Overview
Learn to speak, read, write and understand French!
Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship—whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners’ French will help you to:
Is this course for me?
Beginners' French is for absolute beginners and those who’ve had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning French. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it’s the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app.
Where do I go next?
Continue learning with Teach Yourself Complete French and Enjoy French.
Have some fun with our Short Stories in French for Beginners by Olly Richards' or 50 French Coffee Breaks.
Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 85 years.
Love, Travel, Study, Work, Friendship—whatever your reason for wanting to learn, Beginners’ French will help you to:
- Communicate naturally in everyday situations.
- Build your confidence with easy-to-follow explanations and plenty of practice activities.
- Understand and pronounce French easily with online audio.
- Remember what you learn with our effective Discovery Method.
- Focus your learning and track your progress with practical tools and planners.
Is this course for me?
Beginners' French is for absolute beginners and those who’ve had some previous experience with the language and want to refresh their knowledge. Clear and simple explanations make the course appropriate and accessible to anyone learning French. There are extensive illustrations and tools to help you plan your studies and track your progress, all designed to support learning on your own. This course is also ideal to use with one-to-one tutoring and as a classroom course, and it’s the perfect resource to pair with a language-learning app.
Where do I go next?
Continue learning with Teach Yourself Complete French and Enjoy French.
Have some fun with our Short Stories in French for Beginners by Olly Richards' or 50 French Coffee Breaks.
Rely on Teach Yourself, trusted by language learners for over 85 years.
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