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MY FAV FRENCH RESOURCES 🇫🇷💌

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Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

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Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!

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french language resources masterlist

Last updated: 02/11/2023

Websites

RFI Savoirs has lots of listening and reading activities (from A1 to B2)

Apprendre le français TV 5 Monde has listening activities from A1 to B2

Tester son niveau - this is a free placement test (just listening)

CNTRL Dictionnaire is a dictionary

France Université Numérique - free MOOCS (massive open online course) with different levels: Level A1 - Level A2 - Level B1

Kwiziq (a website that you can test your level and study grammar)

Music

French songs you should listen to

french aesthetic songs (youtube)

Crème French playlist (youtube)

Books/Reading

GEO Magazine is a online magazine with articles about nature and history

Library Genesis has many books in french and other languages too

TV/Movie

TV 5 Monde has series and movies from France and other countries (for free), available for desktop and mobile (ios and android)

TV 5 UNIS has series and movies in French (mostly from Quebec). Some of the shows are not available outside Canada (but you can use it with a vpn)

Podcasts

Artips podcast (art, music, science)

France culture podcasts (various subjects)

Apps

WLINGUA app (both IOS and Android) teaches grammar

Other

French grammar pdf exercises - if you search the topic you're learning (example: le passé composé) + pdf, you're going to find many pdf activities from University of Quebec. Like this one: Passé Composé UQuebec

Artips is a newsletter about art, music, science and ecology that you receive in your email. You can chose the topics you wanna subscribe (example: I subscribed for art and music newsletters).

Bon courage !

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ok i lied im back to learning french again

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deutsch, day 1

hello! it’s been a while. i’ve decided to put french on a pause and focus on german for now because i realized i want to study in germany in the future. for years i’ve been studying languages (korean and french) just for fun and now i’m excited to be learning one for a profession.

i’ve officially started today! here’s my progress:

researched on some resources. emphasis on some. i didn’t want to overwhelm myself

did 20 minutes of duolingo

lesson 1 of the german project

crafted a 12-week study plan

> hallo! mein Name ist Sy. ich spreche jetzt Deutsch :)

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French Resource List

Hopefully even if you've been learning French for a while one of these resources may be of use to you

General

French dictionary

Best online French-English dictionary (which also has bilingual dictionaries for a number of languages) as it has example sentences in French with translations, forum, verb conjugations, idioms, and more

RFI listening and reading exercises for all levels incorporating the news into your learning

Grammar

Français Lingolia with exercises

Listening

Journal en Français Facile radio/ podcast with transcripts for each episode

News in Slow French podcast

Conversational French Mises à Jour with transcripts

If you live in Australia, SBS has a French news podcast

French dictation exercises write what you hear

Youtube comedy series Bref

Belgian LGBTQ+ Youtube series La théorie du Y

Youtube comedy series Le Département

French comedy series that has whole episodes for free on Youtube Fais pas ci fais pas ça

Skam France is a teen show so you can learn heaps of slang, it also has subtitles for each episode in French and English

Youtube

Home Language - vocab and grammar

Hugo Décrypte - daily news

MisterJDay - comedy

Le Monde - news but many of their videos have subtitles

Reading

Simple articles originally written for children, also has a Youtube playlist (1jour 1actu)

Le Petit Scribe reading comprehension and exercises level B1 but also has the same for all levels

Reading (or listening) comprehension - Le Petit Nicolas

Writing

À vos plumes - writing practice and grammar

Oui c'est ça writing practice

Proofreading checklist

Other

Thoughtco French articles on grammar, vocab, verbs, etc.

French slang dictionary

French vowel pronunciation part 1 and part 2 with audio

More useful French pronunciation tips with audio and IPA

EDIT: just remembered in case you feel like torturing yourself you can do Victorian year 12 level French exams 2001 to 2020 for free on the VCE website with the audio and answers available. It would probably be more helpful to not do it within the time limit and listen to the audio as much as you need to. You might also find the HSC exam papers useful from what I can see there's three different levels of French exams (beginners, continuers, and advanced) just find them in the list of subjects and you'll get to the exams.

