Even if you don’t speak French, this will not be an insur­mount­able prob­lem. The secret is to try. Learn a few essen­tial phrases and prac­tice them often. You will find that French shop­keep­ers will appre­ci­ate your effort and assist you any way they can.

To that end, Yerda has com­piled a list of French Lan­guage URLs that we have found help­ful in our home stud­ies. Some of them are included here. Addi­tional ones can be com­mu­ni­cated to you if you email us at info@rivalsfrance.com.

Here is a short list of French Lan­guage Study Tools for your con­sid­er­a­tion. You will find them all online and will soon know if they will be help­ful in your situation.

Rosetta Stone, to us, it’s the fastest way to learn French; fun and effective.

You can down­load free lan­guage soft­ware from byki.

Trans­par­ent Lan­guage. One of the old­est pro­grams around, can be down­loaded free at Flu­ent French.

And, here is a list of help­ful on-line newsletters.

Bien-dire. A mag­a­zine for French learn­ers that is pub­lished in France, offers a stim­u­lat­ing way to brush up your French and to learn about French culture.

French Word-A-Day serves up a thrice-weekly slice of French life includ­ing fun French vocab­u­lary, pho­tos of Provence (where the author has a cook­ing school), regional recipes and more.

Jeff Steiner’s Amer­i­cans in France. A resource for peo­ple who would like to live and work in France.