News in Slow French is a French listening and learning service for beginner through advanced learners. It builds listening comprehension with real-world French audio, transcripts, and explanations. Weekly news episodes are available at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, with more than a dozen original news stories added across the levels each week. Other content formats include dialogues, articles, commentary, original series, and courses. Learners can use interactive transcripts, a beginner course, a grammar course, idiomatic expressions, lessons, quizzes, pronunciation practice, and vocabulary flashcards. Rooms offers live conversation practice and workshops focused on speaking. On the mobile app, customized playlists can be saved for offline listening. Alexa voice commands can play the latest or a numbered episode, rewind, skip, and navigate segments. Each lesson has a free portion of audio and transcript, with sample content across the three levels. The 7-day free trial provides Full Access to first-time subscribers. Audio Only costs $6.90 USD per month and includes audio and Rooms, while Full Access costs $22.90 USD per month and includes transcripts with contextual translations, lessons, quizzes, and all levels and resources. The service is available on Android, iOS, and the web.
Who it is for
It suits French learners at any level who want regular news audio alongside transcripts and structured practice. Learners focused on speaking can use Rooms, while people who want to listen without a connection can save mobile playlists offline.
What is good
- Weekly episodes span beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
- More than a dozen original news stories are added each week.
- Rooms provides live conversation practice and workshops.
- Mobile playlists can be saved for offline listening.
- Lessons include free audio and transcript portions.
What to know first
- Audio Only excludes transcripts, lessons, and quizzes.
- Full Access costs $22.90 USD per month.
- The 7-day free trial is limited to first-time subscribers.
Verdict
Choose News in Slow French if you want French audio across learner levels with transcripts, exercises, and optional live conversation practice. Audio Only is the lower-priced plan, but it leaves out transcripts, lessons, and quizzes; Full Access costs $22.90 USD per month.
Get started with News in Slow French
- Visit the News in Slow French website.
- Choose Android, iOS, or web access.
- Use a lesson’s free audio and transcript portion to explore the content.
- Select Audio Only or Full Access for a monthly subscription.
- If you are a first-time subscriber, start the 7-day Full Access trial and cancel before it ends if you do not want the subscription to begin.
Limits to know first
Audio Only costs $6.90 USD per month and excludes transcripts, lessons, and quizzes. Full Access costs $22.90 USD per month; its 7-day free trial is available only to first-time subscribers and begins billing when the trial ends unless canceled.
Questions about News in Slow French
What does News in Slow French cost?
Audio Only costs $6.90 USD per month. Full Access costs $22.90 USD per month.
Is there free access?
Each lesson has a free portion of audio and transcript, with sample content across beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
What platforms are supported?
News in Slow French is available on Android, iOS, and the web.
What is included in the free trial?
The 7-day trial provides Full Access to first-time subscribers. The subscription begins and is charged when the trial ends unless canceled.
Can I cancel a subscription?
Subscribers can cancel at any time and keep access through the end of the billing period. They are not charged again unless they renew.
Can I listen offline?
The mobile app supports customized playlists that can be stored for offline listening.
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