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i’ve never been in a relationship but i feel like i’m coming to a point with french wherein it’s just… not working anymore. i don’t know if taking a real break might help (instead of trying to fight the burn out) or starting a new one (i’m eyeing german) will do

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Looking for some easier French works to read? Here’s a quick list of stories for anyone who’s looking for something more imaginative and less challenging than the classics!

All of the linked stories are available online.

Children’s Stories:

Restons bons copains! 

Le premier Noël de Bonbon 

Le Hibou et la Minette

Le Vilain Caneton 

Les Trois Petits Cochons 

La Muraille

Lexi Savant, Détective Privé

Miguel et le Roi Arthur

Léo le Lion

Léa, petite faiseuse de rêves

Une amie pour de vrai

Le quatrième roi mage

Tout au fond du jardin

Le loup, la clairière et le sablier

Longer Reads:

Le Petit Prince 

Le Petit Nicolas 

L’Étranger 

Bel-Ami

En Attendant Godot

That’s just a very short list of some French stories I’ve read in the past or have found online. Feel free to add your own!

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écrire en français #3

cette semaine j'ai commencé mon cours de français 2. je n'ai pas été excité à ce sujet. je n'aime pas mon professeur. mais il ma complimenté mardi dernier, donc je ne sais pas qoui ressentir. je reprends (encore une fois) mon français. j'espére que 2023 année productif pour mon voyage linquistique.

takeaways:

passé composé, not passé simplé

je n'ai pas été vs je n'étais pas

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your phone in french — photos

masterlist here.

Photothéque — Photo library

Pour vous — For you

Rechercher — Search (for)

Récentes — Recent

Sélectionner — Select

Mes albums — My albums

Tout afficher — See all

Personnes et lieux — People and places

Types de média — Types of media

Vidéos — Videos

Accélérés — Time lapse

Rafales — Burst

Captures d’écran — Screenshots

Enregistrements d’écran — Screen recordings

Autres — Others

Doublons — Duplicates

Masquées — Hidden

Supprimées récemment — Recently deleted

Fusionner — Merge

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your phone in french — masterlist

Changement de langue — Changing the language Appuyez sur le bouton principal pour déverrouiller — Press the main button to unlock

general photos camera notes settings files app store health phone messages utilities safari

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french adverbs

actuellement- currently déja- already d’habitude- usually encore- again ici- here immédiatement- immediately là-bas- over there longtemps- (for a) long time malheureusement- unfortunately peut-être- maybe plutôt- rather pourtant- however presque- almost rarement- rarely récemment- recently souvent- often surtout- above all, especially toujours- always, still tout de suite- right away trop- too, too much vite- quickly vraiment- really, truly

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big masterpost of fun things to do this summer

hi :) i like to make a big list of things i want to do each summer, and i thought i’d share all the resources i collected this year with y'all in case you want to do any of these things too <3

learn a new language. 🦜

i’ve collected a bunch of resources for french, korean, and mandarin so i’ll be making separate posts for those languages. but here’s some of my favourite resources - most of them are based off of krashen’s comprehensible input theory which is why they are fun resources:

french: free grammar lessons and quizzes for all levels, watch french tv, read manga in french, a drive full of french books, a bunch of french culture podcasts, a list of french youtubers

korean: anki grammar decks for all levels, super in depth grammar explanations up to advanced level, a bunch of resources, reddit’s ultimate beginner’s thread, read korean webtoon, talk to me in korean

mandarin: a bunch of anki decks, grammar gamified, reading practice, chinese reading world, mandarin bean grammar points

japanese: core 2000 words anki deck, grammar gamified on renshuu

spanish: language transfer for spanish!

learn to draw. 🎨

this is more just a collection of art related resources. hope they help!

proko’s art library, a bunch of sketching and fundamental tutorials

the complete famous artists course

collection of art books and resources

alphonso dunn’s youtube channel

learn guitar. 🎸

i got a guitar last summer on a whim and have been having a really fun time learning it! here’s the main resource i’ve been using.

