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French Practice: Resources and Strategies to Make French Learning a Habit

Learning a language requires consistency, but sometimes it may feel difficult to fit into your daily schedule. 

That’s why I made this guide— to help you find a way to get that French practice in, even when you’re busy!

Whether you want to practice French online or just change up your routine to include some daily French practice, this post will give you plenty of resources and strategies to try out!

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Resources For Daily French Practice

Check out the following tools that’ll help you maximize the time in your day to get all the French studying in that you want!

Websites

200words-a-daydaily-french-lesson

200words-a-day has a great French “verb of the day” program to kickstart your daily French lesson.

All you need to do is check the site every day, and a new verb will appear fully conjugated.

The French Experimentdaily-french-lesson

This fun website is a great resource for online French learning.

Plus, it’s totally free and has something for all levels!

For total beginners, there are some fun children’s books. They also have online French lessons that are user-friendly and easy on the eyes, and are particularly useful for vocabulary building.

If you are more advanced, The French Experiment may look too easy at first glance.

But don’t be fooled… this website has tons of lessons that cover little details you may have forgotten or never thought to study (such as conversation fillers).

Incorporating this information into your daily lesson will keep your routine fresh, varied and fun!

French Wikipedia

You probably already know there’s a French Wikipedia. If you need to search something up, try doing it in French instead!

French Wikipedia works just the same as the English version and you can use it to get the information you need and get some French practice in!

WordReference french-practice

If you’re wondering about a quick French translation, WordReference is a great resource. 

It’s one of the most accurate French translators out there and can even offer conjugations for verbs. 

Apps

Anki Cardsdaily-french-lesson

Anki Cards allows you to build your own set of vocabulary cards, share sets with others or download pre-made cards from strangers.

Then you can pull these cards out anytime, anywhere. Waiting for coffee in the morning? Flip through 15 cards.

Sitting on the bus for your daily commute? Turn it into your daily French lesson by crushing new vocabulary sets.

This handy little app will make sure that you can study loads of new vocabulary without wasting any time in your day!

FluentU

FluentU brings the real sounds of native-level French into your daily life. And you never have to worry about missing a word.

FluentU uses short video clips that feature native speakers and interactive subtitles to teach you applicable French. 

Since the clips are so short, it is just as easy to hop on for five to ten minutes a day to watch some videos and practice your skills!

FluentU takes authentic videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.

You can try FluentU for free for 2 weeks. Click here to check out the website or download the iOS app or Android app.

FluentU Ad

italki french-practice

You need to find ways to speak with actual Francophones in order to actually develop your French skills.

Fortunately, italki makes it easy by connecting you with French tutors online.

You can choose from hundreds of tutors based on their rates, experience, teaching specialties and more. Then just select a date and time for your lesson on the italki calendar.

If you prefer to keep things on a budget, italki also has a free option to connect you with a language exchange partner.

Subscriptions and Social Media

daily-french-lessonFrenchly Newsletter

Frenchly is a daily e-mail newlsetter that sends you articles covering news, entertainment, lifestyle and more in French!

Like you do with Anki Cards, you can read on the bus or while waiting in line… pretty much any downtime can become study time.

They have really great, well-traveled writers who put together interesting articles for French learners.

Frantastique

Frantastique is another great website that offers personalized French lessons. Their philosophy is to teach you French in just 15 minutes per day.

Frantastique looks at your specific needs and tailors the materials to you. That way, you can progress as quickly as possible without covering lessons you already know.

Their program mixes short daily lessons with custom reviews of your work to focus on your strengths and weaknesses..

Twitter french-pract

Twitter is especially fantastic for finding people with similar interests and goals.

On Twitter, you’ll quickly learn that tweeter (to tweet) has been established as a regular -er verb. 

With the character limit this platform has in place, you can easily scroll as long or short as you want every day to get some quick French practice.

Facebook

If you don’t already know the difference between the third person singular and plural conjugations of the verb aimer (to like), switch to French on Facebook and you can be sure you’ll never forget.

Similarly to Twitter, Facebook makes for an easy way to change up your daily routine to include French. 

Read through French posts and even write your own to practice your French reading and writing skills!

YouTube

If you love to watch YouTube, there are thousands of videos out there in French!

Whether you want something that is geared towards French learning or simply want to watch something you’re interested in, there are plenty of French creators you can look into!

Newspapers

Le Monde french-practice

Reading the news is a great way to keep up with current events and practice your French.

Le Monde is a widely-acclaimed international French newspaper, covering everything from politics to art and culture. 

Le Figaro french-practice

This is another French newspaper covering current events, both domestic and international.

Il etait une histoire

This lovely collection of short stories will give you some great, easily-digestible reading material for shorter spurts of French comprehension practice.

The stories take on all kinds of topics and writing styles, so there’s bound to be something you’ll enjoy here for casual reading. 

Podcast Francais Facile french-practice

Another excellent collection of French learning materials, but this time it’s all podcasts (with the accompanying transcripts).

The diverse range of discussion topics found here means that you’ll get engaged in these materials easily.

Strategies for Daily French Practice 

If you’re serious about learning French, you need to force yourself to sit down and study every day, even you have other things you want to do.

The good news is that there are several ways to make this easier, so that daily French learning becomes an enjoyable habit. 

Here are some of the best strategies to make sure that you practice French daily:

  • Block out time in your calendar for daily practice. Carve out time in your schedule for daily French lessons now, and it’ll be much easier to avoid distractions.
  • Use the 10:10:10 daily split. You’ll study ten minutes a day of either listening or speaking and ten minutes a day of either reading or writing. The last ten minutes are for vocabulary building or verb conjugations.
  • Use FluentU to watch daily authentic French videos with subtitles, quizzes and flashcards.
  • Try the Pomodoro technique for studying in spurts with regular breaks. It’s a great way to keep you on track and motivated!
  • Prep your resources before you start. Otherwise, you’ll spend more time looking for what to work on than actually working.
  • Evaluate your goals. Tailor your daily lessons to where you’re currently at and what you wish to achieve in the near future.
  • Read out loud and record yourself speaking. This method will give you a good sense of your fluidity and pronunciation difficulties.
  • Change all your language settings to French. Browsing, receiving notifications and reading your social media in French helps you subconsciously pick up everyday language.
  • Use social media to observe and connect with French speakers. You can read French posts and eventually post your own!
  • Watch French movies with French subtitles. This is not only fun, but will help you practice linguistic and cultural understanding.
  • Get a conversation partner. You can find another French learner or a native speaker to practice speaking with on the Internet or in learning groups.
  • Listen to French music. This is a great method to expose yourself to the array of Francophone artists out there and get tons of intermediate French practice with style and rhythm!
  • Search for anything that interests you in French. Instead of looking up a fun fact in English, try searching and reading the answer in French!
  • Use search functions to check your grammar and spelling. It’s quick and easy.
  • Look for and subscribe to French language video and text sources. French-language YouTube channels are great for watching fun videos made by native French speakers.

 

 

Like anything worthwhile, learning French takes hard work and consistency. With these daily French practice resources at your disposal, you’ll look forward to studying rather than dragging your heels.

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