How to improve pronunciation
Salut! How would you recommend someone to improve their pronunciation in French if they don’t have access to a class/live in the country where French is spoken? I’m trying so hard but I struggle a lot with pronunciation but it’s so so important to me to be able to pronounce words properly and speak well because I love this language so much and it’s very important to me but I’m struggling a lot
You don’t have to live somewhere in particular or go to school to get any kind of skill. Practice and hard work will always be enough. Now :
Study this post about phonetics
Study this post about pronunciation
Listen to audiobooks while reading the written version (see below)
Watch subtitled stuff (Netflix, TED talks, hacked content, TV5 Monde’s Sept jours sur la planète, Public sénat)
Speak to yourself, pretend to be a Youtuber, debate out loud (…) and record it so you can listen to it later
Some resources :
Youtube’s pronunciation channels
The website Forbo (natives pronouncing words)
The website Reverso (translation, pronunciation, context)
The website Linguo.tv (french videos + subtitles)
Phonetic transcription
Audiobook/ebook combo :
Le Petit Prince - Saint Exupéry AU / EB
1984 - George Orwell AU / EB
The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo AU / EB
The Art of War - Sun Tzu AU / EB
The Call of Cthulhu - Lovecraft AU / EB
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Caroll AU / EB
L’Île mystérieuse - Jules Verne AU / EB
The Bible AU / EB
The Fellowship of the ring - J.R.R. Tolkien AU / EB
Pride and prejudice - Jane Austen AU / EB
Le Horla - Maupassant AU / EB
Candide - Voltaire AU / EB
The Black Cat - Edgar Allan Poe AU / EB
Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde AU / EB
Hope this helps! x
