Welcome to FRENCH CLASSES. Here you’ll find more than 80 hours of transcribed sound recordings from French native speakers.
There are lessons, feature articles, dictation exercises and much more besides. Explore the free sample extracts, then sign up to enjoy access to all the contents of the site.
À L’ÉCOUTE DE LA LANGUE FRANÇAISE
French lessons to stretch your mind. 108 classes at beginner’s, intermediate and advanced levels.
BEGINNER’S CLASS
1. Une dame et un petit garçon regardent tranquillement le paysage
Masculine and feminine nouns – how adjectives agree – the first group of verbs – verbs and prepositions.
COURS INTERMÉDIAIRE
1. Je connais un type qui sait jouer du violon
La distinction entre les verbes «savoir» et «connaître»
COURS AVANCÉ
1. «D’autres» ou «des autres»?
Choisir le bon déterminant
LA GUINGUETTE
Audio reports to train your ear. Society, Culture, Travel and more.
SOCIÉTÉ
La terre a soif
Eric Orsenna’s latest book is an excellent read for learners of French interested in environmental questions
CULTURE
La Demeure du Chaos… miroir de notre monde
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d’Or is a historic village, inhabited since Roman times. And since 1999 it has also been home to the Demeure du Chaos – a gigantic collection of contemporary sculptures. For its detractors, la Demeure is a monstrosity that should be knocked down. But for enthusiasts, who are increasingly making the pilgrimage, it is one of the most important works of contemporary art in the world.
VOYAGES
Les combats de coqs
Forbidden on French territory, cock-fighting is nevertheless tolerated in Martinique as an ancestral tradition. Axel May reports.
120 DICTÉES
Nine readers, five styles of text. Deduct a point from your stock of 20 for each mistake you make. The perfect exercise for learning precision.
La soupe à la grimace
Une épouse délaissée montre à son mari qu’elle est fâchée.
LES BLOGS
LA LETTRE DE FRANÇOISE
A unique mash of cultural and linguistic insights from French Classes founder Françoise Le Roux.
U comme… un ou une m’a-tu-vu
Un m’as-tu-vu -c’est un terme péjoratif- est une personne prétentieuse, quelqu’un qui veut toujours attirer le regard des autres. C’est quelqu’un qui veut briller, mais sans en avoir le talent.
TABLETTES DE CHOCOLAT
Mental workouts to help you on your way.
The perfect vocabulary notebook?
Richard Good You must surely recognise this situation. You’re at a party, you’ve been introduced to three people at once and already the names have flown out of your head. It’s both too soon and too late to ask again. What you need is an instant notebook. The brain is supposed to be that. But…