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Editor’s Choice Rocket Languages Free Trial Period Money Back Guarantee Free Trial Period Money Back Guarantee Our Score 9.7 Pros Interactive audio lessons are highly effective Accurate speech recognition technology using Google's Web Speech API Detailed grammar instruction included within lessons Newly revamped digital platform and interface Cultural insights included within lessons are a major value add Cons Lessons are lengthy and take time to complete Courses lack visual elements (visual learners take note) More expensive than Busuu Editor’s Choice SALE: 60% OFF Code: INSIGHT60 How The Busuu And Rocket Lessons CompareLet’s quickly discuss how the lessons from both companies compare so you have a clear understanding of what to expect, regardless of whether you want to learn Italian, French, or any other language.Rocket Languages: At a high level, the Rocket courses are each broken down into three overarching levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced), and then further into modules.Then within each module, there are several lessons, including two types: interactive audio lessons and language/culture lessons (this holds true for all Rocket courses, including German, French, and Italian).In the interactive audio lessons, a host speaking in English walks you through a conversation in your target language in short, bite-sized chunks. You’ll listen to fluent speakers converse and every few sentences the host will stop to explain the situation, provide tips and insights, and most importantly, have you participate in the discussion by asking you questions.Thus in a way, you can essentially think of these interactive audio lessons as guided conversations.The Rocket

Learning philosophies. The words are often taught without context in a sentence so you won't be able to actually use the words you've learned until later in the course when the course begins stringing the words together. Moreover, the sentences they teach can sometimes be bizarre phrases you're never likely to use.Another area Rosetta Stone falls short is the immersion into the culture surrounding a language. The same series of lessons are taught with the same words and materials regardless of relevancy to the culture.One improvement Rosetta Stone has made is the payment model. While you can still buy the software for your computer in CD or online download at around $100 per level – five levels in total, you can also purchase a subscription for 3, 6, 12, and 24 months at a time. 3 months at $26 down to $10 a month for 24 months is still a pretty steep price when you consider the number of lower-priced options.ProsWell-established household nameUnique and research-proven methodEffectiveConsLack of explanations can be frustratingInappropriate cultural images11. Coffee Break FrenchPricing: Prices vary greatly depending on courseCourse summary: Coffee Break French offers four levels, or “seasons”, of podcasts; beginner, intermediate, upper intermediate and advanced. The lessons in the first two seasons are grouped around topics and grammar concepts, taught in a podcast that features a teacher and a student. The lessons are friendly and informative and taught in French so you can understand the ideas being taught.The upper intermediate and advanced lessons follow a story format. The text is introduced by your teacher, then spoken at normal speed. At the end of the story portions, your teacher then goes back to point out and explain the complex sentence structures.Because it's all audio, you won't get any reading or writing practice, which is very important when you remember that the French language has many silent letters you wouldn't know about by just hearing it. The full version of the course will give you transcripts to see them, but you have to pay for the full season. There are also no quizzes to test your understanding of the concepts and to show you where you might need to improve.The audio lessons are available for free, a huge plus for people like me who don't want to spend money if at all possible. For $104 for a season or $355 for all four, you can buy the paid version and it will get you video versions of the lessons, additional podcast content, and transcripts and additional explanations.ProsLessons move at a good paceLots of free contentComprehensive12. Memrise (Decks)Pricing: FreeCourse summary: Sometimes you just need to sit yourself down and go through a deck of flashcards to really get French locked into your brain. Memrise will help you do just that. This online flashcard site lets you create your own flashcard sets or use sets that other users have created, all for free. There are also sets created by Memrise staff which comes with the Premium subscription at $9 a

So I’ll record it only once.Être – Present Participle/GerundOne of the uses of the present participle is to form the gerund (usually preceded by the preposition en). The gerund is much less used in French than it is in English. It is sometimes used to stress the fact that 2 actions are simultaneous actions.Present Participle/Gerund of être is: étantJ’ai passé mon examen en étant malade. I took my exam while being sick.Voilà ! That’s all you need to know about the conjugation and pronunciation of être. Did you enjoy this free French lesson? There are over 450 separate audio files and writing, recording and mostly editing/ processing the audio for this lesson took me five full days’ work. Please consider supporting my free French lesson creation: we’re a tiny husband-and-wife company in France. Support us on Patreon or by purchasing our unique audiobooks to learn French. Instant download. Learn French offline, at home or on the go on any device!And if right now is not a good time for you to show your support financially, please help spread the word about FrenchToday: talk about us to your French teachers, share our posts on social medias, if you have a website, add links to our articles. I often post new articles, so make sure you subscribe to the French Today newsletter – or follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Pinterest.Please react! Leave a comment, make a suggestion, share this article… Your engagement really encourages me to create more free French lessons!Good luck with your French studies.