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| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5163 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes  Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 1 of 9 19 March 2011 at 10:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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Do you have French lesson podcasts to recommend?
Does anyone know of any such podcasts made in Canada? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| microsnout TAC 2010 Winner Senior Member Canada microsnout.wordpress Joined 5253 days ago 277 posts - 553 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 2 of 9 19 March 2011 at 10:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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I used to like Daily French Pod
there are over 1000 short lessons now but I haven't listened to them in over a year. I know of nothing from Canada except the CBC podcasts C'est la vie and "Word of the week" which is downloadable separately but also included at the end of "C'est la vie". These are not lessons at all but "Word of the week" is often useful because they always talk about Canadian usage verses France and discuss many Canadian idioms. Still an opportunity there for you perhaps... 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5163 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 3 of 9 19 March 2011 at 10:49pm | IP Logged | ||
I know, I know... I just started working with a student who needs to concentrate on speaking because she'll be going to Québec soon. I would like to suggest a podcast for her, but France French would me counter-productive since she needs to understand French as it's spoken in Québec. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| lingoleng Senior Member Germany Joined 5080 days ago 605 posts - 1290 votes | Message 4 of 9 19 March 2011 at 10:54pm | IP Logged | ||
I guess you are after material you can recommend to learners? I think the following ones can be useful, but it is a matter of taste, too, of course: Daily Frenchpod Learn French by Podcast I don't know if FrenchPod is more useful than the above ones, but it is probably more entertaining, what is not unimportant, and I like it, overall. Their trial period is fair. No Canadian pods, sorry, maybe someone has a good recommendation. edit: I remember I had been looking for easy lessons for Canadian French myself, but the results were not really satisfactory. There is an Assimil "Quebecois de Poche", de poche are just minor introductions, but it may be a choice nevertheless. And I found some 40 little dialogs, nothing earth shattering, but with some advice by a native speaker they may turn out as productive. I can't find the web page where I got them from now, but if you think you could use them I can load them up somewhere, or maybe someone knows them, there are mostly two young ladies talking in situations taken from real life, small videos I have in flash format, they must be online somewhere. edit2: Learn Canadian-French Online is what I have just found after a quick search, I cannot comment on it, don't know if it is new or I just had not found it then, but will take a closer look at it later, may be an option. Edited by lingoleng on 19 March 2011 at 11:47pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| pablo_bradley Newbie France thefrenchpodcast.com Joined 4422 days ago 4 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 9 16 March 2012 at 12:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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We have a new podcast. It's available here:
http://www.thefrenchpodcast.com Full transcripts available, updated weekly. Edited by pablo_bradley on 16 March 2012 at 12:02pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4691 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 6 of 9 16 March 2012 at 6:46pm | IP Logged | ||
Looks good, and I'll have a listen when I have the chance. Just a few questions, which it might be good to answer on the webpage: What level are the podcasts intended for? Are the lessons consecutive, or is each podcast stand-alone? Also, it might be good to add a number at the beginning of filenames, so when we download them, they are arranged in order. Thanks for the link! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5163 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 7 of 9 16 March 2012 at 7:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I had a quick listen. It's probably intermediate. It's not that the conversations are particularly difficult --and you do have the accompanying text --, but it's quite informal and impromptu in nature. Anyway, it seemed like a nice alternative for students looking for an interesting diversion from their main stream of study.
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| pablo_bradley Newbie France thefrenchpodcast.com Joined 4422 days ago 4 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* | Message 8 of 9 17 March 2012 at 2:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, the idea is to do natural conversations.
Thanks for the idea about numbering the podcasts. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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