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French that gets you speaking.

Lessons with a teacher who wrote the books. A method built from years of teaching. And something new to read in French every morning, free.

This sky follows your local time: A1 at dawn, B2+ at dusk.

Where do you start?

Pick the line that sounds like you. You get where to begin, with which book, and how to work each day.

Your starting point: A1

Start with Grammar to Speaking, Volume 1, lesson 1, and the free speaking guide 01. From week two, add 30 Days to Read French, level A1: one story a day, morning and evening.

Free speaking guide 01Kit 1, A1 to B1

137grammar lessons
240graded stories
20speaking guides
A1 → B2+every level
TCF, TEF, DELFexam preparation

Built from years of teaching

Nothing here comes from a textbook template. Every book, guide and routine comes from our own lessons: the mistakes our students really make, the habits that got them speaking, and the small daily gestures that make words stay. Follow the routine step by step: it is what makes the method work.

  1. Morning: read today's storyUnderline the words you do not know and write their meaning, in English at first. Keep the words of the day.
  2. Learn every noun with le or laGender has no reliable rule in French. Write la valise, not valise, and the article will come by itself when you speak.
  3. Evening: remember, then rereadBefore you open the book, try to recall the morning's words. Then read the same story again, out loud.
  4. Twice a day, three if you canSame story, morning and evening, for 30 days. Two readings a day is the minimum; three is ideal.
  5. Go back to the lessonWhen a story uses a rule, the note gives you its lesson in Grammar to Speaking. Read it, then reread the sentence.
  6. Say it, then speak with someone2 to 5 minutes a day with a speaking guide, out loud. Then talk with a teacher or a partner: reading builds the words, speaking puts them to work.
English help, at the right doseNotes in the learner's own language help beginners learn more words, and the advantage shrinks as they improve. So the English fades from book to book.Kim, Lee & Lee, Language Teaching Research
Almost every word is familiarGuessing new words stops working when more than about one word in fifty is unknown. Each story is written for its level, repeats its words and explains the rest.R. Waring, Extensive Reading Central
Rereading aloud builds speedLearners who timed their reading and reread aloud read faster after 12 weeks. Every story has a ticket to note your time.Reading in a Foreign Language, 2018

A teacher who wrote the books.

You speak from the first minute. Your mistakes are written down as you talk, with the better way to say it. Every lesson leans on a chapter of Grammar to Speaking, so you always know what to review, and you leave with the routine for the week.

  • One-to-one on Zoom, booked in your own time zone
  • A plan for your goal: travel, work, studies, an interview, an exam
  • Monthly plans from $24 a lesson, cancel any time
TCF CanadaTEF CanadaDELFDALF
$525 minutes on Zoom

Start with a trial lesson

Your speaking level, the two or three things to fix first, and the plan and book that fit your goal.

Book my trial lessonYour private booking link arrives right after payment.

Ten books, twenty speaking guides, one path to B2+.

Learn the rule in Grammar to Speaking, read it morning and evening in 30 Days to Read French, say it every day with the speaking guides. Each one sends you to the others.

See all the books
Grammar to Speaking

Grammar to Speaking

Two volumes, 137 lessons, A1 to B2+

Every rule explained in English, practised in French, and turned into sentences you can say. Each volume comes with its complete answer key.

  • 137 lessons, each one rule explained once in English, then turned into sentences you say
  • A graded review after every chapter tells you which lesson to reread
  • Complete answer key included
30 Days to Read French

30 Days to Read French

Eight books, 240 graded stories, A1 to B2+

One short story a day with a twist at the end, the words you need beside the text, and exercises that bring the grammar back. PDF and EPUB.

  • One story a day, read morning and evening: the routine we give our own students
  • English help that fades: full translation at A1, French-only notes from B1+
  • 2,280 words to keep with their gender, never repeated from one book to the next
Communiquer en français

Communiquer en français

20 speaking guides for your phone, A1 to B2+

Each guide is a 14-page PDF laid out for a phone screen: 10 days, one theme a day, five sentences to say out loud with pronunciation written for English speakers, a dialogue on day 9 and a test on day 10.

  • The daily speaking step: the rules and words from the books, said out loud in 2 to 5 minutes
  • Pronunciation written for English speakers, stressed syllable in capitals
  • Every grammar spot linked to its lesson in Grammar to Speaking

Two teachers, one method.

We teach French online every day, to learners on every continent. Everything FRANZA publishes was tested in our own lessons first.

SL

Stan Lee MBINI

Teacher, co-author

Gabonese teacher of French as a foreign language. Stan teaches online every day and leads the FRANZA lessons, with a focus on speaking and on the TCF, TEF and DELF exams.

DB

Darcya Hamilton BOULINGUI BOULINGUI

Teacher, co-author

Gabonese teacher of French as a foreign language. Darcya co-writes every FRANZA book and guide, and will soon open her own lesson calendar.

Questions

I am a complete beginner. Where do I start?

With the free speaking guide 01 and Grammar to Speaking, Volume 1. If you want a teacher from day one, take the $5 trial: you will leave with a plan.

What is the daily French journal?

Every morning, three news stories from around the world, written in easy French (A2 or B1), with the useful words in English and a question to check you understood. It is free.

Are the books PDFs?

Yes, instant download, kept in your library. The 30 Days to Read French books also come in EPUB, whose text adapts to your phone or e-reader.

How do I contact you?

Write to franza.education@gmail.com. We answer every message ourselves.