French Resources - Blog Posts
Links to PDFs of French Language Books
The Great Gatsby (Gatsby le magnifique)
The Fault in Our Stars (Nos étoiles contraires)
Twilight (Fascination)
New Moon (Tentation)
Eclipse (Hésitation)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter à l'École des Sorciers)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets)
The Book Thief (La voleuse de livres)
The Notebook (Les pages de notre amour)
Sense and Sensibility (Le cœur et la raison)
The Little Prince (Le petit prince)
The Girl on the Train (La Fille du train)
Animal Farm (La Ferme des Animaux)
1984 (1984)
Romeo and Juliet (Roméo et Juliette)
Me Before You (Avant toi)
The Secret Garden (Le Jardin mystérieux)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes)
Hunger Games (Hunger Games)
Divergent (Divergent)
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (À tous les garçons que j'ai aimés)
bon matin! c’est tôt pour moi, hmm? today I’ll be sharing some online resources for learning french ranging from vocab lists to full on courses! i hope you find these useful - the internet really is precious when learning languages! <3
⁎⁺˳✧༚ frenchtoday.com
this website threatens to put me out of business and I couldn’t be more delighted! vocab lists galore, free lessons, tips to work on your pronunciation, articles on french culture and even stories and poetry. i haven’t looked at everything available on there, but from what I’ve seen, it’s pretty useful!
⁎⁺˳✧༚ frenchpod101.com
this is a free course you can take, with options for absolute beginners and those already a little familiar with the language. it looks to be good for conversational french and is an easy, no nonsense starting point for beginners, who i know from experience are often easily overwhelmed.
⁎⁺˳✧༚ coffee break french
this is one I’m not quite as familiar with but has come to me highly recommended. it’s a podcast that covers the basics as well as providing dialogues and example role plays. give it a try and let me know how you find it!
⁎⁺˳✧༚ innerfrench (chaîne de YouTube)
this is a really interesting channel! you get to learn french through a variety of different topical discussions and he speaks slowly enough for you to get most of what he’s saying even if you’re a relative beginner, which can make you feel super smart :)
bien, c’est tout! i hope these recs are alright, and I hope we meet again soon~ a bientôt!
Resources masterpost
Being exposed to French:
Websites, social media
IG accounts with lots of stories
Online courses about French
Online courses in French
French subreddits
Fanfictions
Buzzfeed
Improving your:
Pronunciation
Speaking
Stutter
Things to listen:
Music
Podcasts
Radio stations
TED talks
Things to read:
Graphic novels/comics
News
Ebooks + quizzes (by me)
Short stories
Vikidia - kids Wikipedia
Things to watch:
Cartoons
Kids shows
The Simpsons the movie
True crime
TV programs - sci-fi shows, travelling, etc.
Youtubers
Extra:
Antidote 10 + BonPatron - Grammarly equivalents
Conjugation by le Nouvel Obs
Deepl - very good at translating sentences/expressions
Forbo - natives pronouncing things
Lexicity - about Ancien/Moyen Français
Lingolden - Chrome extension that teaches vocabulary
Linguo.tv (french videos + subtitles)
Reverso - very good alternative to Google translation
French fairy tales
Princess Rosette, Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy : FR / EN
The fair with golden hair, Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy : FR / EN
The friendly frog, Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy : FR / EN
Aurore and Aimée, Jeanne de Beaumont : FR / EN
Beauty and the beast, Jeanne de Beaumont : FR / EN
Bluebeard, Charles Perrault : FR / EN
Cinderella, Charles Perrault : FR / EN
Donkey skin, Charles Perrault : FR / EN
Little red riding hood, Charles Perrault : FR / EN
Little thumb, Charles Perrault : FR / EN
Puss in boots, Charles Perrault : FR / EN
Sleeping beauty, Charles Perrault : FR / EN
The fairy, Charles Perrault : FR / EN
Blondine, Sophie Ségur : FR / EN
Ourson, Sophie Ségur : FR / EN
Sophie’s misfortunes, Sophie Ségur : FR / EN
The little grey mouse, Sophie Ségur : FR / EN
(You can download the Wikisource PDFs legally for free at the top of the page as they are part of the public domain)
How to improve pronunciation
Salut! How would you recommend someone to improve their pronunciation in French if they don’t have access to a class/live in the country where French is spoken? I’m trying so hard but I struggle a lot with pronunciation but it’s so so important to me to be able to pronounce words properly and speak well because I love this language so much and it’s very important to me but I’m struggling a lot
