We don’t teach French - we are deliberately a casual group just for conversation, there are no formal lessons and no homework or preparation is required. However here are some helpful links that our members recommend:
Learning
- Duolingo - a website and smartphone app that teachs French and many other languages gradually, for free (or without ads for an annual fee)
- Memrise - a paid smartphone app that helps learn vocabulary
- Rosetta Stone - paid software with some similarities to Duolingo
- Free French course from TV5MONDE
Dictionaries
- WordReference - free-to-use (apps also available)
- Linguee - free-to-use (apps also available)
Immersion: Watching and Listening
- Radio-Canada balados (podcasts) - practice listening or just immerse yourself in the sounds
- 239 French Conversations on YouTube
- Language Reactor - an extension for the Chrome browser - if you have a Netflix subscription, it can show subtitles in your native language and another at the same time
News in French
London, Ontario
- L’Action - London, Ontario area news in French
Canada
- ICI Radio-Canada - Canada’s public broadcasting
- La Presse - independent, non-profit Québec news organisation
World
- Courrier International - French language news from a variety of sources
- africanews - Pan-African news network
- France 24 - 24-hour international news TV station with a live feed, owned by the French Government (also available on YouTube)
- Radio France Internationale - French world public radio service
Local Information and Learning
- Vivre en Français à London - list of French resources from the City of London, Ontario
- Collège Boréal - offers French-as-a-Second-Language classes at their downtown campus
- Thames Valley District School Board - offer Core French and French Immersion programs for schoolkids
- The London, Ontario article on French-language Wikipedia