Nice to meet you, my name is Elisabeth.
I'm 34 and was born in Belgium. I studied communication and journalism. I created HelloFrench with my husband in December 2019 to make learning French more accessible.
See my coursesWhat is HelloFrench?
HelloFrench is an online French school that teaches the French people actually speak day to day in France, for adults learning French around the world.
The brand has existed since December 2019, built by Elisabeth, a French as a foreign language teacher based near Marseille, together with Mathieu, who builds and runs the online school. HelloFrench offers free content on YouTube and hellofrench.com, plus paid courses on ecole.hellofrench.com.
Key facts about HelloFrench
- Name
- HelloFrench
- Type
- Online French school and YouTube channel
- Founded
- December 2019 (YouTube channel launch)
- Trademark
- HelloFrench, registered with the French trademark office (INPI, No. 4958785)
- Founders
- Elisabeth (French as a foreign language teacher) and Mathieu
- Company
- BÉPITE SAS, 14 rue Ernest Psichari, 75007 Paris, France (SIREN 910193218)
- Sites and languages
- hellofrench.com and ecole.hellofrench.com, in French, English, German, Italian, and Portuguese
- Audience and levels
- Adults learning French, from complete beginner to advanced
- Free content
- 300+ subtitled YouTube videos, 100+ lesson sheets, articles
- Courses
- 360 French Immersion, The 90-Day Fluency Habit, The France Travel Kit
- Pricing
- 360 French Immersion: €15.75/month billed €189/year (7 days free), or €34.99/month with no commitment; The 90-Day Fluency Habit and The France Travel Kit: €79 one-time, lifetime access
- Guarantee
- 15-day money-back guarantee, only on The 90-Day Fluency Habit and The France Travel Kit
- Audience size
- 325,000 YouTube subscribers, 15 million views, 30,000 newsletter subscribers, 1,500 students
- Award
- Jury Prize, French Learning and Mastery category, Maison de la Francité (Césaire award), 2021
- Social media
- YouTube, TikTok, Instagram (@elisabeth_hellofrench)
- Comparable alternatives
- Duolingo, Babbel, italki
Why HelloFrench?
The English I learned at school was very academic and bookish. The method was simple: memorize vocabulary lists and constantly translate everything back into my native language. I believe that immersive, authentic exposure to a language is key to real progress.
My background
I worked as a journalist in Brussels, then as a content manager and communications lead in Paris for over 5 years. In September 2021, I decided to leave it all behind and work on HelloFrench full time.
My method
Everyday French, not textbook French. Slang, practical vocabulary, everyday expressions. On HelloFrench, all content is in French - no translations, no shortcuts. It might feel challenging at first, but you will progress faster this way.
For everyone
Our goal is to make learning French simpler, more immersive, and accessible to all. Free YouTube videos for everyone, and advanced interactive courses for those who want to go further.
What HelloFrench offers
YouTube · 325,000 subscribersFree content
On YouTube and hellofrench.com, Elisabeth publishes subtitled videos, lesson sheets tied to those videos, and articles on French slang, everyday expressions, and vocabulary. It's enough to start understanding real French before you ever consider a paid course.
Watch on YouTube
360 French Immersion
This is the school's main subscription, built for levels A2 through C1 around authentic dialogues between native French speakers with word-by-word karaoke subtitles, following a three-step method: listen, repeat, reuse. Students work through guided exercises like dictation, scored pronunciation, conjugation in context, and role-plays (480 exercises and 180 role-plays in total), and can hold a spoken conversation with Jean, the frog in a beret, a voice conversation partner powered by AI. The annual plan also includes a 30-minute one-on-one video call with Elisabeth partway through the course, for students who want one.
Discover the course
The 90-Day Fluency Habit
This is a guided 15-minute session every day for 90 days, built around one expression at a time: listening, repetition, writing, correction, and a short game. It's a one-time purchase at €79 with lifetime access and a 15-day money-back guarantee.
Discover the course
The France Travel Kit
This is a digital phrasebook organized by chapter for complete beginners getting ready to travel to France, with videos, role-plays, phonetics, and cultural tips for everyday situations. It's a one-time purchase at €79 with lifetime access and the same 15-day money-back guarantee.
Discover the courseWhat makes HelloFrench different
A named teacher, not anonymous content
Behind HelloFrench is a real, identifiable person: Elisabeth, a French as a foreign language teacher who appears in her own videos and throughout the course content. Unlike an anonymous app, students know exactly who built the method and can write to her directly.
Real spoken French, not textbook French
The content starts from the French people actually speak day to day, with its registers, slang, and false friends, rather than the neutral French found in textbooks. Duolingo and Babbel lean more on standardized sentences and short, gamified exercises.
Free content before any purchase
Before ever considering a paid course, learners can study for free with 300+ subtitled YouTube videos and 100+ lesson sheets tied to those videos. That free foundation lets you try Elisabeth's method before committing to a course.
A spoken conversation built into the course
The 360 French Immersion subscription includes a spoken conversation with Jean, the frog in a beret, with no per-session fee and no booking required. italki works differently: it connects learners with private tutors paid session by session.