You don’t have to live somewhere in particular or go to school to get any kind of skill. Practice and hard work will always be enough. Now :
Study this post about phonetics
Study this post about pronunciation
Listen to audiobooks while reading the written version (see below)
Watch subtitled stuff (Netflix, TED talks, hacked content, TV5 Monde’s Sept jours sur la planète, Public sénat)
Speak to yourself, pretend to be a Youtuber, debate out loud (…) and record it so you can listen to it later
Some resources :
Youtube’s pronunciation channels
The website Forbo (natives pronouncing words)
The website Reverso (translation, pronunciation, context)
The website Linguo.tv (french videos + subtitles)
Phonetic transcription
Audiobook/ebook combo :
Le Petit Prince - Saint Exupéry AU / EB
1984 - George Orwell AU / EB
The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo AU / EB
The Art of War - Sun Tzu AU / EB
The Call of Cthulhu - Lovecraft AU / EB
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Caroll AU / EB
L’Île mystérieuse - Jules Verne AU / EB
The Bible AU / EB
The Fellowship of the ring - J.R.R. Tolkien AU / EB
Pride and prejudice - Jane Austen AU / EB
Le Horla - Maupassant AU / EB
Candide - Voltaire AU / EB
The Black Cat - Edgar Allan Poe AU / EB
Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde AU / EB
Hope this helps! x
What to do during lockdown
(and work on your French):
Work on your pronunciation
Read some classics
Read some fanfiction
Listen to podcasts
Listen to TED Talks
Listen to music
Listen to the radio
Watch french movies (detailed, by period and type)
Watch dubbed/subtitled movies: The Simpson, Cesar and Cleopatra, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Red Shoes, La Vérité
Watch cartoons
Watch youtubers
Watch let’s plays: 1 2 3 4 5
Work on some MOOCs
Learn about black holes, Pompei, giant animals, gladiators, the Dreyfus affair, Charles Manson, ants, Leonardo da Vinci, Rome, smelly cheeses, Mozart, the Bermuda triangle, meditation…
Follow french subreddits
Search our social media
Visit the Louvre online
Check my practice tag
And make sure your priorities are in order!
welcome to the community, fellow ex-lurker!
using the time before uni starts to learn about chosen tracks is something i can relate with because i’m literally doing it rn :’))))
heyaaa! i'm alzz :)) not so new as i've been lurking around the corners of the studyblr community for quite some time now. but is new to blogging so here's my introoo!
> smthn abt me
she/her
18
asian; fil
closeted gay (no one i know knows tumblr sooo)
a weird mix of introvert and extrovert (ambiv)
just finished grade 12 (animation) and is waiting to be admitted to sum college (business/hospitality mgmt program)
will be using this brief time before back-to-school szn to learn about the track i should've chosen during my senior high (abm for business) its a long story frenz, i will be sharing a diff post about that soon c;
interests: reading. harry potter. mcu. the 1975. indie opms. sports. women. some men. tchaikovsky. dead poets society. hermione granger.
> what's with the studyblr (and my goals)
to regain the motivation to study
to make studying a lifestyle because there's so much to learn and so little time and its amazing how our minds are capable of grasping all these infos.
to meet people who share the same goals and struggles in academics as i dooo! becoz we're in this togetherr (and the pandemic made me forget how to socialize with people so send help pls)
have been wanting to study french since i was 12, and for a while i kind of did? (if watching french series and memorizing french songs is called studying, then yes, i did) but now i wanna be serious about this thing
aside from learning business, i am also a student of poetry (this is a hobby/interest of mine that i long to integrate into my daily tasks as i believe that writing is a muscle. it must be exercised regularly so that it may tone up and develop<33).
> what's in the blog
prolly my dark academia obsession (several topics in this culture)
daily tasks
my journey in poetry! i'm making this poetry account in IG (and Tumblr, soon). i'll be sharing the link and username in my future posts :)))
greek myths and their aesthetic
my journey in becoming a business student:))
> studyblrs that inspired me to do thisss
@caffeinatedstudies @studywithvi @studyfrance @amourstudies @lovelybluepanda @amystudying @luminous-studiess @stuhde @telesun @kei-i @studyblr @essayisms @studylustre
i think that's about it? sorry for the long intro, i'm a bit excited to meet y'allz:)) i'll be tracking the tag #gostudyalzz c: have a superb day, academics