| A French language lesson, one-to-one, with a French | | | | Definitely not. Why pay if you don't have to? You |
| speaking tutor, is undoubtedly the best way to learn | | | | might find some sites frustrating but that's OK, just |
| French. For most of us it's not a practical choice. | | | | move on. All it's costing you is a few minutes of your |
| Never mind the cost - which can be pretty scary - | | | | time. |
| there's fitting in the time as well. So what about the | | | | If you need to learn to speak French fluently, it's a |
| free French language lessons online? Are they any | | | | bit of a different scenario. Sites offering free French |
| good or are you just wasting your time? | | | | lessons will give you some very useful snippets of |
| You can understand why some people almost end up | | | | the language but there's a limit to their usefulness if |
| tearing their hair out in the search for a decent way | | | | you want to learn more. Sorry, but the fact is that |
| of learning French for free on the internet. There are | | | | speaking fluent French is going to involve you putting |
| many, many sites and blogs, but an awful lot of | | | | your hand in your purse or pocket! |
| advertising. Some offers are understandable, the | | | | The good news here is not just the ability of modern |
| "free" sites still have costs they need to cover, but in | | | | courses to help you learn French fast, but also the |
| a lot of cases it's difficult to find the actual French | | | | relatively low cost. Although some French CD lessons |
| language lessons among all the other things being | | | | can be hundreds and hundreds of dollars there are |
| thrown at you! | | | | popular French downloads that can be bought for |
| Don't give up. There are good free sites that can | | | | little more than you would pay for a session or two |
| give you plenty of useful French words and phrases. | | | | of personal tuition. What's more, some downloads |
| Certainly you should be able to pick up plenty of | | | | have the benefit of short "try before you buy" |
| things that you can use in all kinds of different | | | | courses so you can see whether you like it before |
| situations. It's relatively easy to learn enough French | | | | deciding. |
| to be able to get yourself a drink and something to | | | | If you can afford someone to give you personal |
| eat or to ask directions. If you are taking a French | | | | French language lessons it is without doubt the |
| vacation and visiting one of the big tourist areas, you | | | | fastest way to learn. For the rest of us, learning |
| will more than likely run into a fair number of | | | | French for free online is a good start and French |
| English-speakers anyway! | | | | downloads can teach you to be confident speaking |
| So is trying to learn French online a waste of time? | | | | the language in a remarkably short time. |