Parlez-vous by podcast
Bonjour. J’habite À Spokane, and … if I really wanted to bone up on my conversational French during work or in the evening, I’d subscribe to Learn French By Podcast.
This weekly podcast is a tightly edited, smart series of lessons in basic French grammar, vocabulary and key phrases.
The company producing the podcast is Plus Publications, a graphic design firm based in Cork, Ireland. The site explains the firm has several French-speaking workers who produce the podcasts, which are updated once a week. So far, there are 26 lessons, starting with really basic stuff, then progressing to more difficult topics. The site also offers downloadable PDF files to give the learner something visual to use as a study guide. Those lesson guides, however, are available only through a paid subscription.
There are similar podcasts, but this one offers clean editing, good diction and a helpful Web site.
—Tom Sowa