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B2 Vocabulary

Upper-Intermediate French Lessons

Bon – Informal Synonyms

Students often ask "how can I sound more French?" and my first recommendation is always to work on vocabulary. In French classes, you tend to learn the most common, basic terms, like bon, which is a typical and very useful adjective that can be overused. Read this lesson for some informal ways to say "good," including how to pronounce them.

Listening Practice

French Fluency Club

From Yabla, with their huge selection of authentic videos, comes a terrific new daily study feature called Fluency Club. Every day, you listen to a short video clip and then do a set of exercises, including a dictation and speaking.

Listening Practice

LingQ

Learn and practice French vocabulary and listening at any level with LingQ, an online learning system and language community.

Products and Reviews

MiVoca – Vocabulary App

Discovering, organizing, and remembering vocabulary is one of the foundations of language learning, yet it can be utterly overwhelming. You're constantly exposed to new words in lessons, conversations ... how can you possibly keep track of them all - not to mention remember them? Introducing MiVoca, an online app that tracks and tests all your words in a single location.

Mot du jour

Lawless French offers an intermediate/advanced mot du jour which consists of a detailed lesson and requires a nominal monthly fee.

Mistakes and Difficulties

Overused Verbs

If you learned French in a classroom, odds are that you overuse certain French verbs, because you were taught a somewhat generic word but not the sometimes subtle distinctions between it and its synonym. Here are 5 French verbs that are useful but often overused.