Introduction:

French, descending straight out of the Roman Empire is a beautiful language often known as the language of Romance. Being the official language of as many as 29 countries is enough to explain its popularity worldwide. Learning French is equally fun. But if you think that you will have to travel all the way to France or any other Francophone region to learn French then you are wrong. You can learn it in India as well right from your homes, without traveling to any other country or even city. Rather you can learn it from anywhere online. All you need is a good course that suits your purpose of learning French. 

There are various websites, apps, or ways through which you can easily learn French in the comfort of your home. It also comes with a set of pros over learning it from an institute. You save a lot of money and time. Learning French can get very expensive and time-consuming, but with learning it online you only have to pay a very less amount or you can also learn it for free. 

There are both free and paid apps and websites that teach French. These offer courses of various durations and levels and are personally curated for all learners. These are a total package of all the learning material, test material, video, and audio lessons, live one on one interaction, etc. Listing a few best and free courses below.

• Coursera – The best online course to enroll yourself into. They provide classes in the form of pre-recorded lectures so you can learn for free and have access to all their material for free. However, you are required to pay a small amount if you want a certificate of completion at the end of your course. But otherwise, the entire course is free of cost and very great to learn French at all levels. 
• Duolingo – They provide game-like lessons, where you can learn French through interesting and fun games. This is a 100% free way to learn French. They adapt to a learner’s style of learning in order to give effective results to the learners.
• FluentU – They take real-life videos like music videos, movie trailers, inspirational speeches, etc, and convert and compile these into personalized lessons. This seems another fun way to learn French. 
• Loecsen – They provide a beginner-level course that is split into 17 categories starting from the very basics. They use multiple methods for teaching french. Their website is all user-friendly no matter what level you are at. In terms of foundation, they cover it widely and in detail which is a great thing about the course. 
• BBC Languages: French – it is a three video lesson series that is well known for the structure they provide, which a lot of other sites fail to deliver to the learners. They provide beginner to intermediate level courses. These video lessons cover everything right from the basics to conversational French till the intermediate level. 
• French In Action – it contains a series of 52 lessons that come with different categories. The video lessons are completely accessible and helpful to all types of learners from beginning to intermediate learners. However, they also provide extra material that you will have to purchase, but that is totally optional and extra. Also these lessons were developed at Yale University which is one of the best universities in the world, hence increasing the legitimacy of this course. 

• Conclusion 

These were the top 6 free French courses online. All of them are different from each other, making it very entertaining and fun to learn French. All of them are linked with their respective websites so you can easily access them. Bon apprentissage!