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Please note that some of the apps listed below are not free (but no more than a few £), may contain in-app purchases or require a sign-up with an email account. There are many free apps on the market but their quality is sometimes mediocre (full of language mistakes). The selection below aims to direct you to quality apps which will not be a waste of money or time.
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Memrise is your dream personal language tutor. It combines
the most effective memorisation techniques with addictive gameplay. Memrise
uses flashcards augmented with mnemonics to boost the speed and ease of
learning. It was founded by neuroscientists specialising in the science of
memory and forgetting.
Available on i-tunes and GooglePlay |
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Duolingo has extensive amounts of vocabulary & grammar
and it covers all the areas of the language: reading, writing, listening and
pronunciation. Each lesson requires 17 correct answers to advance. You are
introduced new vocabulary through both speech and text, then are asked to
either translate words/sentences into English, or into French. There are also
picture recognition questions.
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The French Grammar Guide Reference
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The French Grammar Guide Reference app is for anyone who is serious about improving their accuracy with French grammar. Comprehensive interactive reference guide broken down into logical sections, each with mini tests to check your progress. All sections are colour coded in terms of difficulty. Also Includes a range of translation exercises with answers (particularly helpful for A Level students needing to improve their accuracy with translation into French). FOR RELATIVE BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED LEARNERS.
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Pocket Explanatory Dictionary of the French Language
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French to French dictionary which covers words and phrases of the contemporary French language, along with example sentences. Includes definitions, homonyms, synonyms, expressions, famous quotes and conjugation - all in one place! Complete offline . You don't need internet to use it.
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French English Dictionary Box, Offline, Translator, Pronunciation, Pictures & Flashcards
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Offline French to English dictionary app with advanced features like Cross-reference, Wordbook, Pronunciation for all words, Translator, Flashcard for French/English learners.
Images helps remember words easier.
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Conjugation Vatefaireconjuguer
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French verb conjugator
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French Gender
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Still struggling to remember whether a noun is masculine or feminine?
The French Gender app comes with a reference section that includes 66 word-ending possibilities, color-coded by gender. Click into each ending to find a list of examples and a list of exceptions, each accompanied by its English translation. You can also click each word to hear it pronounced. There’s a section to practise your ability to apply these rules.
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French Drills Conjugation For basic consolidation of verbs. Four pages for each verb. - Look at correct conjugations (plus pronunciations) - Drag conjugations and check them - Write in words by yourself and check their spell. - Example sentences (plus translations and pronunciations)
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GCSE French Controlled Assessment Guide
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GCSE French Controlled Assessment Guide Provides specific guidance on how to tackle both the speaking and writing tasks. Includes a comprehensive GCSE French Grammar Guide for independent study. There are quizzes for you to test what you have learned or to check your understanding of a particular grammar point. Useful Phrases section and a section on how to include complex structures in your work (and get top marks!)
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GCSE French Vocabulary Master
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GCSE French Vocabulary Master
Essential GCSE vocab organised in sections. Once you have revised a section, pick Quiz and you will be given fifteen random questions on the topic studied. The app will keep score, and as the quiz questions are randomly generated, no two quizzes are the same! You can stick to fifteen questions or keep going to get a high score. If you don't have much time, the app can randomly select ten words from a topic for you to learn.
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This app requires an active Vocab Express account. Ask your school or go to http://www.vocabexpress.com/individuals to subscribe as an individual. The Vocab Express app allows you to access your account from your mobile device. It gives you complete access to all your lists so you can learn vocabulary on the move.
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French Class contains a complete offline written French course, together with interactive verb, vocabulary, grammar and listening exercises. All words and phrases are available to listen to as well. All tenses, with all irregular verb forms highlighted. 4000+ words, sorted into different categories, 40 grammar articles, covering all French Grammar, 200 useful phrases. Exercises on all of the above, with a fun awards system which makes practising fun, with separate awards for the vocabulary, verbs, grammar, listening and speaking exercises.
Keep track of your progress by saving statistics and summaries of all done exercises, together with errors made.
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Arnaud Marguerat's French Exercises French-English and English-French dictionaries. Several vocabulary and conjugation learning games. Comes with lots of pictures and recorded words so that you can easily remember vocabulary and pronunciation.
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Quizlet - Flashcards & Study Tools
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Quizlet
Games to learn vocabulary: flashcards, multiple choice, true/false, type what you hear, pair-up, word race. New study terms can be entered without Internet connection and will update next time you are connected. Create your own lists or download the TremplinFLE sets. You can listen to all the words and expressions to improve pronunciation too.
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Flashcards [⁛]
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This app allows you to create rich text formatted flashcards with pictures. It has more games than Quizlet but you have to create your own sets (no download of TremplinFLE sets).
Matching, True/False, Memory, Spelling, Q-Battle, Word Search, Flow, Flappy Dog, Dig It Up, 2048, Ninja, Bingo, and Q-Battle LMP games.
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News in Slow French
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The app gives access to all episodes aired in the weekly program News in Slow French (www.NewsInSlowFrench.com). You can listen to the episodes online and you can also download audio files and flashcards to your mobile device so you could have access to them offline. Weekly News, French grammar, and French expressions, in simplified French at a slow pace. Listening comprehension, vocabulary expansion, French grammar and common idiomatic expressions, pronunciation practice and interactive grammar exercises.
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Au programme, des collections avec des centaines de synonymes et de questions utiles dans la vie de tous les jours :
• Savoir exprimer ses émotions ! • Savoir raisonner juste ! • Exprimer ses qualités et ses défauts ! En bonus : des blagues, des challenges, des mots intrus et des devinettes ! Une vraie mine d’or pour améliorer son vocabulaire et s’amuser
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FIRE TABLET APPS (Amazon Kindle Fire)
GCSE French vocab
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An efficient study and test tool for GCSE French Vocab. All words are categorised in topics.Contains flash cards which can be viewed either by French to English or English to French. You can test yourself on vocab. The practice module allows you to reattempt incorrectly answered questions. At the end of each test you can see the scores and review your answers. Mock Test covers all the 1900 words both ways and records your progress as you take them.
Note: The lite version has only a few topics available for free.
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Crosswords in French
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Crosswords in French An entertaining word puzzle that helps to improve French vocabulary. Its levels of difficulty makes the game useful to learners and more able students of the language.
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LiveNow!
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LiveNow!
French channels live: France 2 France 3 France 5 BFMTV Free and no sign-up required. 
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7 Petits Mots
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7 Petits mots Each bite-size puzzle consists of 7 clues, 7 mystery words, and 20 letter groups. Find the mystery words by deciphering the clues and combining the letter groups. 7 Little Words contains 50 puzzles that you can play for free. ADVANCED LEVEL
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Mots Casses
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Mots Cassés
This word game offers you some definitions of words, and the corresponding words but split. You have to rebuild the words. ADVANCED LEVEL
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