Help with french pronunciation. Any helpful software or websites?

Question

I am taking french classes in college but I am really struggling with pronunciation. I am in a high level of french and do well on written test but my oral proficiency is terrible. Most people in my class are excellent at speaking and it really intimidates me. Is there any software or websites that could help me? I take long trips (about 5 hour drives) about once a month and an audio CD might be helpful? Also please nothing like rosetta stone, I am already taking french classes and cannot afford something that is hundreds of dollars. Thanks

Answer 1

For CD look at number 4.

http://french.about.com/od/listening/tp/audio.--ov.htm

Answer 2

Having studied all 4 at various levels, I'd say that German is the toughest. The spoken German is really effortless for an English speaker to gain knowledge of. Spanish and French are linguistically dependent the identical means. Latin is the groundwork of each Spanish and French, and Latin is an excessively pleasant language, despite the fact that the sentence constitution is bizarre, they usually have got to have a gender hooked up to each and every unmarried factor. German, nonetheless, is among the grammatically so much intricate languages available in the market. They even conjugate their articles. These humans are whacked out (no offense to them).

Answer 3

I honestly think you'd be better off to find a French person and ask them. Today my English friend was trying to pronounce "crêpe" she was saying it as "crap" and I kept repeating it to her and sounding it out. She though she was saying it right. It is actually pronounced cr (roll the r) eh p. French people will be able to tell you if you are saying it right because I can assure you that even if you get the software you won't be able to tell if you're actually saying it right. I'm sorry, I don't know any software or programs. I hope this helped a bit. Sorry again :)

Answer 4

Another vote for Wiktionary.



Have also a look at "French Audio Dictionary" : http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/audiodictionary.htm

Answer 5

Wiktionary usually has a sound file of the pronunciation of every word.