TV5MONDE EDU: Learn

The app uses authentic media sources to create lessons for learning French. Learn vocabulary, spelling, grammar, etc..by watching clips of real tv shows, interviews and the like. Quizzes throughout the lesson help you practice and show you your errors so you can try again. Getting started is a little confusing because you can choose your own lessons, but there are also guided paths by level. The lessons are challenging so it might be a better app for highly motivated learners, especially those with some prior experience with language learning.

The shift by TV5 from the previous ‘7 Jours Sur La Planete’ app to the ‘Learn French’ app has been extremely disappointing. As a student of French, the ‘7 Jours’ app was excellent aid for improving my French pronunciation. It did this by providing audio vocabulary lists for each news feature as well as audio vocabulary lists of hundreds of other words in various categories. The audio vocabulary lists that ‘7 Jours’ provided were also an excellent aid for building my vocabulary. In addition, I could practice the vocabulary I studied in the app using the Leitner method where my weakest words are tested more frequently. Incorporating an archive of all the content from the ‘7 Jours’ app into the ‘Learn French’ app would improve its usefulness drastically. And why not provide audio lists and Leitner practice for the new news features as well?

The hardest leap to make in learning a language is to start to think and process information in the language you are learning. Get the feeling of immersion and moving to France from your home. The videos and diction are perfect to listen and read and learn new vocabulary (or reinforce words already learned). This app has helped me make huge strides in my listening comprehension of French. You watch videos of native speakers and respond to questions and play games. It makes learning fun, I look forward to my next lessons. The interface is intuitive and easy to use. I would like to see the existing content from the also excellent predecessor app, 7Jours Sur La Planète, added as one module of lessons that can be chosen, even if it is old news stories. Newscasters are awesome because they speak slower and distinctly. I am impressed with the thought, quality and variety of the lessons and subject matter. Highly recommend. Do yourself a favor and download this app!