learn jazz piano. 🎹

similarly jazz piano is something i’ve wanted to get into for a while + improv. this person’s youtube channel is very cool!

write something and put it out into the world! ✍

i love to write and it took me a while to learn how to submit stuff to journals. hope these help you!

a bunch of resources on how to submit to journals

how to submit to literary magazines by doretta lau

publishing 101

chillsubs, an easy way to find journals to submit to

make your own video games. 🎮

by now if you follow me you know i love to make twine games. here are a couple of cool engines you can use for free!

twine, a text based engine

love

renpy or visual novel resources

bitsy

take a free online course. 🧠

coursera has a lot of options, which i really like. i took Yale’s the science of well being a few years ago and it was great!

make your own music or learn how audio software works. 🎵

audionodes is a cool free browser software that lets you do this without downloading anything!

learn about personal finance. 💵

i feel like it’s hard to devote proper time to learning about personal finance so a lot of us rely on learning as we go, but there are some good resources and tools online that are quick and easy when you have 5-30 min to spare!

PBS Two Cents youtube short vids about personal finance

wealthsimple personal finance 101 (short videos. nicholas braun is in them for some reason)

mint - free budgeting and goals software

edspira - more technical side of finance, accounting, etc youtube channel

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écrire en français #2

la porte de la maison de ma famille est noire et grande. j’ai une nouvelle télévision. le fenêtre est ouverte. le chien de ma soeur est sur le canapé. ma mère a un grande plante. notre une table longue. ma petit cousine a une chaise haute. la cuisine de dakota johnson est verte. les éviers dans les hôtels sont beaux. il y a des moustiques dans la douche et la salle de bain de l’appartement de mon frère. mon oreiller est gris. les toilettes de la supermarché est grande. il y a des savons, des couvertures, des masques, de la nourritures, de l’eau, et des médicaments dans le sac. j’ai nouvelle horloge. ma mère a une grande volets. un bol bleu. chaque maison asiatique a un balai. oh, le poêle est chaud.

vocabulary

takeaways:

very apparent that i have to study more on prepositions

but i think i did better now than my first writing

most of my mistakes are of words i didn't know have an other gender word

careless use of singular/plural determiners

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07-31-22 around the house

french — korean · english

porte (nf.) — 문 · door

télévision (nf.) — 텔레비전 · television

fenêtre (nf.) — 창문 · window

canapé (nm.) — 코치 · couch

plante (nf.) — 식물 · plant

table (nf.) — 테이블 · table

chaise (nf.) — 의자 · chair

cuisine (nf.) — 주방 · kitchen

évier (nm.) — 싱크대 · sink

balai (nm.) — 빗자루 · broom

oreiller (nm.) — 베개 · pillow

toilette (nf.) — 화장실 · toilet

salle de bain (nf.) — 욕실 · bathroom

douche (nf.) — 샤워 · shower

savon (nm.) — 비누 · soap

couverture (nf.) — 담요 · blanket

masque (nf.) ��� 안면 마스크 · facemask

nourriture (nf.) — 음식 · food

eau (nf.) — 물 · water

armoire (nf.) — 찬장 · cupboard

horloge (nf.) — 시계 · clock

poêle (nm.) — 화로 · stove

médicament (nm.) — 약 · medicine

volets (n.) — 블라인드 · blinds

bol (nm.) — 그릇 · bowl

study this in mochi

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écrire en français #1

j’ai trois livres. je dors dans mon lit. j’ai un téléphone et un ordinateur portable. ma université est à Manille. j’etudie la microbiologie. ma école est grande. le bibliothéque de ma école est grand aussi. je suis allé au musée avec ma soeur. la gare est petit. je mange des nouilles instantanées, du pain, et des céréales beaucoup. j’aime le café du lait. les nuages sont blancs. j’adore écouter la pluie. j’écris avec ma plume. mon argent et ma clé sont dans mon portefeuille. j’ai deux billets.

vocabulary

takeaways:

i have to study more time/location prepositions

be mindful of plural prepositions! case in point: des

es and sont are two different things (i keep forgetting)

i have...a limited vocabulary