French pronunciation training

Sound like you live there.

VraiFrench scores every word you speak against real French phonetic rules — liaisons, elisions, nasals — then explains each miss in plain English. Not just a score. A diagnosis.

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Phrase exercise
les enfants jouent dehors
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What you practice

Three areas. One goal.

Speaking

Precision exercises targeting the real sounds of French — liaisons, elisions, nasals, and rhythm — with per-word instant feedback on every attempt.

Liaisons Elisions Rhythm Homophones

Listening

Comprehension passages and everyday dialogues read by eight natural French voices, men and women, with a different speaker each time. Plus dictation drills to train your ear for real spoken French.

Comprehension Dialogues Dictation 8 natural voices

Vocabulary

Flashcards built for the ear. Hear each new word and its definition in French, then recall it by listening: match the word to a definition you hear. English is one tap away if you need it.

Listening only Hear, then recall Cumulative review

How it works

Listen. Speak. See what you said.

1

Listen

A native voice reads the phrase. Liaisons are marked, and you can slow it down.

2

Speak

Say it out loud. Your words appear as you speak.

3

See what you said

Each word is lined up against the target and scored, so you know exactly which ones landed.

Feedback

Not another red-or-green score.

Every miss comes with a reason and a fix, tuned to what makes spoken French hard: liaisons, elisions, silent endings and nasals.

  1. 1
    What you said, and why it missed
    The word we heard instead, and the likely cause in plain English.
  1. 2
    The sound and the cadence
    Liaisons show where the words run together; syllables show the beat, with the stress at the end of each group.
  1. 3
    Drill it until it sticks
    Ten focused attempts on one word, or save it to your practice list for later.
  1. 4
    Patterns, not just words
    After a paragraph, the habits that repeat, so you fix the cause once.

Progress

Proof that it's working.

The method

Built on how the brain acquires language.

VraiFrench exercises are grounded in language acquisition research and cognitive science — not the passive memorization patterns of traditional apps. The difference is what you do: you speak, you hear, you correct.

Production effect

Speaking encodes. Reading doesn't.

Research on the production effect consistently shows that saying something aloud creates a far stronger memory trace than reading or typing it. Every VraiFrench exercise is oral-first — you hear, you speak, and you are scored on what you produced.

Corrective feedback

Feedback must be immediate and specific.

Delayed or vague feedback does not build skill. Per-word feedback delivered the moment you finish speaking lets you connect each correction to the exact attempt — before the memory trace fades. That precision is what turns a missed sound into a learned one.

Motor learning

Pronunciation is a motor skill.

You do not think your way to a clean liaison — you drill it until it is automatic. Like any motor skill, pronunciation improves through repeated, corrected attempts rather than memorization. The hear → speak → correct loop mirrors the same acquisition cycle studied in motor learning research.

For tutors & teachers

The nuance is yours to teach.

The liaisons that feel natural, the intonation that carries meaning, the rhythm that makes French sound alive — those come from a teacher who has lived the language. VraiFrench is not here to replace that. It is here to make sure your students arrive at every session ready for it.

  • Reserve your time for what only you can do.
    Cultural nuance, register, the feeling of real spoken French — these require a human ear and a native speaker's instinct. Let the tool handle repetition so you can handle depth.
  • Know where your student has hit a ceiling.
    See which sounds they have already internalized through practice, and which ones have stalled — the ones that will not improve without direct coaching from someone who knows how they should feel to produce.
  • Make your impact visible.
    Motivation is part of learning. Showing a student an objective score trend — not just reassurance — gives them proof that the work is working, and makes your role in that progress undeniable.
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Student overview 3 students · this week
Student Avg score Trend Sessions
Marie B. 84% +9% 12
Thomas K. 61% +1% 8
Sara L. 43% −4% 5
Next lesson focus Thomas & Sara: elision before vowels — avg 52%, stalled across 3 sessions. Direct practice recommended.

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Pick up where textbooks leave off — the real sounds of spoken French, with feedback on every word.

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