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Publisher: Frenchie Productions
Website: FrenchPodClass
100 Lessons
(note: may not be in production anymore. Last Pod class seems to have been made 23 June 2008)
Pros
Audio podcasts with lesson notes are free.
Easy to get into
French music and movie interludes adds variety to lessons
Cons
Audio quality is varied. Some lessons have difficult to hear sections.
Assumes a bit of French. Maybe difficult for complete beginners.
Conclusion
This podcast is fun and easy to listen to, with a great use of contemporary and classic French music and films for variety and vocabulary topic. Audio quality lets the team down, though. As a public transport user, I sometimes have to turn off this podcast because I can't make it out over the noise around me. It is an enjoyable alternative.
Have you tried FrenchPodClass? What did you think?
Further comments
Sebastian is a native speaker, and uses others to record conversations. Some of the respondents are not native speakers, so their accents are not typically French. Most lessons have a theme, and vocab, dialogue, music and film are all used with a sense of humour. I really enjoyed listening to some contemporary French music.
This series can be a little tricky for first timers, so other courses might be better suited. Overall, I find this an enjoyable alternative when I want something lighter, but informative as well. Sebastian's English is a little stilted, but he gets by OK.
There are additional resources, video and other materials available via paid subscription.
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