A Comparison of French Learning Programs

Many people each year make the decision to learn a new language. Some make it happen while others let their goal fall to the wayside in lieu of the next interesting idea that comes along. If you're part of the second group, stop making plans to learn a new language and just do it.

It's not that difficult to jump into some online foreign language course and you'll feel better about yourself in the long run. Online French learning programs for instance are some of the most popular. After all, everyone wants to learn the language of love! Let's take a look at some of the more popular websites to help you learn French online.

Smart French

The Smart French program engages both your audio and visual senses. It incorporates three CD-ROMs for the three stages of education: beginner, intermediate and advanced.

A series of seven interviews will slowly walk you through the beginner CD-rom. You will learn greetings and the very basic communication skills that native French speakers use on a daily basis. The audio teaches you more than simply the words. You will hear how the words are used in conjunction with each other and how well they flow together to create full sentences. Conversations are built on much more than just words strung together to make a sentence.

The creators of the Smart French program encourage viewers to view and review any level at any time. One visit through the beginner course is enough to give you a basic understanding but to fully understand it; you should review the entire CD-ROM several times. Review each lesson until you're comfortable with the way the words flow. Practice makes perfect!

France Pub

The France Pub program offers a French language pre-test to test your existing knowledge. It includes printed words and audio examples to help enrich your vocabulary. After becoming familiar with basic words and phrases, you'll be introduced to the grammar, verbs and nouns that are commonly used.

You may brush up on your French grammar at any time with online lessons, books and audio clips. Each lesson at France Pub is created to simulate everyday conversations. Rules surrounding masculine and feminine tenses will be covered as you approach them.

Bonjour Online

The Bonjour website offers a wide array of greetings that are used on a daily basis. To learn a new word or phrase you simply select it from a list, see it printed in the box and press the arrow key to hear it. You may then speak the word until you feel comfortable with it. Eight pages of lessons walk you through sentences ranging from greetings to asking for directions; even making intimate conversation with the opposite sex. Each of the eight pages follows a simple layout and is very easy to use.

Why Learn French Online?

People choose online French lessons for a variety of reasons. Ease of use and convenience are two of the most popular reasons to choose an online French course instead of a conventional classroom based course. People are busy and often choose to participate in educational classes that fit their schedule or have no set schedule at all. Self education is oftentimes considered the best form of education simply because people learn at their own pace and are not restricted or overly-stressed by time restraints. Whichever type of French lesson you choose to pursue is entirely your choice.

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Sun, 22 Feb 2009 at 5:39 PM, by Brian Barker
As far as learning another language, is concerned, can I put in a word for the international language, Esperanto?

Although Esperanto is a living language, it helps language learning as well.

Five British schools have introduced Esperanto in order to test its propaedeutic values. The pilot project is being monitored by the University of Manchester and the initial encouraging results can be seen at http://www.springboard2languages.org/Summary%20of%20evaluation,%20S2L%20Phase%201.pdf
You might also like to see http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8837438938991452670

Confirmation can be seen at http://www.lernu.net

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