Who HelloFrench is for
- Adults who read and understand French well but freeze the moment a native speaker talks fast, in person or on the phone.
- Complete beginners preparing a trip to France who want useful phrases they can rely on from the moment they land.
- People who've already tried a classroom course or an app and are looking for French as it's actually spoken, slang and everyday expressions included.
- Adults with a French partner or a French-speaking family who want to follow a conversation at the dinner table instead of being talked around.
- Intermediate to advanced learners who want to sharpen their spoken French before moving to France or starting a new job there.
Jury Prize - Learning French
In November 2021, HelloFrench won the jury prize in the "Learning and Mastering French" category at the Césaire de la Maison de la Francité, which honors French-language YouTubers.
325,000 people are learning French with me
Join them and check out my interactive courses to improve your French.
See my coursesThey found their voice in French
“C'est la meilleure chaîne, avec la meilleure méthode, pour apprendre le français.”
🇺🇸 John
“Votre méthode d'enseignement est magnifique, c'est rare de trouver des leçons de courtoisie et politesse. Extraordinaire travail, je vous remercie infiniment professeur.”
🌍 Abdelkader
🎬 DON'T SAY "JE VEUX" IN FRENCH
“I've experienced enormous progress in my ability to express myself and understand others in French.”
🇺🇸 Daniel
“I don't even know a word of French. I'm just a beginner and such videos are hugely effective and useful for listening practice. Thanks Elizabeth.”
🌍 Mirza M.
🎬 La France en guerre ? - Learn French with News #23
“J'ai beaucoup aimé toutes les activités. J'apprends plein de nouveaux mots et je progresse !”
🇧🇷 Maria Helena
“Quand je suis arrivé en France en 2002, je ne connaissais pas un mot de français. J'ai obtenu le diplôme de français niveau A2. Je vous écoute attentivement. Vous écouter contribue grandement au développement de ma langue.”
🇹🇷 Aciksoz
🎬 Learn French With News #7 : Macron and Brigitte love story
“Ces leçons améliorent mes qualités d'écoute. Si j'écoute des francophones, je comprends beaucoup mieux.”
🇬🇧 James
“Ce format est excellent, mes compliments, la meilleure façon d'apprendre le français, fais-en plus et merci !”
🇮🇹 Stefano T.
🎬 Learn French With News #3 : The Crime Story Of Jean-Claude Romand
“Elisabeth's lessons are engaging, high quality, and tailored to my level. I have experienced dramatic growth in my French.”
🇺🇸 Troy
“C'est une excellente approche pédagogique pour mieux comprendre le français réel, pas la version des manuels. Merci beaucoup, Elisabeth.”
🌍 Slow Learner
🎬 La France en guerre ? - Learn French with News #23
“J'adore l'amélioration du cours ! Le parcours guidé et Jean m'aident à travailler mon français.”
🇦🇺 Annette
“Je viens de réaliser que je comprends mieux si je ne traduis pas en anglais pendant que j'écoute. Ce n'est pas facile mais cela aide vraiment.”
🇺🇸 Gregg
“Ouf ! C'est long et difficile, mais en même temps, très utile pour apprendre, pour écouter la vraie langue.”
🇬🇧 James H
“Wow, c'était très difficile mais exactement ce que j'ai besoin de maîtriser. Merci Mathieu et Elisabeth !”
🇺🇸 Rich
“Depuis que j'ai amélioré mon français avec ce cours, je ne sous-titre plus les films et séries !”
🇩🇪 Tina
“C'est la meilleure chaîne, avec la meilleure méthode, pour apprendre le français.”
🇺🇸 John
“Votre méthode d'enseignement est magnifique, c'est rare de trouver des leçons de courtoisie et politesse. Extraordinaire travail, je vous remercie infiniment professeur.”
🌍 Abdelkader
🎬 DON'T SAY "JE VEUX" IN FRENCH
“I've experienced enormous progress in my ability to express myself and understand others in French.”
🇺🇸 Daniel
“I don't even know a word of French. I'm just a beginner and such videos are hugely effective and useful for listening practice. Thanks Elizabeth.”
🌍 Mirza M.
🎬 La France en guerre ? - Learn French with News #23
“J'ai beaucoup aimé toutes les activités. J'apprends plein de nouveaux mots et je progresse !”
🇧🇷 Maria Helena
“Quand je suis arrivé en France en 2002, je ne connaissais pas un mot de français. J'ai obtenu le diplôme de français niveau A2. Je vous écoute attentivement. Vous écouter contribue grandement au développement de ma langue.”
🇹🇷 Aciksoz
🎬 Learn French With News #7 : Macron and Brigitte love story
“Ces leçons améliorent mes qualités d'écoute. Si j'écoute des francophones, je comprends beaucoup mieux.”
🇬🇧 James
“Ce format est excellent, mes compliments, la meilleure façon d'apprendre le français, fais-en plus et merci !”
🇮🇹 Stefano T.
