French Language: Learning Toolkit
2 min readFeb 2, 2020
My French currently is in a very bad, dangerous and dim place. I’ve studied it for my undergrad, but I wasn’t the most hardworking French student, and since that I’ve managed to forget a good deal of what I’ve previously learned.
It is a shame, so I decided to make a list of the best resources available right now to be able to refer to them while adjusting my self-studies. They can be used to cover all four aspects of language: speaking, reading, writing and listening.
Let’s see what we have here
Textbooks & Reading
- Easy French Step by Step
This is suitable for complete beginners - Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French All-in-One
This one is great for those who knows the basics and would like to progress to the B-levels of proficiency
Online courses, videos, and channels
- My France — video course for post-beginners from BBC
- Étudier en France: French Intermediate course B1-B2 on Coursera
- Penser Critique on edX
Not a language course, but it is actually in French, and can be very interesting - Le Bien, le Juste, l’Utile. Introduction aux éthiques philosophiques
One more general interest online course in French, on Coursera - Easy French
YouTube channel - Learn French with Alexa
YouTube channel - Français avec Pierre
YouTube channel - Comme une Française
YouTube channel
Apps
- FluentU
Learning through videos + studying material - Lingvist
One of the best complementary vocabulary learning apps out there - Mon coach Bescherelle
Works well for Intermediate+ students - LingQ
Healthy way to build up a foundation for beginners
Grammar & Vocabulary References
Online Dictionaries
Writing
Community/Speaking/Tutoring
Reading
Podcasts
This will be updated on a regular basis.
Thanks! Mark (https://twitter.com/marchenkomark)
