Life in quarantine has made things interesting, to say the least.
Whether you’re unemployed, working from home, or an essential worker on the front lines—un grand merci à vous!—you’ve likely found yourself with more time at home than usual. Now that you’ve cleaned out every bathroom cabinet, maybe attempted to write a novel, and watched every Netflix show in existence, there’s never been a better time to work on your foreign language skills.
Whether you’re aiming for fluency or just want to brush up on your high school French, there are a variety of options to help you practice your language skills from home, with plenty of time to prepare for your next big Euro trip—once this is all safely behind us.
Which one makes the most sense for you? Let us know!
5 Ways to Practice French in Quarantine
Possibly the easiest and most cost effective option, DuoLingo is a free downloadable app that combines interactive language games and verbal exercises in five minute chunks. Whether you choose to dedicate a few minutes or hours each day, you have the flexibility to learn at your own speed.
Designed with traveling in mind, this app focuses on dialogue and memory cognition exercises to teach course sections that are relevant to personal interest.
With locations in NYC and Los Angeles, Coucou is a language school that typically offers in-person classes and one-on-one lessons. Take advantage of personalized attention with a teacher from anywhere in the world, now available virtually via Zoom.
A virtual language school, Iboux creates a custom curriculum for you with a one-on-one instructor via Skype. An array of payment plans are available to offer a variety of financial flexibility.
For the true Francophile, this boutique membership-based program is led by American-girl turned-French-ex-pat Carrie Anne James. Each month focuses on absorbing French language through a fully comprehensive cultural approach. Each month focuses on a topic related to French lifestyle and comes with a beautifully correlated lesson plan and immersive meditations to fully embody the beauty and spirit of the French language and its pronunciation.
