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This page includes two of the four strands, Speaking and Listening, and there is a reason for that. These two strands go hand in hand. In order to speak, you must first listen. In French Language Learning that is even more important because of pronunciation and the various dialectical accents. For this section, we will focus mostly on Youtube, the world's greatest resource! Youtube allows French learners to connect themselves with native French speakers, when travelling is not in the cards. All of these channels provide authentic speaking and listening experiences that will help build French language learners confidence when actually using the language in real-life scenarios such as going to a restaurant or asking for directions.
Comme une Française (Like a French Woman) is a popular Youtube channel with 207 thousand subscribers led by Geraldine, a native French speaker. Each Tuesday she releases a new lesson on French language and French culture that are all based in authentic French language experiences. Some of the episodes include embarrassing language mistakes to avoid and pop-cultural references that non-native French speakers wouldn't know about otherwise! She's been making videos for 8 years and she's not stopping now.
Learn French with Alexa is a Youtube channel led by Alexa Polidoro with 930 thousand subscribers. She is French teacher who has taught French at many different levels. teaching French to adults and children at all levels. Her Youtube videos offer more formal lessons, like grammar and spelling, but using a more engaging medium like Youtube. This page is great for the more intermediate French language learner who has a good working knowledge of the language, but wants to perfect the little errors they might make here and there without using a textbook or worksheets.
Damon and Jo are two millennial Youtubers who "got tired of cheesy travel shows and cookie-cutter travel hosts", so they decided to travel the world and make a travel show for the newest generation of Youtube users. Now they've made the transition to full time Youtube stars 1.28 million subscribers. They make hilariously funny videos that give French learners an inside look into the less formal side of the French language.
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