Learn french from home: software and websites

There are many resources to learn French on your computer, over here I will list the ones I found most effective and motivating.

Software: 
Unless your a pirate or sleep with a pillow stuffed with hundred dollar bills, French learning software could be quite pricey.
If you are looking for better deals I would suggest learning from free websites or just borrow a book from your library.



Rosseta Stone
Speed 5/10
Effectiveness 8/10
Motivation 9/10


Rosseta Stone is a pretty good method to learn French if you aint in a rush.
Plenty of repetition makes sure you remember what you learn. And the colorfull pictures keep you rather motivated, it took me a while before I got bored of this method.
As for speed, I found Rosseta Stone rather slow. As lessons tend to repeat alot.


Tell me more!
To be honest I wasn't too much impressed with Tell Me More as it seemed more like a workbook then a French Learning application.


French learning websites:
There are many website that offer to teach you french, over here I will list my top 10 french learning websites.

1. http://french.about.com/
This is probably my prefered website to learn french.
It has really good clear explanations on common confusions in the language, and a great step by step guide to learning the language.

2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
Also an excellent resource, I recommend practicing on it daily to keep your french fresh.

3. https://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses/french
 Here is a really nice french step by step introduction course, although the it might be a little hard as the actors are native french that tend to speak really really quickly.

4. http://www.frenchassistant.com/default.asp
Nice website offering step by step lessons.

5. http://www.tolearnfrench.com/
Pretty nice website offering all around french lessons games and chat rooms. Really good if your having problems with motivating yourself.

6. http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html
Has a interesting subject based approach to learning french with videos.

7.http://www.frenchtutorial.com/standard/toc.php
Quick beginner French tutorial.

8. http://www.onlinelearnfrench.com/
I found it a pretty good website to learn future and past forms.

9. http://french.yabla.com/
Pretty good french website with lots of useful tools.

10. http://www.ielanguages.com/french1.html
Pretty good for all levels of french! Just a pretty dull interface.

So don't waste your time reading this blog, GO practice your French!