Keilan Senior Member Canada Joined 5090 days ago 125 posts - 241 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 1 of 4 01 August 2011 at 8:06pm | IP Logged |
Hey everyone,
I'd like to take a look at French and was wondering if there are any free online resources for learning it that anyone here is aware of. Just some kind of introduction to grammar and basic vocabulary so that I can take a look before purchasing anything. Also, I live in Canada and so reading material and videos in French are REALLY easy to find. So that is quite helpful.
Sorry if such a thread already exists, my brief search didn't turn up anything.
-Keilan
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microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5475 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 2 of 4 01 August 2011 at 9:06pm | IP Logged |
Yes there is lots of free stuff out there - I can't find it all right now because I am on sailboat on lake Ontario and my
internet service is at a snails pace but you could start with:
french.about.com
and the free Coffee Break French podcasts which are easy to find.
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Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4913 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German
| Message 3 of 4 08 August 2011 at 4:17am | IP Logged |
I just found a website with loads of free resources, mainly in French:
http://ielanguages.com/french.html
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RedBeard Senior Member United States atariage.com Joined 6106 days ago 126 posts - 182 votes Speaks: Ancient Greek* Studies: French, German
| Message 4 of 4 08 August 2011 at 5:24am | IP Logged |
There is a ton of free material for French on the net. Here are a couple that I can think of:
bbc languages the BBC site even had small "placement tests" in the past, probably still does, in case you're not a true beginner
fsi courses the FSI courses are free/public-domain, FAST or HEADSTART would be good for a quick beginner's overview
wikibooks toward the bottom of the page you can download the entire book as a PDF file
also, learner.org has the French In Action videos (the textbook isn't there, but you may find it elsewhere & try YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY, usually several things to try out there
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