Learn some French conversational basics, improve your pronunciation and get familiar with everyday spoken French in this Crash Course specifically designed for beginners.
Analyze a Realistic French Dialogue With Me!
In this Crash Course for Beginners, we’ll do an in-depth analysis of a short French dialogue between two fictional characters who have just met. The characters speak in real, everyday French — but don’t worry, we’ve slowed things down to help you understand. C’est parti !
Listen to the dialogue
Let’s start by listening to the dialogue, which has been slowed down so you can follow it at your level. How much do you understand already?
Read the text in French
Before we take a closer look at the most basic vocabulary from this dialogue, take your time to read the script.
You can also print it to highlight the words you didn’t understand, or to take notes on pronunciation.
Dive into the vocabulary
Now, let’s take a closer look at the vocabulary that you heard in this dialogue.
You can download the vocabulary list below the video for safekeeping.
Practice your pronunciation
Now that you’ve learned some new vocabulary, let’s work on your pronunciation! Repeat after me as I go over the words in depth.
Feel free to take notes with the supplemental worksheet.
Test yourself
Ready to see how much you learned and understood from the dialogue? Take the quiz here to find out!
(Don’t worry if you don’t get a 10/10 right away — you can keep coming back as often as you’d like!)
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