{"id":1732,"date":"2017-09-30T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T16:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.frenchlanguagesalon.com\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2020-01-21T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:51:08","slug":"how-to-practice-your-french-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/education-en\/how-to-practice-your-french-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to practice your French at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/our-classes\/\">Taking conversation classes<\/a> is the best way to learn more about your favorite language. However, working on it during your spare time is always a great idea. And there are fun and easy ways to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watching TV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most TV providers give you access to French channels which are mostly news channels. They can also give you the option to <strong>change the audio settings to another language<\/strong>. Watching a movie, news or any program in French will train your hear to different accents and speed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, today, the Internet brings you everything you can dream of. The best examples for language are <strong>YouTube and Netflix<\/strong>.Netflix provides international content where you are able to change the audio and\/or the subtitles to French. Find a good movie, <strong>put the audio in French, with subs<\/strong> in French or English, and Netflix and chill as they say.\u00a0 France is one of the biggest YouTube users and a lot of great creators post new content every day. Find a theme (history, science, travel\u2026) or a style (fun, serious\u2026) you like and enjoy your French videos thanks to features such as <strong>subtitles, video speed, rewind and pause<\/strong>\u2026To help you choose among a huge amount of channels, here are a selection of channels with a small description. Most of them have <strong>French and English subtitles<\/strong>. I would advise to start with older videos to make sure you get the subtitles if you need them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Cyprien<\/span> (<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/user\/MonsieurDream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube.com\/user\/MonsieurDream<\/a>): Humor. Biggest French channel, small podcasts about everyday life.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Nota Bene<\/span> (<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/user\/notabenemovies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube.com\/user\/notabenemovies<\/a>): History. A bearded guy who speaks slowly about History in general.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Le Fossoyeur de Film<\/span> (<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/user\/deadwattsofficiel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube.com\/user\/deadwattsofficiel<\/a>): Cinema &amp; movies. Discover the Art behind your favorite movies.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LinkstheSun<\/span> (<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/user\/LinksTheSun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube.com\/user\/LinksTheSun<\/a>): \u201cLe Point Culture\u201d, fun and informative videos about (\u2018almost\u2019) everything.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Data Gueule<\/span> (<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/user\/datagueule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youtube.com\/user\/datagueule<\/a>): Politics and Society, Opinion. Through professional graphics, they speak about how our society works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br class=\"\" \/>Of course, you can also find <strong>French News<\/strong> and a lot of other channels on YouTube and other websites. This list only provides you famous French channels with official subtitles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>If you don\u2019t like to watch TV or videos, you can find a lot of <strong>books in French<\/strong> in libraries or booksellers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If you don&#8217;t find what you are looking for on YouTube or Netflix, I can help. Feel free to ask me in the comments!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking conversation classes is the best way to learn more about your favorite language. However, working on it during your spare time is always a great idea. And there are fun and easy ways to do so. Watching TV Most TV providers give you access to French channels which are mostly news channels. They can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/093017-studyfrenchathome.jpg?fit=2000%2C1038&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kt18-rW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2634,"url":"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/artist-spotlight-en\/film-tv-intouchables\/","url_meta":{"origin":1732,"position":0},"title":"Film &#038; TV : Intouchables","date":"October 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The French movie \"Intouchables\" was released in 2011. 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