Free French Courses

Free High Quality French Courses

1. Coffee Break French

The basic membership is absolutely free. It comprises of 80 20-minute lessons. The quality is top class and caters to all levels of proficiency. And you will love Mark's (the teacher) and Anna's (the student) voice. The course is easy paced. As a bonus you will get used to the Scottish accent also. Caution: the lessons are so good that you may end up buying their premium subscription.
Note: They have recently launched season 3 of Coffee Break French - a set of 40 podcasts teaching intermediate French.

2. Walk, Talk and Learn French

This is a series of 10 (8 lessons + 2 introductions) video podcast, where the absolutely hilarious Pierre Benoit takes you to the streets of Paris and teaches you French Grammar. Who knew learning grammar could be so much fun. This for those who have some French learning experience.

3. Mission Paris

Designed as a computer game, this course takes you through the streets of Paris, where Eva, the heroine of the episodes, is desperately trying to save France from a grave disaster. During her heroic effort to do so, she and the person who is playing the game (and of course you) learn lots of French. There is also a free Language Guide, Cultural Guide download. The Language Guide has plenty of exercises. The audio lessons are also available in mp3 format for your iPod.

4. French Steps

BBC has one of the best free language learning courses. French Steps is for absolute beginners. It is a 12 week course. There is a Fast Track available too. Then there is email encouragement - absolutely essential for many of us who need that extra bit of prodding. There is a User Guide and a Vocabulary List also.

5. Ma France

Those who do not know a word of French, "Ma" means 'my', the feminine form of the adjective. Any ways, this 24-unit interactive video course has all the components of a proper French course. Transcripts are available for all the video and the comprehension exercises is brilliant. You can also keep a track of your progress.Grammar and Vocabulary notes are included. An excellent offering from the BBC.

6. L'affaire du coffret

If BBC can offer French courses, do you think Radio France International can be far behind. This course is a 60-unit course is a detective story. As you get sucked into the mystery you learn French just like Lucas, the British journalist. Podcast is available for download. There are scripts, exercises and quizzes too.

7. Comment vont les affaires?

Another from Radio France International stable. This time the focus is on Business French. It is a 20-lesson course and suitable for beginners. It is the story of Daniel, an American on a training course at a French company Paragem. Transcripts and detailed explanation of the language is available.