Learn French with daily podcasts - Podcast Rankings and reviews

This is an absolute favorite of mine to listen to, keep up with my French, and learn “of-the-moment” terminology and news. The last formal French course I took was 15 years ago, and yet regularly listening to this is all I’ve needed to feel comfortable with the language (and on a recent return to France, was complimented on my fluency!).

I love these bite-sized lessons. I don’t mind the ads; this is free, after all. I’m an intermediate French speaker and I find the vocabulary and lessons really great. I’ve learned a bunch of new words and expressions. Some words are simple, like doux. Some are more of a surprise, like déborder. Either way, it’s great learning.

I have been listening for a while and I really think these brief but current news bites are helping me improve my French listening skills. You get just a few sentences, a mere synopsis, of something in the news, repeated, broken down slowly with a few translations and/or examples to help you understand context and use of key words.

It’s not for a beginner, but for an intermediate learner provides a listening experience which, together with watching French movies, listening to French radio, etc., creates the kind of immersive experience that can take your learning to a new level.

I read French pretty well but I struggle to follow the spoken language.

This podcast is perfect for quick, bite-sized pieces of practice in listening. It’s just one or two sentences. At first sometimes I can understand it, sometimes I can’t. But the he walks through the sentence one word at a time, and by the end it’s clear as a bell.