about podcasts is that you hear them while you’re doing something else (driving, going for a walk outside or on the treadmill, etc) since you have short podcasts. My favourite podcast is Le Francais avec fluidité (From Fabien Sausset this podcast will teach you about France and French culture in short podcasts. I really like it!)

Youtube channels:

Français avec Pierre
Comme une française
InnerFrench
Parlez-vous French
French school tv
Français authentique

Radio and news:

France 24
France Info
La France Inter
RTL
RFI Monde
RFI Europe
BFM Business

Sites, Games and comedy:

TV5 Monde
France 24
Mots mel (game)
Online quiz French culture
Monteux Comedy
Glad Elmaleh

Series and films:

Resources for practising your writing skills

My favourite resource to practise writing in French is Dictée d’Archibald from TV5 Monde. It is a great resource since you can practise your listening and writing skills!

My second tip is to write your day in a notebook and ask a native speaker to correct it. Lastly, you will get better at writing by doing the essays for French exams (I am currently doing the essays for DEFL B2).

Resources for practising your reading skills

Books, newspapers:

Le petit prince
Ta deuxième vie commence quand tu comprends que tu n’en as qu’une
Arsène Lupin
Harry potter en français
Le Monde
Le Figaro

Le Français au Portugal:

French film festival (Celebrated between October and November this festival brings the best movies to several cities of Portugal)
festa da francofonia (celebrated in March, this festival brings people together to discuss Arts, Literature and Cinema)
theatralis em portugal
Alliance Française (the best school to learn French)

My best tips for learning a new language

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