For French learners, subtitles are a powerful ally:\u00a0They bring French content within reach and help you pick up new words in an entertaining way.<\/p>\n
In this post, I’ll highlight six fresh resources to learn French with subtitles, each of which is worth the time. I’ll also explain what makes each one unique and how to know if it’s helpful to your level.<\/p>\n
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BookBox<\/a> features brief animated stories with subtitles<\/strong> available in many languages. They have a couple dozen French videos, each of which is about four to six minutes long.<\/p>\n They all have built-in French subtitles. They’re particularly helpful for\u00a0listening and pronunciation because the individual words are highlighted as they’re spoken<\/strong>, much like a karaoke machine.<\/p>\n You can also turn English subtitles on or off in the video settings (click the gear icon).<\/p>\n The stories are told at moderate speed<\/strong> (not overly slow, but not at all like a French news report). The animations help you grasp what’s going on, even if you aren’t sure what each word means.<\/p>\n One story to get started with is this one about\u00a0two birds who help a zebra that’s infested with fleas:<\/p>\n Parole de Chat<\/em> (roughly, Word of Cats) is one of my favorite French learning treasures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you thought you loved cat videos in English, just wait until you see what happens when cats (and many other animals) start speaking French in the middle of their latest antics.<\/p>\n This is a prime resource for beginners<\/strong>, as every video is accompanied by English subtitles and lasts two to five minutes on average.<\/p>\n As addictive as this YouTube channel may be, you need to start somewhere! One of their most popular and most humorous videos is\u00a0La\u00a0Peur\u00a0<\/i>(Fear), which is a narrated compilation of cats being scared by a grand variety of quotidian items, my personal favorite of which is les petits\u00a0pois de l’enfer\u00a0<\/i>(the peas from Hell).<\/p>\n One of the most versatile, amusing and helpful French learning tools is music. From traditional ballad singers such as \u00c9dith Piaf<\/a> to modern Belgian stars like Stromae, the francophone world has contributed much to music.<\/p>\n2. Parole de Chat<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n
3. Music Videos with Lyrics<\/h2>\n