Everyday French, made to fit your life
Conversation, travel, daily life and the joy of the language — personalized lessons built around what you actually want to say, at whatever level you start.
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French for real life
Not studying for an exam or a job? Perfect. This is French for living, travelling and connecting.
Travellers
Order, ask directions and actually connect on your next trip to France.
Expats settling in
Handle daily life — shops, admin, neighbours and the school run — in French.
Family & heritage learners
Reconnect with your French roots or talk with French-speaking family.
Hobby & lifelong learners
Learn for the love of it: films, books, music and culture.
The French that everyday life needs
- Everyday conversationSpeak naturally about your day, your plans and your interests.
- Listening & understandingTune your ear to real French spoken at a real pace.
- Pronunciation & accentSound clearer and more confident, sound by sound.
- Real-life vocabularyThe words you genuinely use — not textbook lists.
- Travel & practical situationsRestaurants, directions, shops, transport and small talk.
- Culture & confidenceUnderstand the culture and lose the fear of speaking.
A patient native teacher who keeps it human
Xavier Leroy
Xavier is a native French speaker from Nantes with 5+ years of teaching and 500+ students. About a third of them start from zero — so he's endlessly patient, explains in English whenever you need it, and keeps lessons calm and conversational. No dry textbook drills: you'll talk about real things from the very first lesson, with materials chosen around your interests.
Relaxed, personal and all about speaking
Tell me your goals
Travel, conversation, family or just curiosity — we start from what matters to you.
Lessons built around you
Real materials and topics you care about, at a pace that feels comfortable.
Speak from day one
You talk, I gently correct, and your confidence grows lesson by lesson.
Support between lessons
Notes, homework and follow-up so progress continues after we hang up.
Ready to actually speak French?
Book your free 30-minute lesson and let’s have a real conversation — wherever you’re starting from.
How online French lessons work here
Every class runs live on Zoom, one-on-one, usually 1 hour — no group class averages, no app pretending to be a teacher. You start with a free trial that doubles as a placement test: fifteen minutes of conversation tells us your real level (A1 beginner to C2) better than any quiz, and the curriculum is custom from lesson one — grammar when grammar blocks you, conversation when fluency does, French culture whenever it makes the language stick. Between classes, this site is your free online french library: 1,600+ lessons, games and audio charts to learn french between sessions, so the paid hour goes where private lessons beat everything — speaking, correction, momentum. Adults are the core here (professionals, movers, exam candidates), classes online fit any timezone, and there is no subscription: you buy lessons, you use lessons.
FAQ — online French classes
What is the best website to learn French online?
For self-study, the free heavyweights (this site’s lesson library, Lawless French for reference, podcasts) cover input. For actually speaking, nothing online beats a live teacher — which is the half we sell, and the half you can trial free.
Are there free French lessons online?
Hundreds, right here — every lesson, chart and game on learnfrench.co is free, plus your first live lesson costs nothing. The free tier is the course; the teacher is the accelerator.
Is 3 months enough to learn French?
Enough for real conversation basics (solid A1–A2) with steady weekly lessons and daily practice — and enough to know you’ll want to continue. Fluency has a longer runway; three months buys the momentum.
What is the 80/20 rule in French?
A small core of the language powers most conversations — so lessons here drill high-frequency verbs, patterns and phrases first, and leave the exotic tenses until they’re actually useful.