Learn French

French is a Romance language spoken mainly in France but also in several other countries in Europe, Africa and in parts of Canada. French is a descendant of the Latin language, which it replaced in international communications from 17th century until WWII when English took over this role. Today, French is spoken by 90 million people as first language and is an official language in 29 countries. It is an official language of all United Nations agencies and a large number of international organizations. French is the third most spoken language of the European Union after English and German.

French in the world

Countries where French is a primary, native language Countries where French is identified as an official, administrative language French is identified as a secondary or non-official language French is identified as a minor language

Why learn French?

Because:

• You can add some new skills to your CV - Speaking French would be an unignorable advantage at every job interview in international business
• French enjoys a very important role in diplomatic, journalistic, juridical and university life
• It is the international language of cuisine, fashion, theater, visual arts, architecture and dance
• It is the third most commonly used language on the Web
• Learning French would help you in learning other languages: especially other Latin languages (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese)
• French is the language of Love!

How can I learn French on busuu.com?

With busuu.com you can learn French online, directly from native speakers around the world. In addition to learning directly from other users, you can use our highly interactive language learning material in the form of learning units. A learning unit contains the most important vocabulary and phrases of a certain topic.

What can I do within my learning units?

Within each unit, you can practice your language skills in the following areas:

	Vocabulary: Firstly you will find the important phrases and vocabulary that you need to know. All the vocabularies are represented by a picture and supported by the voice of a professional voice artist. If you are a Premium Member , you can also listen to the key phrases.
	Dialogue: Then you can do a reading comprehension in the form of a dialogue and answer questions to check your understanding. If you are a Premium Member , you can also listen to the audio of the dialogue.
	Writing exercise: You then write a short text and let other users correct you.
	busuu-talk: You can practice your language skills by connecting with native speakers of our community. We offer an integrated video-chat-application which allows you to chat or even speak with other users. If you access the busuu-talk from a learning unit you will find a question related to the unit which you can discuss with your busuu-talk partner.
	Review: Finally, do a short quiz to check what you have learned.
	PDF: You can print out a PDF-transcript of all the grammar and learning units to study even while you are not online.This function is only available if you are a Premium Member
	Podcast: You can listen to podcasts (audio-files) of all the vocabulary, example sentences and dialogues of all the grammar and learning units. This function is only available if you are a Premium Member