Resources

We don’t teach French - we are deliberately a casual group just for conversation, there are no formal lessons and no homework or preparation is required. However here are some helpful links that our members recommend:

Learning

Duolingo - a website and smartphone app that teachs French and many other languages gradually, for free (or without ads for an annual fee)
Memrise - a paid smartphone app that helps learn vocabulary
Rosetta Stone - paid software with some similarities to Duolingo
Free French course from TV5MONDE

Dictionaries

WordReference - free-to-use (apps also available)
Linguee - free-to-use (apps also available)

Immersion: Watching and Listening

Radio-Canada balados (podcasts) - practice listening or just immerse yourself in the sounds
239 French Conversations on YouTube
Language Reactor - an extension for the Chrome browser - if you have a Netflix subscription, it can show subtitles in your native language and another at the same time

News in French

London, Ontario

L’Action - London, Ontario area news in French

Canada

ICI Radio-Canada - Canada’s public broadcasting
La Presse - independent, non-profit Québec news organisation

World

Courrier International - French language news from a variety of sources
africanews - Pan-African news network
France 24 - 24-hour international news TV station with a live feed, owned by the French Government (also available on YouTube)
Radio France Internationale - French world public radio service

Conversation Groups

This group on Heylo
French Conversation Online on Heylo
Other French groups on Meetup - in the vicinity of London

Local Information and Learning

Vivre en Français à London - list of French resources from the City of London, Ontario
Collège Boréal - offers French-as-a-Second-Language classes at their downtown campus
Western Continuing Studies - offers French classes
Thames Valley District School Board - offer Core French and French Immersion programs for schoolkids
The London, Ontario article on French-language Wikipedia