Your questions about learning French, answered
One real question a week, answered in plain words from thirty years of teaching spoken French. Start with the question that sounds like yours.
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What Evidence Should You Ask for Before Booking a French Pronunciation Course?
Before booking a French pronunciation course, ask for comparable recordings, feedback on your specific difficulty and checks using unfamiliar words and ordinary conversation. We would also ask how progress will be reviewed later, with an explanation that connects every assessment task to the conversation you want to handle. Start with…
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What Should Cultural Immersion Include in a French Course?
Cultural immersion in a French course should give you meaningful situations in which to use the French you want to develop. We recommend choosing the programme through your interests, your speaking goals and the support you want, then asking how lessons and cultural experiences will connect during the stay. At…
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Total Immersion: the Language of the Dinner Table
French language learning Total immersion French keeps French as the shared language after class, unlike programmes in France where groups switch to English. By Theo Henusse · 10-minute read Key takeaways Total immersion French keeps French as the shared language for ordinary exchanges after lessons end. A named adult can…
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What One-to-One French Actually Means
French language learning Assess individual attention in a French immersion stay and check the written timetable before booking a programme that meets your needs. By Bernard Henusse · 10-minute read Key takeaways One-to-one French immersion provides qualified individual attention throughout the meaningful learning hours of a stay. Feedback density counts…
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Why won’t private French tutors fix your spoken French?
French language learning Because most private tutoring gives you more Oral Interaction, correction, and confidence. The block often sits earlier, in what your ear notices. By Theo Henusse · 13-minute read · Last reviewed by Bernard Henusse on 2026-09-25 Key takeaways Your tutor is often correcting the sound you produced.…
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Why won’t Memrise fix your spoken French?
French language learning Memrise will not fix your spoken French because seeing a word on screen does not mean your ear can recognize it in real speech. By Bernard Henusse · 12-minute read · Last reviewed by Bernard Henusse on 2026-09-18 Key takeaways Your brain is missing the sound categories…
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Why won’t Busuu fix your spoken French?
French language learning Busuu will not fix your spoken French because its practice is built around lessons, prompts, and correction after the fact. By Theo Henusse · 12-minute read · Last reviewed by Bernard Henusse on 2026-09-11 Key takeaways Busuu is training you to recognize, translate, and complete French under…
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Why won’t Rosetta Stone fix your spoken French?
French language learning Rosetta Stone will not fix your spoken French because recognition practice is not phonetic correction. The app can be useful. You see words often. By Bernard Henusse · 12-minute read · Last reviewed by Bernard Henusse on 2026-09-04 Key takeaways Your ear may be missing the difference…
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Why won’t Lingoda fix your spoken French?
French language learning Lingoda will not fix your spoken French if the problem starts before conversation, at the level of sound perception. A Lingoda class can get you speaking. By Theo Henusse · 12-minute read · Last reviewed by Bernard Henusse on 2026-08-28 Key takeaways Before you answer, your ear…