Yes, at intermediate level. The Duolingo French Podcast tells true stories in slow, easy-to-follow French, with host Ngofeen Mputubwele adding English for context, so you can stay with a complete story before you are ready for native audio.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Format
- Podcast
- Year
- 2024
- Episodes
- 126
Why it works for learners
A real story gives you a reason to keep listening that a lesson dialogue rarely can. Speakers come from across the French-speaking world, not only France, so you hear more than one kind of French. This is learner audio: the storytelling is slowed and supported with English to give you context. That support is what separates it from a native podcast, and it lets you follow a whole episode without pausing to look things up.
What makes it hard
English context means you may coast through the French and rely on summaries. Different accents can make an episode suddenly harder than the last. Slow narration also will not prepare you for how quickly French sounds run together in conversation.
How to use it
Listen once and stop before each English section to guess what was just said. Replay a favourite story while walking. Retell it aloud in French in five sentences. Once the English feels unnecessary, try a podcast entirely in French.
More for French learners: our French guides.
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