If you are set to travel to France, it will be best for you to learn how to speak basic French so you can easily mingle with the people there. You can have the best trip to the much coveted country if you know how to use their language.

In order to learn how to speak basic French, you can enrol yourself to a French class in your area or hire a private tutor. By seeking live support, you will immediately receive feedbacks on how you are doing with your French lessons.

A good alternative to hiring a private tutor is to use the internet to study French. There are many online tutors and they can teach you as effectively as an actual tutor. You can also have control over your time. You can choose the hour and the day that will be convenient for you. Plus, you can pick up the program that will suit your need and budget.

If you are a type of person who is always on the run, you can choose to download an audio of the program of your choice and transfer it to a CD or any portable media player. Then, you can listen to it while doing other stuffs.

With these taped lessons, you can still learn French even when your schedule can be so frustrating. If you've chosen an audio, simply listen to it while you are trying to kill time, especially when you are stuck in a public place and have nothing to do or you are waiting for someone. You can also do the same with a tutorial video.

These downloadable programs are also available in different formats. You can get them in MP3 files and others; therefore, you can transfer them to your media player and take them wherever you go.

Whatever will suit you, whether you go for a live tutor or download an audio from the internet, both are effective ways that can help you speak basic French in no time.

To make you retain every lesson in your head, it is advisable to take down notes while listening, particularly the numbers, the most commonly used French phrases, the parts of speech and the like. If you will do this, they will be engraved in your brain for such a long time.