Beginning French Listening Exercises

Learning to count in French is one thing, but it's another matter entirely to be able to think of a number without counting up to it, or to understand individual numbers when you hear them. Get better at understanding and using French numbers with random number generators.

It can be difficult to figure out the best way to use listening exercises. Should you listen first, and then read the transcript, or is it ok to listen and read at the same time? This article offers ideas on how to make the most of the listening exercises on this site as well as your own audio tools.

Improve your French listening comprehension with the online French audio book A Moi Paris.

Les portes tordues is a bilingual audiobook for beginning to intermediate French students. As the book proceeds, the French becomes progressively more difficult. These excerpts are from the beginning, easy part of the book.

Listen and learn French online with free listening comprehension exercises.

Reviews of some non-internet resources to help you improve your French listening skills, including tapes, CDs, and software.

This audio detective program starts out in mostly English, gradually introducing French words and phrases in keeping with the story line.