French resources are all over the internet. The hard part is knowing which to use. Here is a list of French resources that can make your learning experience easier.
In addition to these, I recommend some articles on this website related to French learning as well as some articles about language learning tips in general.
Grammar & Fundamentals
The Everything Essential French Book
ISBN: 978-1440576911
A great start for French learners. You can start from 0 in this book, and after you finish it, this will be 80% of what you will need for all French grammar.
Grammaire Progressive du Francais, Intermediare (French Edition)
ISBN-13: 978-3125298613
My personal French textbook. Fully written in French. Not good unless you are at least B1.
Grammaire progressive du francais – Niveau perfectionnement
ISBN: 978-2090382099
One of my French books. Fully written in French. Very high level stuff, but it works for me.
Français Facile
Grammar lessons and exercises. Fully French, very old design, but info is valid.
français.lingolia.com
French grammar (fully French)
The French Experiment
French Grammar for English speakers, AND French reading and listening exercises with translations
Language Guide
Vocab and pronunciation
uTalk
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Get 30% off any purchase from uTalk. This is a good source of basic vocab. If you don’t want to find the critical vocab on your own through trial and error, uTalk can just give you all the vocab for a certain topic with memorization exercises, games, etc.
Glossika
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Get a 7-day free trial with my link. This is a AI generated language learning platform that can introduce you to sentences that expose you to grammar and vocab.
Sources of Input
tf1.fr
Watch French TV. An account is necessary, and a VPN is necessary outside of France. It has a lot of content, but it wants you to pay for basic features like subtitles.
This website in particular is really touchy, so you are very likely to see “Un problème technique est survenu.” Erasing cookies from your browser fixed this for me.
tv5monde.com
French news in French. VPN is necessary for the videos.
Surfshark VPN
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Get 82% off a Surfshark plan plus 2 months free with my link. Very useful for accessing French resources and content on streaming platforms or websites like tf1 or tv5monde, which only want to serve people within France.
rfr.fr
French news in full French
Radio-Canada
French branch of the Canadian public news. Despite the name, this will take you to online news articles, not radio.
RTBF
Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française. Belgian public news.
RTS
Radio Télévision Suisse. Swiss public news.
apprendre.tv5monde.com
Exercises and practice for every level of French
1jour1actu.com
Podcasts and videos about educational topics made for French children
innerfrench.com
Podcasts, videos, and a paid course
slate.fr
Find a French podcast you like
YouTube: Learn French with Alexa
French native speaker teaching French in English
YouTube: InnerFrench
A French native speaker talking about French language topics in full French. It can sound scary for beginners to hear that he speaks full French, but I promise he is very easy to understand.
YouTube: Piece of French
A French native speaker talking about French language topics and French grammar in full French. Possible to understand for upper beginners or lower intermediate learners.
YouTube: maprofdefrançais
Québécoise French native speaker talking about French language topics, especially Québécois Français
YouTube: Français avec Pierre
French native speaker talking about French grammar and small ways to improve your French in full French
YouTube: Easy French
French street interviews. Every video is subtitled in French and English. Very good to be exposed to many different speakers to not get too accustomed to one person’s speaking.
Coffee Break French
French podcast in English about French language topics
French Podcast News in Slow French
An app that is good for full French in a way that’s understandable to learners (i.e. slowly)
French Learning Tools
WordReference
This is my personal favorite French dictionary. I’ve been using this for over 10 years now, and it is really in depth with French. It also features a fantastic conjugator that changes the color or irregular verbs. It is on iOS and Android.
Reverso
This is a great dictionary because it takes examples off the internet so you know you’re using the word correctly. Also available on iOS and Android.
italki
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Get $10 in italki credits after spending $20. italki is a fantastic platform to find French tutors based on your needs. You can find a professional teacher with a strict curriculum, a casual teacher with whom you can have comfortable conversations, or a non-native teacher that can explain the fundamentals in your native language.