Practice French out loud.

Get past the listening wall by speaking through it.

French listening comprehension is famously brutal — until you've spoken it under pressure, you can't really hear it under pressure.

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What you'll actually be saying

Here's how each scenario opens in French. Pick whichever fits your day, or describe your own topic.

Open chat

A friendly buddy. Talk about whatever you want.

“Salut ! Ça va ? T'as envie de parler de quoi aujourd'hui ?”

At the café

Order coffee and pastries. The barista chats with you.

“Salut ! Qu'est-ce que je te sers ?”

Chatty neighbor

Small talk with a chatty neighbor in the elevator.

“Tiens, salut ! Ça se passe bien aujourd'hui ?”

Job interview

Junior tech role. Formal register — practice the polite forms.

“Bonjour. Merci d'être venu aujourd'hui. Comment allez-vous ?”

Asking directions

You're a tourist asking a busy local for directions.

“Oui, dis-moi ?”

Dinner with friends

Casual chat about weekend plans, gossip, what shows you're watching.

“Eh dis donc, t'as fait quoi samedi finalement ?”

Why French is hard to speak fluently.

Spoken French erases entire syllables (j'sais pas, chais pas, t'as raison), uses on instead of nous, and stacks negatives so casually that beginners miss them entirely. The written form is just one of two languages French speakers operate in.

Practice the elisions and contractions out loud — saying 'chuis fatigué' once is worth 10 grammar drills. Glauda lets you stumble through it without judgment until your mouth catches up to the spoken form.

From A1 to C2 — your level, no cramming up.

Glauda speaks at the level you pick. The bot uses simpler vocabulary and shorter sentences at A1, and full native cadence at C2.

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Common questions about practicing French.

Does Glauda use the tu or vous form?

Tu in casual scenarios (café, neighbor, dinner), vous in the Job Interview scenario. Custom topics default to tu unless you set formality to formal.

Can I practice Quebec or Belgian French?

Glauda speaks standard metropolitan French by default. You can ask for a Québécois or Belgian persona in a custom topic for regional vocabulary, though strong regional accents are limited by what current voice models can produce.

How do I work on French listening, not just speaking?

Every Glauda session is half listening — the bot replies in French at native cadence. You can also slow the bot's voice to 0.7× in the chat if you're still mapping fast speech to the words you know on paper.