Great resources to help you learn French
Listen to French
Listening to podcasts, radio, songs and poetry recordings is a great way of getting accustomed to the rhythm, pronunciation and intonation of spoken French:
Podcast Français Facile: A website with a wide range of activities to improve your French, including recordings of everyday conversations and poetry.
The French Podcast: Podcast recordings for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners with a focus on natural sounding situations.
News in Slow French: Does what it says on the tin. Current news topics presented at a slower pace than normal, with separate sections for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners.
TuneIn Radio: This is a great app which enables you to listen to radio stations from all around the world.
French Songs to Help You Learn French Faster: Polyglot and blogger Benny Lewis lists what he believes to be the best French language songs for learning French
French Poem Readings: Recordings of classic French poems, with the written version and translation underneath and additional information on the backgrounds of the poems and the poets.
Take advantage of Apps
Blogs & Websites
Learn French on YouTube
Read Online Magazines and Newspapers
Free Online French Courses
Get Your Head Around French Grammar
Read French Books
Converse with a Tandem Partner
Last but not least, the value of meeting up regularly with a native French speaker cannot be overemphasized. This is the reason we learn a new language, to be able to communicate with more people and have a more complete understanding of different parts of the world and their cultures. There is no better way to improve in a language than conversing in that language. In most cities, you can find potential tandem partners by searching ‘language tandem + the name of the city you want to meet up in’ in Facebook and joining a group dedicated to helping people find tandem partners.