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Hi Listener, Making French breakthroughs is easier than you think. Successful learners go one step at a time. Do just one FrenchPod101 lesson and in minutes, you master the entire conversation. Do another tomorrow. With each lesson, you speak more French right now while typical learners sit around and just worry about “being fluent someday.” Start breaking through right now with a 28% discount, an exclusive interview with Benny Lewis, and more ways to boost your French vocab! To mastering French, Team FrenchPod101 In this month’s newsletter: 3 Days Left! Get 28% OFF Basic or Premium Subscriptions! Exclusive Interview with Benny Lewis, the Irish Polyglot Free Feature Alert: One Daily French Word... Show more

Greetings! A “breakthrough” is defined as a sudden increase in knowledge or an important discovery that happens after trying for a long time to understand or explain something. They open up new opportunities to advance even further towards a major goal, such as learning French. So we named our latest sale “Breakthrough” because it can truly help you to break through to the next level so that you not only learn French —you actually master it! Now are you ready for the best part? We’re Discounting Both our Basic and Premium Subscriptions by a Full 28%! Let’s just put those savings into perspective for you: 28% off means you can gain full access to our Basic Subscription Plan for about $2.88/month or $0.10 cents a day—just one... Show more

Hello Listener, With the Winter Olympics upon us and athletes from all over the world competing to see if their dreams and hard work add up to success and a gold medal, or crushing defeat…well, we started to wonder: Why does there always need to be a loser? While we can’t do anything about the Olympics, we can do something for French learners. We’ve created the FrenchPod101 Winter Olympics Sale, where absolutely EVERY French learner is guaranteed to start speaking French from the first lesson and win because we are offering steep discounts on all of our plans. 15% Off All Basic Plans (Bronze Offer) 20% Off Our Premium PLUS Plan (Silver Offer) 30% Off Our Most Popular Premium Plan (Gold Offer and Best Value) So instead... Show more

Hello Listener, Hope we caught you in the midst of your French studies! ‘Tis the season for crushing your New Year’s Resolutions after all! So, while you’re adding more and more French words, phrases and grammar to your repertoire, we’d like to pop in and let you know what happened this month! We’re talking new sites, new apps and new lessons for the New Year! In this month’s newsletter: New! Custom Lists Mobile Web App! Create, Study & Share Your French Word Lists 2 New Languages Sites Added: CzechClass101 & DanishClass101 New FrenchPod101 Lessons for the New Year 1) Create, Study & Share Your French Word Lists With Others! Leaning more French words to speak more French? Make a... Show more

Hello Listener, Remember your first French phrase? Was it “Hello, how are you,” “My name is....” or maybe “I have no idea what I’m saying?” Every French learner starts out with simple phrases and questions. That’s because learning phrases is easy. They’re exactly what get you speaking, understanding, and improving your French in the first place. Not just random, unusable words. So as a French Beginner, having a powerful French phrasebook is the easiest way to speak more French. And with our brand new iBook, you master over 700 phrases. Master 700+ essential French phrases with the NEW Learn French: PhrasePower iBook for the iPad. This is the perfect first step for Beginners and Travelers that want to learn and speak a... Show more

Hello Listeners, There are two halves to learning French. No, no. Not grammar and vocabulary. Not reading and speaking. Think bigger. The first half is your learning material and your methods. This includes your FrenchPod101 lessons, your lesson notes, your textbooks, workbooks, apps, and so on. And the second half? It’s you. It’s how much you care to learn the language. It’s your actions – past, current, and future – that determine where exactly your language progress is going. Actions like...sleeping less to study more, consistently putting in a specific amount of time regardless of how little it is, ignoring everything around you for the sake of focus, and studying language that’s beyond your capability just so you can... Show more

Hi listeners! Looking for a new language to study? Aside from FrenchPod101, we have 28 other languages that you can learn the fast, fun and easy way! And now there’s even more. We’ve added 2 new languages to the Innovative Language family. What are they? Based on user requests, we’ve launched Danish and Czech. Czech, believe it or not, used to be called “Bohemian” until sometime in the 19th century. It's the official language of the Czech Republic, one of Europe's most popular tourist destinations. And like all Slavic languages, Czech has a reputation for having lots of consonants clustered together. But don’t let that scare you away. Czech uses the Latin script, which makes it easier to learn than a character-based... Show more

Welcome Back Listener! It’s been a while! Last time we saw you, it was still 2013... Christmas trees were up, and you were still making your 2014 resolutions. Now that the new year has begun, the #1 question everyone’s asking is... “How do I fulfill my resolution and make serious French progress?” One: Stop thinking and start doing. Take on the challenge and jump in. Your progress starts NOW. Two: Create a measurable and attainable French goal. (Master 100 new words in 2 weeks, listen to 5 French lessons a week, hold a French conversation for 5 minutes, etc.) Three: Challenge yourself more each month. (Go for 10 minute conversations, move on to 200 words, etc.) It’s as easy as that! So in 2014, take the... Show more

Hi Listener, Want to speak more French in 2014? You need exposure to native French conversation from day 1. You need a French speaker to explain it all – the words, the grammar, and cultural nuances. And you get all of that in every single FrenchPod101 lesson. In fact, we’re starting up a brand new season just in time for the New Year! Starting January 6th, 2014, we’ll be publishing brand new seasons of Audio and Video Lessons to get you mastering French the fast, fun and easy way! Want to know what you can expect? Here’s FrenchPod101’s Lesson Schedule: Monday: Lower Intermediate Series Thursday: Throwback Thursday Lessons (Get a free random lesson from the past sent directly to your e-mail... Show more

Hi there! Do you come across new French words that you forget faster than you learn? Yep, happens all the time. Here’s what you do. Create a word list and start adding new words you’ve been learning. It’ll be your best friend for mastering new vocab, improving your French and just becoming an intelligent all-round French speaker. While we’re at it, care to access other French learners’ word lists too? As of now, you can! With Custom Lists, an exclusive mobile web app for Premium and Premium PLUS users, you create, study and share your French wordlists with others. Custom Lists is a mobile web app, accessible with any browser on any device, PC, Mac, Android, iPhone, or tablet. It’s your own ever-growing collection of... Show more