Apps for Online Help
Duolingo is a popular free online language learning resource. The website offers language instruction in a variety of languages, including French. It provides extensive written lessons, dictation, and gamification to make learning more enjoyable. A paid version is also available.
Classes
The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) is the primary training institution for employees of the United States Federal Government working in foreign affairs. They have public domain versions of their language courses available online.
Learn With Oliver is a spaced repetition flashcard system-based online learning tool. Learning with Oliver entails receiving an email from LearnWithOliver on a daily basis. It’s free, and it allows me to learn a few new words while also seeing how they’re used in context. (They also provide a premium service, which is not free.)
Tex’s French Grammar is an essential grammar component of Français Interactif, a University of Texas at Austin online French course. The website provides a good overview of French grammar without getting bogged down in the details.
French Coffee Break Each season of Coffee Break French provides a wealth of free content in the form of audio podcasts. You can listen to these on the website, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify, and each lesson lasts about 15-20 minutes – the perfect length for a Coffee Break! It, like many other websites, offers both a free and a paid version.
Making Use of Flashcards
Anki is a fantastic SRS app that will help you memorise vocabulary words faster than traditional memorization methods. Quizlet is another online flashcard programme that lets you play games while you learn and take tests to track your progress.

Reading
The Huffington Post is a blog that publishes international news. The French name for The Huffington Post is Le Huffington Post. It’s an excellent source for reading French articles. You could begin with C’est La Vie, the lifestyle section. As they transition into new ownership, they have temporarily suspended the HuffPost Plus paid membership programme. Learners can still sign up as a free members, which ensures you’ll be among the first to know when paid membership is relaunched (status as on 29.06.2021).
Children’s Books Forever
As you’ve probably heard, reading is an excellent way to learn a new language. And, when you’re just starting out, the best thing you can do is read children’s books. Free French children’s books are available from Children’s Books Forever.
1000 Most Common French Words. If you want to get the most bang for your buck, start by learning the 1000 most common French words. You can find a list of those words here.
The French Experiment. The French Experiment includes well-known children’s stories, such as the Three Little Pigs, that have been translated into French and read aloud by a native French speaker. You can listen in either French or English.
