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Film scenes, songs, radio news, podcasts and graded stories, each cut into a short guided lesson at your level, from A1 to C2. Pick what you enjoy; the grammar comes with it.
Pick a way in
- Learn French with movies and seriesA film scene is French as people actually speak it — fast, with contractions, feelings and slang — but short enough to replay until every word lands. Animated films are the gentlest way in: clear voices, simple stories you may already know in your own language.107 lessons · A1–B2
- Learn French with songsA chorus is a sentence you will hear twenty times without getting bored — the best kind of repetition there is. Pick a song at your level, read along once, then sing it.49 lessons · A1–B2
- Learn French with the newsThe news is the French you need to live in France: the same words come back every day, and you already know the story from your own news, so you can follow more than your level suggests.45 lessons · A1–B2
- French podcasts with transcriptsA podcast is long-form French: one voice, one idea, followed for minutes. With the transcript beside it, you can stop on every word you missed instead of letting it slide by.31 lessons · A2–C1
- French short stories, from beginner to advancedGraded stories are where reading starts: every word is within reach, so you read for the story instead of for the dictionary. Start one level below where you think you are.78 lessons · A1–C2
How a lesson works
- Watch or listenThe real scene, song or report, with French subtitles or the transcript beside it.
- UnderstandHover any French word for its English. The words worth knowing are picked out for you.
- PractiseQuestions on what you just heard, and one grammar point explained step by step.
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Every lesson here can be sent to a student in one click, with its homework. Parisly also turns today's news into a ready-to-teach lesson in about 30 seconds.
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