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French Learning Blogs

In the last chapter we talked about where to learn French. In this chapter we recommend our top blogs for French learners. When it comes to finding French blogs, you might find yourself going crazy trying to locate the right material for your level and interest.While there are a lot of blogs out there, it isn’t easy to find something right for you. Here at Rype, we’ve scoured the internet in search of some decent French blogs to help you improve your French, regardless of level.We’ve divided these into beginning, intermediate and advanced levels.

For French Beginners

French Learner

By: David IssoksonSummary: Pronunciation, common mistakes, audio examplesFrench Learner frenchlearner.com is a site where you can enjoy blogs in English that offer practical advice about French pronunciation, how to avoid common mistakes, and learning nuances between similar words.

Love Learning Languages

By Jennifer and François CrespinSummary: games, blogs, practice and moreFirst of all, Love Learning Languages has something they call a blog but is really a series of games and exercises. You can practice your conjugations of verbs such être and savoir and see how they are used in different contexts.

Learn French Lab

By Annette GilleronSummary: grammar, vocabulary and French phrasesLearn French Lab has a series of online lessons. So its blog posts include explanations about French prepositions, conjugations, phrases, expressions, and verb tenses.

Lang-8

By Youyou KiSummary: Read sentences by non-natives and learn from their mistakes. Post sentences for corrections by natives. Lang 8 is the site where you can learn from others’ mistakes in French. See what others are posting and notice the corrections of the short texts by native speakers. You can also post short texts in French and receive corrections from natives.

French Together

By Benjamin HouySummary: Cultural tips, pronunciation, grammar and vocabularyFrench Together by Benjamin Houy offers a collection of blogs with sources and advice on French learning, French etiquette, traditions, grammar and culture.

French Today

By Camille & Olivier and their daughter LeylaSummary: Traditions, recipes, pronunciation and anecdotesFrench Today has a variety of blogs that cover themes including vocabulary, travel, culture, and tips on how to learn French.

Fluent French Now

By Stanley AléongSummary: Learning tools and methods with a focus of achieving an advanced levelFluent French Now features articles that cover French grammar and other topics of interest to French learners.

I Learn French

By William AlexanderSummary: William has been musing, reviewing and writing about French since 2012.The French Blog writes in English about themes relating to the French language. You can enjoy anything from baguette recipes to musings about how new technologically related words officially and de facto enter the French language.

Love France

By Ryan HarrisonSummary: Cultural tips, phrases and reviewsRyan Harrison, founder of Love France, is a Brit married to a French woman and living in France since 1996. Enjoy his collection of blog posts about French culture, current affairs in France and learning French.

Intermediate and Advanced French Levels

Talk in French

By Frédéric BibardSummary: Grammar, vocabulary, culture, podcasts and e-books Talk in French has a collection of blogs about a variety of things that will help you improve your French, entertain you with trivia and quizzes about France, French language and French culture.

Bonjour de France

Summary: online magazine with free content and exercisesBonjour de France is a site that features free exercises for you to practice your French at any level. Think of it as an interactive blog, where you get to practice your French skills at the level that is just right for you.

Oui C’est Ça

By MarieSummary: songs, comics and recommended resources Oui C’est Ça This site has a fun collection of articles, videos, lessons, and cartoons. The motto of the website is “a blog for learning French, and having fun along the way”

Advanced French Learners

When you reach an advanced level in French and want to engage in French material online, you’ll still find yourself looking up words. You might consider using ReadLang readlang.com on Chrome browser to make the task less tedious, since you can just read the articles in French and click new words and see their English definition and store the new words to study later. Since ReadLang uses Google translate technology, there will be times that the suggestion for the word you are clicking is nonsensical or out of context.

Vie de Merde

By Vie Med MerdeSummary: a distracting way to practice FrenchVie De Merde has categories such as animals, relationships, money, and work, where people post mishaps and visitors vote whether it was an example of vie de merde or something that the writer deserved to happen.

Yozzi

By Dimitris PolychronopoulosSummary: learn from others’ mistakes and seek feedback on your own articlesWant to read articles written by non-natives and see if you are able to catch their mistakes? Then yozzi.com is a site you’ll want to check out. You can also submit your own articles in French and share them with the online community to seek comments on the quality of your French and how you can improve your writing style.

Se Coucher Moin Bête

By Se Coucher Moin BêteSummary: facts and trivia in FrenchMore than just a collection of short French blogs, Se Coucher Moins Bete has a forum and tons of trivia in French with categories ranging from animals, art, cinema, geography, IT, literature, music, science, sports and more. You could spend hours going through the material while practicing not only your French but also gaining knowledge that might help you win beaucoup d’argent on a quiz show some day.

Conclusion

So, regardless of your level in French, there is something out there for you. Beginners have a large collection of material to choose as they read about French culture and grammar and begin to build up vocabulary. Intermediate learners can start to read French blogs and may like to use the crutch of Read Lang on their Chrome browser to easily click at new vocabulary words. Advanced learners have a large array of material to choose from as they don’t have to just stick to sites geared toward French-language learners, but can venture into any French content and news sites to continue their French language journey.Take a look at the variety of French blogs to choose from and focus on two or three that are just right for your level and taste. Now that we’ve introduced you to some top French blogs for learning French, the next chapter: French podcasts, will introduce you to our favorite podcasts for learning and improving your French.[mashshare]

Chapter List

1. Why Speak French2. Where to Learn French3. French Learning Blogs4. French Learning Podcasts5. French Youtube Channels6. Free French Apps7. Most Common French Words8. French Exercises 9. French Lessons Online10. French For Kids11. French For Business