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French Language Tutorial is now available for purchase! French Language Tutorial can be purchased as an e-book ($9.95) or paperback book ($24.95). All of the original French tutorials (1-7) plus French phonetics and IPA transcriptions for pronunciation, either in printer-friendly PDF format or as a coil-bound paperback, shipped worldwide through lulu.com. Please visit the Store to order online.

 

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Useful Information

Recordings of mp3s were done by a native speaker of French from Haute-Savoie. Feel free to download them for your own personal use or in other non-commercial educational settings. I encourage French teachers to use them in classes too! If you use Mozilla Firefox, I highly recommend the DownThemAll add-on to make downloading much faster and easier.

For the vocabulary lists, I am making audio flashcards [French to English and English to French] with a flash mp3 player in each "card" so you can listen to the pronunciation of the words as you study. The flashcards will open in a new window and you simply click => to go on to the next set of flashcards or to continue on to the exercises.

The exercises can be matching, multiple choice or fill in the blank and they will also open in a new window.

I am slowly changing over the pronunciation guides to standard International Phonetic Alphabet symbols, but Internet Explorer has some spacing issues with the symbols. I recommend using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome to view this site.

Useful Links

French Tutors

BBC Languages - French

French.about.com

French Wikibook

French Starters

Français interactif

Learn Canadian French

Bonjour de France

Listen to French

Sons en français

Open Learning Initiative

Beginner & Intermediate Exercises

Le Monde Francophone

French Grammar Quiz

France Bienvenue

Français langue étrangère

Le Point du FLE

French in Action Video Series

French Slang - Argot

TV5Monde

RFI - Langue française

Larousse Dictionnaire

Dictionary of Modern France

French.typeit.org

Tennessee Bob's Links

Recommended podcast

Learn French with FrenchPod

 

TRANSPARENT LANGUAGE

French Byki Deluxe 4

Transparent offers many language programs, including the Before You Know It Deluxe flashcard program, Everywhere Audio, and Premium and Complete Editions.

 

Rocket French

Rocket French is a course for beginners that includes 31 interactive audio lessons, 45 grammar lessons, vocabulary and verb software games, as well as a members only forum. There is also a 60 day guarantee in addition to a free sample course that you can download. The full course is available as a download or as a 25 CD pack.

 

Translations

If you can't see the Babylon translation box, use this link for Translation or this one for Dictionary


Book Recommendations. Language textbooks are rather expensive and generally only include the formal, written language. You will need more exposure to the real spoken language if you want to become fluent.


Le Français Familier et Argotique: Spoken French Foreigners Should Understand by Pierre-Maurice Richard

Insider's French: Beyond the Dictionary by Eleanor Levieux & Michel Levieux

Tune Up Your French by Natalie Schorr

Upgrade Your French by Margaret Jubb

1,001 Pitfalls in French by Annie Heminway, James H. Gre & Daniel D. Olivier

French in Action by Pierre J. Capretz, et al.

The Ultimate French Review & Practice by David M Stillman & Ronni L. Gordon

Exploring the French Language by R. Anthony Lodge, et al.

101 French Idioms by Jean-Marie Cassagne & Luc Nisset

101 French Proverbs by Jean-Marie Cassagne

Mastering French Vocabulary by Wolfgang Fischer

Better Reading French by Annie Heminway

Teach Yourself French Language, Life & Culture by Celia Dixie

Ultimate French by Living Language

French Fun: The Real Spoken Language of Quebec by Steve Timmins

Street French 1 by David Burke

Street French 2 by David Burke

Street French 3 by David Burke

Street French Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus by David Burke

Colloquial French by C.W.E. Kirk-Greene

Streetwise French (with Audio CD) by Isabelle Rodrigues &Ted Neather

Streetwise French Dictionary/Thesaurus by Ian Pickup

Merde ! by Genevieve & Michael Heath

Merde Encore ! by Genevieve & Michael Heath

Hide this French Book by Eve-Alice Roustang-Stoller

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