News in Slow French teaches listening comprehension through French audio, transcripts, and explanations for learners from beginner through advanced levels. Its weekly news episodes are offered at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, with more than a dozen original stories added across those levels each week. Other formats include dialogues, articles, commentary, original series, and courses. Learning resources include beginner and grammar courses, idiomatic expressions, interactive transcripts, lessons, quizzes, pronunciation practice, and vocabulary flashcards. Rooms provides live conversation practice and workshops. In the mobile app, learners can create playlists and save them for offline listening; Alexa voice commands can play episodes, rewind, skip, and navigate segments. Each lesson has a free audio and transcript portion, with samples at all three levels. The 7-day trial offers Full Access to first-time subscribers; billing starts when it ends unless canceled. Audio Only costs $6.90 USD per month and includes audio and Rooms, but not transcripts, lessons, or quizzes. Full Access costs $22.90 USD per month and includes audio, transcripts with contextual translations, Rooms, lessons, quizzes, and all levels and resources.
Who it is for
News in Slow French suits French learners who want listening practice at beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels. Learners seeking transcripts, quizzes, or speaking practice can consider Full Access; Audio Only is limited to audio and Rooms.
What is good
- Weekly news episodes span three learner levels
- Lessons include free audio and transcript portions
- Rooms offers live conversation practice and workshops
- Mobile playlists can be saved for offline listening
- Alexa commands support episode navigation
What to know first
- Audio Only excludes transcripts, lessons, and quizzes
- Trial is limited to first-time subscribers
- Subscription begins and is charged after trial unless canceled
Verdict
News in Slow French pairs level-based listening material with courses, practice resources, and conversation sessions. Choose a plan based on whether you need transcripts and lessons in addition to audio.
News in Slow French plans and pricing
All plansCompared on language immersion apps
- Free plan
- No
- Paid from
- $6.90/mo
- Content formats
- news, dialogues, articles, commentary, original series, courses
- Learner levels
- all levels
- Offline access
- Yes
- Transcripts or captions
- Yes
- Interactive practice
- Yes
- Supported languages
- 1 languages
