STOP HEARING FRENCH AS A BLUR.
Unlocking French Listening
€200
One-time payment
✓ 7-day self-paced course
✓ Real spoken French from films, series & media
✓ Quizzes & downloadable resources
✓ Lifetime access
You know the words. So why can’t you hear them?
You sit down to watch a French film without subtitles, or start chatting with a native speaker, and suddenly everything you thought you knew seems to disappear.
French speakers blend words together, swallow sounds, use contractions and slang, and speak at a pace that can make even familiar vocabulary sound completely unrecognizable.
The problem isn’t necessarily your French. Your ear simply hasn’t been trained for the French people actually speak.
Train your ear for French as it’s actually spoken.
Unlock French Listening is designed to bridge the gap between the French you understand on paper and the French you hear in real life.
Over seven days, we’ll work with authentic spoken French from films, series, news, interviews and social media — breaking down what you’re hearing, why it sounds different from what you expected, and how to recognize those patterns the next time they appear.
Rather than simply telling you to “listen more,” I’ll show you what to listen for.
The goal is for spoken French to stop sounding like one long blur and start separating into words, patterns and meaning.
What you’ll learn
Throughout the course, you’ll train your ear using the kinds of French you’re actually likely to encounter outside the classroom.
How spoken French changes in real conversation — including contractions, dropped sounds, connected speech and the shortcuts native speakers use constantly.
How to recognize familiar vocabulary at native speed, even when the words sound nothing like the careful pronunciation you learned in class.
How to follow French in films, series, news and everyday conversation without needing to understand every single word.
How to identify common expressions, colloquialisms and verbs that appear constantly in natural spoken French but are often overlooked in traditional courses.
How to listen strategically rather than passively, so that the time you spend watching and listening to French actually improves your comprehension.
How to become more comfortable with ambiguity and keep following the meaning even when you miss a word or phrase.
Listening comprehension isn’t something you either “have” or you don’t. It’s a skill you can train.
And once your ear begins recognizing the patterns of real spoken French, the language starts opening up in an entirely different way.
Everything you need to train your ear.
7 days of guided lessons
Video lessons built around authentic spoken French
Printable worksheets & listening exercises
PDF resources you can return to anytime
Quizzes and comprehension practice
Self-paced learning
Lifetime access
€200
I remember when French sounded like gibberish, too.
I’m Alex, the creator of Alex Teaches French.
I’m a native English speaker who learned French myself — and I still remember the enormous gap between understanding French in a textbook and understanding it around a table with native speakers.
After years of studying, I could read, conjugate and recognize plenty of vocabulary. But when French people started speaking naturally, familiar words seemed to disappear.
That experience shaped this course. Instead of simply giving you more audio and telling you to practice, I break down the patterns that make spoken French difficult for English speakers…
so you can start hearing what’s actually happening.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Unlock French Listening is best suited to learners who already have some basic French and want to improve their ability to understand native speakers. It can be especially useful for intermediate and advanced learners who understand French well on paper but still struggle when they hear it spoken naturally.
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The course is designed to be completed over 7 days, with video lessons, listening exercises, worksheets and resources throughout. It’s completely self-paced, so you can follow the 7-day structure or take as much time as you need.
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You’ll have lifetime access, so you can revisit the lessons and listening exercises whenever you want.
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The course is taught primarily in English, with extensive French audio and examples throughout. I’ll guide you through what you’re hearing from an English speaker’s perspective, so you can understand why spoken French sounds the way it does.
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After enrolling, you’ll get instant access through Teachable, where all Alex Teaches French courses are hosted. You can access anytime from your computer, tablet, or phone.
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Because I’ve been in your shoes.
I learned French as an English speaker, so I know what it’s like to hesitate mid-sentence, translate too literally, struggle with concepts that don’t exist in English, and wonder why French works the way it does.
A native speaker knows French instinctively. I had to learn why it works—and how to make it make sense from an English-speaking perspective.
That experience shapes the way I teach. I can anticipate where you’re likely to get stuck because I got stuck there too, and give you the explanations and shortcuts I wish I’d had along the way.
My goal isn’t to replace learning from native speakers. It’s to help you bridge the gap between learning French and actually feeling like yourself when you speak it.
Ready for French to stop sounding like a blur?
Train your ear for the French people actually speak — and start following conversations, films and everyday French with far more confidence.
€200 · Lifetime access