1. La musique

Doing the research for this article has really opened my eyes to how much great French music there is out there. You should be listening because it’s great music, not just to improve your French. I’ve included a few of my favourites below to get you started, (I especially recommend checking out the amazing Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains) but exploring Spotify or Youtube you are sure to find loads more.

If you want to really get the most out of it, I would suggest really focusing on the lyrics to see if you can figure out what it is all about. Afterwards, look up the lyrics and see how close you got! Alternatively, if you’re that way inclined, a bit of karaoke won’t do any harm!

Get singing.

Camille

Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains

La Femme

Christine & the Queens

2. Change your language settings

You can literally do this on everything. Computer, Phone, Facebook, Gmail, the list is endless.

It’s a small change but it really will help you to pick up a few extra words and more importantly, get you into that French mindset.

3. French Movies

Everyone loves movies right?

Well I do, and theres some pretty awesome French films out there you need to get watching.

They can be pretty hard to understand, so I recommend subtitles, but try to focus on matching up what you hear with the English subtitles and you’ll find you understand a lot more than you think. As you improve, try switching to French subtitles and then turning them off all together!

Here’s some great French films, especially the Intouchables, a must watch!

4.Twitter

With only 140 characters allowed, Twitter is a fantastic way to get bitesize chunks of French into your life. No matter your level you can generally work out the meaning, and if you can’t, just hit translate to get the answers. (Thanks Twitter).

No excuses on this one. Follow some accounts your interested in and get learning!

P.S Paul Pogba even includes the translations for you, because he’s good like that.

5. Sublingual

Imagine having manageable French phrases inserted into every webpage you visit? Well imagine no more, Sublingual is a Chrome extension that does exactly that.

Sublingual inserts manageable phrases into every webpage you visit and gives you the original text on when you hover over it. It is an effortless way to integrate French into your daily routine without being too challenging.

Try sublingual out for free