French pronunciation training
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.
Are you a tutor or teacher? ↓What you practice
Precision exercises targeting the real sounds of French — liaisons, elisions, nasals, and rhythm — with per-word instant feedback on every attempt.
Comprehension passages and dictation drills that train your ear for natural spoken French — not the slow, clear French of textbooks.
Four-round oral sessions where you hear, use, and recall new words by speaking — not typing. Build the words you actually need, practiced the way you'll actually use them.
How it works
The tool reads a French phrase aloud using a native voice. You hear the real rhythm, liaisons, and elisions — the way French actually sounds.
Repeat the phrase out loud. Your microphone captures what you actually said, and the tool aligns it word-by-word against the target.
See exactly which sounds landed and which need work, with a plain-language explanation of the likely pronunciation issue for each miss.
The method
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.
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.
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.
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.
Why VraiFrench
Most apps tell you a word was wrong. VraiFrench tells you why — the specific phonetic difference between what you said and what the microphone expected, explained in plain English for each miss.
Liaisons, elisions, silent letters, nasals — the rules that make spoken French sound nothing like written French. Every exercise is tuned to these specifically, not generic speech recognition.
Students get per-word feedback on every attempt. Teachers get a dedicated analytics dashboard, access codes per student, and progress tracking across exercises and sessions.
For tutors & teachers
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.
All plans include native French TTS audio (Denise Neural), Mistral-powered feedback, and Chrome mic support. No credit card required to start.
Pick up where textbooks leave off — the real sounds of spoken French, with feedback on every word.