Practice every day to improve your French
Are you looking for ideas to improve your French tous les jours de la semaine? Here is a list of ways you can work on your French every day of the week. Use these ideas to create daily plans that you can get excited about. Going to a class or learning with a program is a great start, but practicing French a few times a week isn’t enough when you really want to make progress.
I give my French students @ LLL French Academy these ideas to provide structure and diversity on a daily basis while working through my program for self-learners. It’s important to make a schedule and practice a little every day when possible.
I’ve included ten activities to choose from every day of the week. I’m not suggesting you do all of them every day! Choose activities from the daily lists that you have time for, that you will enjoy, and that will diversify your learning experience. Much of what’s on the lists is free, and all of the LLL activities are included in my French program with the exception of the daily planner (see video below).
LUNDI
- 🎯 French daily planner and self-care journal – 1 page front and back
- 🎯 L’expression du jour – Follow LLL on Instagram
- 🎯 Do a dictation exercise – une dictée – 48 dictations on 4 levels.
- 🎯 Take a French quiz.
- 🎯 Go to wordreference, look up a random word in French, then read all of the ways it can be used. Scroll to the bottom of the page and read some posts in the forum. You’ll be surprised at how much you can learn this way!
- 🎯 Choose and complete a review activity from Use it or Lose it.
- 🎯 Learn and practice a new verb today in the tense of your choice. Write the conjugation, write a sentence using the verb, and check your work on Verb2Verbe. Post your sentence on LLL French Academy’s Facebook page.
- 🎯 Do an audio drill for listening and speaking practice: Present tense regular verbs
- 🎯 Radio France International – Journal en français facile: 10-minute news summary every day at 8pm GMT and streamable after that. This program is designed for people learning French featuring very useful transcripts so that you can read along if you need to. The pronunciation is clear and they speak slower than on regular news broadcasts in France (still pretty fast though, so you may want to be ready to read along).
- 🎯 Get your Duolingo fix and keep that streak going!
MARDI
- 🎯 French daily planner and self-care journal – 1 page front and back
- 🎯 L’expression du jour – Follow LLL on Instagram
- 🎯 Review a difficult grammar lesson or start a new one @LLL French Academy. Click here for free LLL lessons.
- 🎯 Have fun while practicing French with music. There’s an option to sign up for free, and you can choose to do music activities at your level.
- 🎯 Take a French quiz.
- 🎯 Write a shopping list in French. Get your downloadable PDF to print and check off what you need or write your own.
- 🎯 Go to LLL French Academy’s Facebook group page and write what’s on your mind today, en français ou en anglais. Here’s an idea: Write 3 sentences featuring a grammar topic you’ve been working on. It doesn’t matter what your level is, and it’s ok to make mistakes. This is a place to connect, share, and ask questions.
- 🎯 Choose a different set of exercises every week based on your level and interests.
- 🎯 Radio France International – Journal en français facile: 10-minute news summary
- 🎯 Do 5 minutes of Duolingo.
MERCREDI
- 🎯 French daily planner and self-care journal – 1 page front and back
- 🎯 L’expression du jour – Follow LLL on Instagram
- 🎯 Take a French quiz.
- 🎯 Watch a French lesson on YouTube.
- 🎯 Learn to speak like a native with Daily French Conversations. Learners at any level can learn a lot and benefit from these conversations through context.
- 🎯 Learn and practice a new verb today in 1 of 6 tenses. Write the conjugation, write a sentence using the verb, and check your work on Verb2Verbe.
- 🎯 Do an audio drill: Passé composé of regular verbs
- 🎯 Practice a study set on Quizlet.
- 🎯 Radio France International – Journal en français facile: 10-minute news summary
- 🎯 Do 5 minutes of Duolingo.
JEUDI
- 🎯 French daily planner and self-care journal – 1 page front and back
- 🎯 L’expression du jour – It’s free! Follow LLL on Instagram
- 🎯 Practice a study set on Quizlet.
- 🎯 Take a French quiz!
- 🎯 Work on listening comprehension: Set 1 – Set 2
- 🎯 Do a sudoku or crossword puzzle to practice grammar and vocabulary.
- 🎯 Challenge yourself with a French circling activity: Beginner Level – Intermediate Level – Upper Level
- 🎯 Have fun while practicing French with music. Choose a new song to challenge yourself today.
- 🎯 Radio France International – Journal en français facile: 10-minute news summary
- 🎯 5 minutes of Duolingo.
VENDREDI
- 🎯 French daily planner and self-care journal – 1 page front and back
- 🎯 L’expression du jour – Follow LLL on Instagram
- 🎯 Take a French quiz.
- 🎯 Watch a French lesson on YouTube.
- 🎯 Practice a study set on Jennifer’s YouTube Quizlet Class. There are lots of sets on many different topics which include flash cards, tests, and fun games.
- 🎯 Learn and practice a new verb today in the tense of your choice. Write the conjugation, write a sentence using the verb, and check your work on Verb2Verbe.
- 🎯 Find a recipe you like in French and prepare it this weekend.
- 🎯 Do an audio drill: Passé composé of regular and irregular verbs
- 🎯 Radio France International – Journal en français facile: 10-minute news summary
- 🎯 Do 5 minutes of Duolingo.
SAMEDI
- 🎯 French daily planner and self-care journal – 1 page front and back
- 🎯 L’expression du jour – Follow LLL on Instagram
- 🎯 Practice a study set on Quizlet.
- 🎯 Review a difficult lesson or start a new one @LLL French Academy or click here for free LLL lessons
- 🎯 Take a French quiz.
- 🎯 Go to LLL French Academy’s Facebook group page and write what’s on your mind today, en français ou en anglais.
- 🎯 Do a sudoku or crossword puzzle to practice grammar and vocabulary.
- 🎯 Radio France International – Journal en français facile: 10-minute news summary
- 🎯 5 minutes of Duolingo.
DIMANCHE
- 🎯 French daily planner and self-care journal – 1 page front and back
- 🎯 L’expression du jour – Follow LLL on Instagram
- 🎯 Work your way through a set of practice cards from a lesson you want to review @LLL French Academy.
- 🎯 Do a sentence structure activity: Levels A1 – B2
- 🎯 Watch a movie in French (English subtitles for beginners, French subtitles for intermediate, and no subtitles for advanced).
- 🎯 Learn and practice a new verb today in 1 of 6 tenses. Write the conjugation, write a sentence using the verb, and check your work on Verb2Verbe.
- 🎯 Have fun while practicing French with music.
- 🎯 Do an audio drill: Mastering French Pronouns
- 🎯 Take a French quiz.
- 🎯 Radio France International – Journal en français facile: 10-minute news summary
- 🎯 Do 5 minutes of Duolingo.
You don’t have to spend hours and hours on French every day unless you have the time and you enjoy it. You’ll be surprised at the difference even 15-30 minutes a day can make! If you want to learn French or improve your level, you have to really work at it. This may seem overwhelming and it’s hard to know where to begin. This is why it’s important to set a weekly schedule and stay organized. Download your French learning schedule and decide what you want to commit to daily. It’s ok if you can only fit in one or two activities. Print a new schedule every week, and check off what you want to do. Mix up the lessons and activities to keep it interesting.
