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• French in Action - Free Web Site
  
  • Produced by Yale University, these video lessons uses the storyline of an American student and a young Frenchwoman’s adventures in Paris to teach the language.
  
  


• French 1 & French 2 from Carnegie Mellon – Web Site
  
  • The French courses are introductory, interactive video-based courses intended for use by university students and independent learners on the Internet.
  
  


• Ma France - Web Site
  
  • The BBC offers 24 video lessons that will teach you French.
  
  


• Easy French Poetry - iTunes Free
  
  • A French as a second language program, using poetry as a topic for discussion using everyday conversational French.
  
  


• Foreign Service Institute Basic Course: Volume 1 - Web Site
  
  • The cours is designed to enable you to reach conversational proficiency. You learn how to control the French sound system by listening to the tapes and repeating each phrase. The dialogues present natural spoken French in a variety of contexts, such as, greeting people, registering at a hotel, getting a train ticket, and shopping.
  
  


• Foreign Service Institute Basic Course: Phonology – Web Site
  
  • The Introduction to French Phonology course provides additional drills for those who wish to sound like a native speaker of the language. The course may be used beneficially at any stage of learning the language.
  
  


• Foreign Service Institute French Fast – Web site
  
  • Designed to familiarize you with situations encountered abroad, and to provide you with the language skills you need to cope effectively with those situations. Includes lessons for metropolitan and sub-Saharan French.
  
  


• Foreign Service Institute French: Headstart for Belgium – Web site
  
  • Textbook and culture notes (PDF) and sixteen audio lessons (PDF).
  
  


• French for Beginners iTunes Free Feed
  
  • Fun, effective lessons for beginners. Provided by the French Ecole.
  
  


• FrenchPod.com - iTunes Free - Feed
  
  • A series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn French on your own terms. Lessons are accompanied by text expansion exercises and other tutoring aids.
  
  


• Le Journal en français facile - iTunes Free - Feed- Web Site
  
  • Nightly news from RFI presented in slowly spoken French to assist you with your comprehension.
  
  


• Learn French - iTunes Free - Feed - Web Site
  
  • A well-reviewed series of lessons for beginners and those who want to brush up on their French.
  
  


• Learn French with Coffee Break French - iTunes Free - Feed - Web Site
  
  • The producers of the very popular Coffee Break Spanish now offer a program that will teach you French.
  
  


• Learn French with Daily Lessons - iTunes Free - Feed
  
  • These lessons are brought to you by French teachers from Paris. They are best suited for those who already have some beginning French under their belts.
  
  


• Mali French - iTunes - Web Site
  
  • The Peace Corps teaches you some of the French spoken in Mali.
  
  


• Native French Speech Podcast - iTunes - Web Site
  
  • Listen to interesting conversations between Native French speakers and learn about everyday life in France and cultural French topics
  
  


• News in Slow French - iTunes Free - Web Site
  
  • Program discusses the Weekly News, French grammar, and French expressions in simplified French at a slow pace.
  
  


• Talk French - Web Site
  
  • A lively introduction to French presented by the BBC.
  
  


• The French Pod Class - iTunes Free
  
  • A very popular collection that teaches students the French language and different facets of French culture.
  
  


• University of Texas: Francais interactif - iTunes Free – Web Site
  
  • UT provides a series of interactive vocabulary lessons. Media can be downloaded from the site.
  
  

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