Learning French

French is the third most widely spoken language in the United States after English and Spanish. Like Spanish it is a Romance language meaning that it is descended from Latin and much of the core vocabulary has similarities. Unfortunately for the student, the orthography (pronunciation from the written language) can be a bit more difficult than other Romance languages.

There are at least 65 million native French speakers in the world and as many as 500 million that speak French as a first or second language.

Many DVDs distributed in the United States and Canada share English and French language tracks (or at least subtitling). Also, many products destined for distribution in the United States and Canada have English and French packaging information (instructions, labelling, etc.) because English and French are both required for products distributed in Canada.

Typically French is considered one of the more pleasing languages to the ear (although that is quite subjective….) It is also an official language of the UN, and is commonly used as a second language in many areas that were former French colonies.

The following are the resources we’ve organized here:

French Language Courses

French Language Online Resources

French Language Reading List

French Language Video

French Language Audio

French Language Music

French Language News

Eurolanguages.com has information on French language learning courses in places where it is spoken in Europe.

Subpages of this page:

“french language” – Google News

MACC fall schedule – Bugle-Observer

MACC fall schedule
Bugle-Observer
French Language Classes: Beginner Level conversational French open to all who wish to learn the beginnings of Canada's second official language. …

Schulich’s French Renaissance – Insider Media Group (blog)

Schulich's French Renaissance
Insider Media Group (blog)
Canada is a bilingual country, yet it seems as if the popularity of the French language outside of Quebec has been plummeting. …
News Views: Games in FrenchBCLocalNews
Information campaign on the flu season: the government has come up …Canada NewsWire (press release)

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Sarsoft releases E Numbers Calc 1.1 – French and German Localization – prMac (press release)

Sarsoft releases E Numbers Calc 1.1 – French and German Localization
prMac (press release)
Because of most customers came from EU, we've selected German and French language to be included in this version. In new version of E Numbers Calc was also …

Dazzled in Montreal – Houston Chronicle

Dazzled in Montreal
Houston Chronicle
I left three hours later, having finished my book and watched a French-language replay of that morning's Tour de France stage, feeling the warm afterglow of …

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French citizens ‘Balkan-level’ skill at the English language – cafebabel.com

French citizens 'Balkan-level' skill at the English language
cafebabel.com
… oral presentation that was not only to be delivered entirely in French, but was judged on the candidate's eloquence and mastery in the French language. …

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Foreign Translations, Inc. – PR.com (press release)

Foreign Translations, Inc.
PR.com (press release)
Foreign Translations, Inc launches its new French language website www.foreigntranslations.fr specifically to offer French translation services for …

Jeeran listens to its North African, launches French Language … – Middle East North Africa Financial Network

Jeeran listens to its North African, launches French Language …
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
(MENAFN Press) Jeeran, the larget Arab Online community in the region, recently announced launching a French language interface for its website. …

French language course for tourism opens in Ho Chi Minh City – VOVNews.vn

French language course for tourism opens in Ho Chi Minh City
VOVNews.vn
A tourism training course for teachers of the French language opened at the Asia-Pacific French Language Centre of the Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical College …

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French Myths – San Francisco Chronicle

French Myths
San Francisco Chronicle
Finally, it really pays to have a survivable familiarity with the French language. When you go up to a French person, unless they are rigorously familiar …

French language bookstore Librairie de France – a fixture since … – New York Daily News