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It's Our 1-Year Anniversary! So we're celebrating! To: All of our dear FrenchPod101.com Listeners! Thank you! We could not have done it without you. Your support during our 1st year was the difference. And thanks to you, we're 1 year old! Now, enough about us. Today is about what we want to give you! Starting Monday March 23rd, 2009 we're celebrating our one-year anniversary by giving you: 45% OFF 1 or 2-Year Premium Subscriptions! - Instantly access our library of 200+ audio lessons - Have fun learning to speak and read French - Access our premium learning tools and content - Ensure access to the 100+ lessons scheduled for 2009 - And more! 1 Year Premium Subscriptions are normally $180. With 45% OFF the... Show more

Welcome to the new section of our blog, The Mail Bag.   This is where we'll share stories from our listeners in the endeavors with French.   We hope stories from fellow students can help motivate and inspire you to begin learning French or give you that extra needed push and renewed sense of strength when you think it's impossible to get become more proficient!  Recently we had a contest giving away a FREE 12 month Premium membership.  Meet our winner, Holly: "I have been studying French since high school and I have always been a bit of a Francophile. I have spent countless dollars on books, CDs, online subscriptions, etc. Although each element helps, I never really felt I could carry on anything but a basic conversation. Then I... Show more

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from everyone here at FrenchPod101.com! We're grateful to have listeners just like you, and we're eagerly waiting for the upcoming year to learn French together! And when the New Year comes around, be sure to make a resolution to study French with FrenchPod101.com! Have a healthy and happy holiday season. From Celine, Sam, Angele and the whole FrenchPod101.com Team!

Picture this. You’re out holiday shopping. You see a sign for 10% OFF. You feel like you’re getting a really good deal, so you rush into the store and make your purchase. You’re a happy customer. 2 days later… You’re out holiday shopping again. You pass by the same store, and the sale sign doesn’t just catch your eye, it punches you in the face! 20% OFF! You're not such a happy customer. Sound familiar? We’ve all experienced it. You buy something at a low price just to see it selling at a lower one the next day. Now the good deal we got suddenly doesn’t seem so good anymore. And you know what? It didn’t seem fair. In fact, we think responsible people who act early should be rewarded. So…we came up with the Reverse... Show more

What they really want for the Holidays. Looking for the perfect gift for your friend or loved one who is interested in France, French culture, or living in France? Give them the perfect present—the Gift of Gab in French. 
Your friend or loved one will thank you repeatedly throughout the year as they rapidly learn to speak French. Why FrenchPod101.com? A subscription to FrenchPod101.com is the fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn French. This gift is so good that it just might be the present that lasts a lifetime. The quick progress they make will motivate them to learn more. Before you know it, your friend or loved one will be immersed in French and they'll have one person to thank. This perfect gift could be a first step... Show more

Starting Monday, November 10th all lessons three weeks or older will be moved to the Basic subscription section of the site. The first three lessons of every season and every level will remain free forever on the site. What does this mean for you? If you’re an active Basic or Premium member, you will be unaffected. Absolutely nothing will change. Furthermore, long-time listeners enjoying the most recent episodes, you are also unaffected. Lessons less than three weeks old will remain absolutely free on the site and on the feed. In addition, the first three lessons of all levels and all season will still be free on the site for you to study from, so continue to enjoy FrenchPod101.com lessons. Listeners and users focusing on older... Show more

We have just added the AddThis button to our blog. Now you can share your favorite blogs posts with your friends and colleagues via social bookmarking sites or by email. You can find the "Share" button at the bottom of each post. We hope that you enjoy this convenient way to share our content and encourage you to do so.

FrenchPod101.com is proud to announce a great enhancement to the vocabulary flashcards. The enhancement includes greater flexibility with language choice options, as well as a redesign of the premium Learning Center vocabulary flashcard interface. Enhancement of Learning Center flashcards more intuitive and easier to use. With a new design in hand, our flashcards have been rebuilt from the ground up to make them easier to use. Users are now given the option to dynamically change their test format without interrupting their current test. Also, once a vocabulary flashcard test is complete, users can reset the test to better help them learn French. Flashcards allow for greater flexibility while learning French. Our vocabulary... Show more

After weeks of development, we're happy to announce the launch of the much anticipated My Feed. This fully customizable RSS feed lets Premium members decide exactly what lesson content they want on their Premium feed. Setting up My Feed is a a simple 3 step process. Choose the lesson types you want (e.g. Beginner, Newbie, Audio Blog, etc.) Choose the type of content you want (e.g. Main Audio, Dialog Clip, Review Clip, PDF, Video Vocab, etc.) Add My Feed to iTunes or other iTunes compatible feed readers like Juice, and just watch the content you want come rolling in. To learn more about My Feed check out the video below or if you're a Premium member, click here to get started now. Thank you all for your continued... Show more