MOOC to learn French

[lillingworth]

I majored in French in college and at one point after studying in France for a summer, was close to fluent.  Now, not so much, but I try to keep it fresh with self study.  Some of the things that I have done are download French audible books, some of them are free, watch newscasts in French on youtube and you can do an online search for them.

For fun, I also watch movies in French.  Many DVD's have that option, and occasionally streaming services will offer it.

I read books in French, too.  Mostly children's books, since I can get through them quickly. Those I get from the library or kindle.

I enjoyed the series, "Learn French in your Car" it was much more laid back and likeable than other language learning CD's.  I got it from Audible.

I also LOVE Duolingo.  It is free and you can  work at your own pace. https://www.duolingo.com/

These are things I do to keep it fresh, I learned in a traditional classroom setting.  However, I can see that these suggestions would increase your knowledge after you went through a basic course, like Modern States, or a course from a Community College.

Good Luck.

Thank you! 

Yea, for language learning, I really need to be in a classroom. I don't learn well through casual study. I've lived over here in Japan for 6 years and still can't put sentences together in Japanese. But I studied Spanish in HS at the turn of the century, and then Chinese in college a few years later and I STILL hold on to some of that. Classroom is best but I just can't do it right now. 

I'll be going for PR in Canada in a couple years and having a decent amount of French will help. After the Sophia campaign ends I'll be checking out Modern States.

As for some of the resources you use, I can't really do the same. Over here, I can only access audible.jp and the selection is different (and I can't navigate the site haha). Same with the libraries here. All Japanese. I'm not exactly in central Tokyo so I don't have much access to an expat community. No DVD player anymore (even in the computer) and the ones here are regionally coded. Everything in Japanese. 

Duolingo is definitely something I can use though, once I have a good foundation. I have a long commute to work by train so I can use it there. 

Thanks for all the suggestions!