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Free online coursePractice Spoken French

Duration of the online course: 2 hours and 48 minutes

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Speak French with confidence: a free online course to boost fluency, pronunciation, and real conversations, with practice activities and a certificate option.

In this free course, learn about

  • Core beginner French phrases to start speaking (greetings, basic sentences, simple dialogue)
  • How to say you have something to watch on TV in natural French
  • Correct structure for expressing desires: “C’est ce que j’aimerais faire”
  • Using “il y a” to mean “there is/there are”
  • Expressing possession with “avoir” and related possessive wording
  • Upper-beginner conversation patterns and building longer, smoother sentences
  • Meaning/usage of “je ne peux pas me déranger” (can’t be bothered) in context
  • Choosing motion verbs: using “rentrer” for “coming home”
  • Tricky French verbs: selecting the right verb for common actions and contexts
  • Using “emmener/amener” to express taking someone somewhere
  • Verb for “to rest”: “se reposer” and how to use it
  • Sounding more French: contractions, linking, and faster casual speech (e.g., “Qu’est-ce tu fais?” → “Tu fais quoi?”)
  • Giving opinions from beginner to advanced: “je pense que…”, “à mon avis…”, nuance and register
  • Prepositions of place: sur/sous/dans, par terre, au mur, and expressing location naturally

Course Description

Practice Spoken French is a free online French course designed for learners who want to stop translating in their heads and start speaking with more ease. Instead of focusing on isolated vocabulary lists, this course helps you build practical reflexes for everyday conversation, so you can express what you want, react faster, and sound more natural from the very first lessons.

You will begin with beginner-friendly speaking patterns that make it easier to form useful sentences and keep a conversation going. As you progress, you will strengthen your ability to talk about plans, preferences, routines, and opinions while gaining confidence with key structures that show up constantly in real French. Along the way, you will practice essential expressions for everyday life and learn how native speakers actually connect ideas, choose words, and shape sentences in context.

The course also pays special attention to common challenges that slow learners down: tricky verbs, choosing the right verb in familiar situations, and the small but important words that signal place, possession, or existence. You will train your ear and your mouth together, improving your pronunciation and rhythm so your French feels smoother and more spontaneous. There is dedicated guidance on speaking faster and sounding more French in casual conversation, helping you move from careful textbook speech toward more natural fluency.

To support real progress, you will find short practice checks and targeted questions that reinforce what you just learned, helping you notice mistakes, correct them quickly, and remember the right forms. Whether you are preparing for travel, aiming to communicate at work, or returning to French after a break, this course gives you a clear path to speak more confidently, express your thoughts accurately, and enjoy French conversations with less hesitation.

Course content

  • Video class: How to Start Speaking French for Beginners - Parlez Français Lesson 1, level 1 10m
  • Exercise: How would you say 'I have something to watch on TV' in French from the lesson?
  • Video class: How to Start Speaking French for Beginners - Parlez Français Lesson 2, Level 1 09m
  • Exercise: In French, how is 'That's what I would like to do' correctly formed?
  • Video class: How to Start Speaking French for Beginners - Parlez Français Lesson 3, Level 1 14m
  • Exercise: What is the French expression for "there is" or "there are"?
  • Video class: How to Start Speaking French for Beginners - Parlez Français Lesson 4, level 1 15m
  • Exercise: What is the French word used to indicate possession?
  • Video class: How to Speak French as an Upper-beginner - Parlez Français Lesson 1, Level 2 16m
  • Video class: How to Speak French as an Upper-beginner - Parlez Français Lesson 2, Level 2 16m
  • Exercise: What is the meaning of 'je ne peux pas me déranger à faire quelque chose' in the context of learning French?
  • Video class: How to Speak French as an Upper-beginner - Parlez Français Lesson 3, level 2 11m
  • Video class: How to Speak French as an Upper-beginner - Parlez Français Lesson 4, Level 2 17m
  • Exercise: Which verb should be used to express 'coming home' in French?
  • Video class: Most difficult French Verbs - part 1 05m
  • Exercise: Which French verb is used to express taking someone somewhere?
  • Video class: Most Difficult French Verbs - part 2 05m
  • Video class: Most Difficult French Verbs - part 3 03m
  • Exercise: Which verb means 'to rest' in French?
  • Video class: Speak Faster, Sound more French! - part 1 05m
  • Exercise: How can you sound more French in casual conversation?
  • Video class: Speak Faster, Sound more French - Part 2 04m
  • Exercise: What is the informal French contraction for 'What are you doing?'?
  • Video class: Giving your opinion in French - beginner Level 06m
  • Video class: Giving your opinion in French (Intermediate/Advanced Level) 06m
  • Video class: Say these sentences correctly in French - part 1 06m
  • Exercise: Which French expression correctly translates 'busy' when referring to oneself?
  • Video class: Say these sentences correctly in French - part 2 06m
  • Exercise: How do you correctly express 'three times a week' in French?
  • Video class: French Prepositions of Place 1 - sur, sous, dans... 05m
  • Video class: French Prepositions of Place 2 - par terre, au mur... 03m

This free course includes:

2 hours and 48 minutes of online video course

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