Learn French online
French lessons put pronunciation early, because the gap between spelling and sound is what makes French listening so hard for beginners. Teachers work on nasal vowels, liaison and the silent endings that make written and spoken French feel like two languages. Grammar focuses on the tenses people actually use in speech, gender agreement and pronoun placement. Lessons can target travel and daily conversation, professional French for work, school exams, or DELF and DALF certification with past papers and timed speaking practice. Teachers cover French from France, Quebec and francophone Africa depending on their background.
What you'll learn
- Pronunciation: nasal vowels, the French r, liaison and silent endings
- Present, passé composé, imparfait and futur used naturally in speech
- Gender, adjective agreement and pronoun placement
- The subjunctive introduced through common expressions
- Everyday and professional vocabulary with real dialogues
- Listening comprehension at native speed, including informal speech
- DELF and DALF exam preparation with marked writing and speaking tasks
How lessons work here
- Find a teacher. Browse profiles with headline, country, spoken languages, experience, credentials and student reviews. Every public profile has been verified before it goes live.
- Book a slot. Teachers publish real availability, including exceptions and holidays. You pick a time and the booking is confirmed against that calendar, so double-bookings are blocked at database level.
- Join the lesson room. Lessons run in the browser with live video and audio — nothing to install. Screen sharing and shared tools sit alongside the video.
- Use the tools built for this subject. The lesson room includes a shared document you both edit in real time; flashcard decks with spaced repetition, importable from CSV or JSON; a whiteboard for grammar explanations and sentence diagrams; quizzes that are graded on the server, so results cannot be edited; file and link sharing for texts, audio and homework.
- Get homework and keep the thread. Teachers set tasks with attachments and deadlines, comment on what you submit, and keep a shared learning plan you can both see between lessons.
- Track progress. Attendance and a simple lesson rating are recorded by the teacher, quizzes are graded on the server, and a progress report can be generated for you — or for a parent or guardian.
Who it's for
- Beginners planning travel, study or relocation to a French-speaking country
- School and university students needing exam support
- Professionals who need French for meetings, email and negotiation
Lessons run from A1 absolute beginner through to C1/C2 advanced, following the CEFR levels. Teachers place you in the first session and revisit the level as you progress.
Levels and lesson formats
- One-to-one lessons — the standard format, usually 30, 45 or 60 minutes.
- Recurring weekly slots — booked from the teacher's live availability calendar.
- Group workshops — teachers can run scheduled workshops with limited places and a waiting list.
- Trial or one-off sessions — useful for a single problem, an exam panic or checking the fit before committing.
Lesson length, cancellation notice and any price are set by each teacher and shown on their profile before you book. Teachers can also share materials, quizzes and certificates of completion with public verification.
French teachers on SingArena
No teacher has listed french yet. This page stays open so that the first teacher to join can be found here — and so learners can see honestly that the subject is not covered right now, rather than landing on an empty list.
- If you teach french, you can apply to teach on SingArena. Applications are reviewed before a profile goes live.
- If you want to learn it, create a student account and browse the full teacher directory — several teachers cover more than the subjects listed on their headline.
Frequently asked questions
Why can I read French but not understand speech?
Because spoken French drops sounds and links words together. Teachers train this specifically with dictation, shadowing and listening at graded speeds.
Do you teach Quebec French?
Some teachers do, and their profiles say so. Standard French is mutually intelligible with Quebec French, but pronunciation and vocabulary differ noticeably.
Is DELF preparation available?
Yes — A1 through C1, with past-paper practice, timed production tasks and written feedback against the official criteria.
How do I improve my accent?
Shadowing short native audio clips daily, plus targeted work on the three or four sounds your first language lacks. Teachers pick those out in the first lesson.