Hello Listener, Once in a while, we like to pop in out of nowhere and ask: How you doin’?! As in, how is your French progress going? How has FrenchPod101 helped you with learning French, school, traveling abroad, or with your French grandmother? We love stories from our listeners about why they started learning French, the adventures they’ve been on, and how French has become a regular part of their lives. Similarly, we also want to hear about your results and progress! Whether you have a crazy story for us or just want to drop a few thoughts on how FrenchPod101 improved your language skills – we want to know. Tell us your story – email us at testimonials@frenchpod101.com For stories from our other users, click... Show more

Hello Listener, (For maximum impact, read in Old Spice Guy’s voice) Look at our homepage. Now back to us. Now back to our homepage. Now back to us. Look different? It should! With the help of our wonderful users, like you, we’ve listened to your feedback and came up with this. Designing the homepage has been like watching a baby grow. Our iTunes logo has also changed. You can see it on our Facebook and Twitter accounts! So when you download our free audio lessons on iTunes and see a new logo… do not be alarmed. It’s still FrenchPod101. The Old The New We’ve decided it was time for a change here at FrenchPod101. Why the change? Well, We’re not just a podcast website - but a language learning system. This... Show more

Google is the world’s biggest Search Engine. Apple is the world’s biggest smart phone maker. The Blue whale is the world’s biggest animal. And now, our little Innovative Language Learning family has become the world’s biggest language learning app maker! Apple verified this themselves. Surprised? Us too! In about 5 years, we’ve made over 600 apps across 40 languages that available on the iTunes store for the iPhone and iPad alone. Not to mention, our Android and Mac desktop apps. Can you imagine? That’s more language packed in one spot than a United Nations conference. Except you could learn them all. Or some. Mastering 600 apps is only for insane overachievers. Some of our most popular mobile apps include Survival... Show more

Premium Members, your Premium Account just got a whole lot more powerful! My Flashcards now allows you to study the French words you want by importing lists from audio and video lessons, your My WordBank and the French Core Word Lists 2000. Here's a quick rundown of the new features: My Flashcards Dashboard: My Flashcards have a brand new interface. Import words from any audio and video lesson, My WordBank and the Core Word Lists. Create, edit and delete as many decks as you want! Create a New Deck: How you want to study is completely up to you! You control what displays on the front and back of cards. Create new decks out of the existing words in My Flashcards. Simple pick the words, name your deck and you're ready to study. ... Show more

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In this series of mini-lesson tweets on Twitter, we help you perfect your shopping vocabulary to become a master in bargaining in French. Here is the recap of last week’s phrases for your reference: Flea market browsing and antique hunting, shopping...Now is time to "marchander", "to bargain"! To find antiques, go to "le marché aux puces", the flea market. "Le marché aux puces est le samedi.", "The flea market is on Saturdays." Now that merchant's old bicycle is overpriced. Just tell him "C'est trop cher", "It's too expensive." You want to lower the price of this antique phone (after all, it doesn't work!), "Vous pouvez baisser?", "Can you lower the price?" A tip to find cheap antiques, look for a "brocante" sign in... Show more