🎬 Learn French With News #3 : The Crime Story Of Jean-Claude Romand
“Elisabeth's lessons are engaging, high quality, and tailored to my level. I have experienced dramatic growth in my French.”
🇺🇸 Troy
“C'est une excellente approche pédagogique pour mieux comprendre le français réel, pas la version des manuels. Merci beaucoup, Elisabeth.”
🌍 Slow Learner
🎬 La France en guerre ? - Learn French with News #23
“J'adore l'amélioration du cours ! Le parcours guidé et Jean m'aident à travailler mon français.”
🇦🇺 Annette
“Je viens de réaliser que je comprends mieux si je ne traduis pas en anglais pendant que j'écoute. Ce n'est pas facile mais cela aide vraiment.”
🇺🇸 Gregg
“Ouf ! C'est long et difficile, mais en même temps, très utile pour apprendre, pour écouter la vraie langue.”
🇬🇧 James H
“Wow, c'était très difficile mais exactement ce que j'ai besoin de maîtriser. Merci Mathieu et Elisabeth !”
🇺🇸 Rich
“Depuis que j'ai amélioré mon français avec ce cours, je ne sous-titre plus les films et séries !”
🇩🇪 Tina
“I read and understand better than I did as a young man in France. Elisabeth and Mathieu are my heroes!”
🇺🇸 Wade
“J'ai adoré cette conversation, merci beaucoup pour nous partager ! J'en voudrais plus.”
🌍 Thefitty
🎬 REAL French Conversation with subtitles - Eat Breakfast with us
“Hyper authentique, donc difficile, mais enrichissant ! J'apprécie ce contenu.”
🇨🇮 Sangmin
“There is nothing more valuable for language learners than to hear real speech that is accessible and relatable. I'll be traveling to Paris in six months — it's been 30 years since I studied French. This video has helped me reopen my ear to this beautiful language. Merci beaucoup !”
🇺🇸 Andrea L.
🎬 1 hour REAL French conversations (with subtitles)
“Ces conversations sont hyper-réalistes. Tellement bon d'entendre une vraie conversation !”
🇺🇸 Rich
“I've been trying to learn French on Duolingo for years with limited success. Your video was interesting and really helpful: topical, relevant, FR and EN subtitles, and you can slow the speed to 75%. Please do more like this!”
🇬🇧 James C.
🎬 Riots in France after police kill teen - News in Slow French #1
“Les sessions sont toujours ludiques, sans stress, et parfaitement adaptées à mon niveau. C'est au top !”
🇺🇸 Elizabeth P
“Please keep doing these videos, you always help me improve my French. You are the only one on YouTube I can learn from.”
🌍 H. A.
🎬 Real French conversation: our dream house, moving to South of France
“"360 French Immersion" est le meilleur rapport qualité-prix que j'ai eu pour apprendre le français.”
🇬🇧 Nicholas
“Votre cours est génial pour moi. J'apprends beaucoup - ça ne pourrait pas être mieux.”
🇩🇪 Horst
“Les cours de conversation portent l'apprentissage du français à un niveau supérieur.”
🇨🇭 Wolfgang
“The new product is amazing for training my ear in French. The new features greatly enhance my learning.”
🇺🇸 Lee
“Ce discours est formidable ! Quand je suis en France, c'est les mots de nourriture qui me posent le plus de problèmes.”
🇬🇧 Andy Brown
“I am loving the course! You have put together an amazing product. Thank you!”
🇺🇸 Lee
“I read and understand better than I did as a young man in France. Elisabeth and Mathieu are my heroes!”
🇺🇸 Wade
“J'ai adoré cette conversation, merci beaucoup pour nous partager ! J'en voudrais plus.”
🌍 Thefitty
🎬 REAL French Conversation with subtitles - Eat Breakfast with us
“Hyper authentique, donc difficile, mais enrichissant ! J'apprécie ce contenu.”
🇨🇮 Sangmin
“There is nothing more valuable for language learners than to hear real speech that is accessible and relatable. I'll be traveling to Paris in six months — it's been 30 years since I studied French. This video has helped me reopen my ear to this beautiful language. Merci beaucoup !”
🇺🇸 Andrea L.
🎬 1 hour REAL French conversations (with subtitles)
“Ces conversations sont hyper-réalistes. Tellement bon d'entendre une vraie conversation !”
🇺🇸 Rich
“I've been trying to learn French on Duolingo for years with limited success. Your video was interesting and really helpful: topical, relevant, FR and EN subtitles, and you can slow the speed to 75%. Please do more like this!”
🇬🇧 James C.
🎬 Riots in France after police kill teen - News in Slow French #1
“Les sessions sont toujours ludiques, sans stress, et parfaitement adaptées à mon niveau. C'est au top !”
🇺🇸 Elizabeth P
“Please keep doing these videos, you always help me improve my French. You are the only one on YouTube I can learn from.”
🌍 H. A.
🎬 Real French conversation: our dream house, moving to South of France
“"360 French Immersion" est le meilleur rapport qualité-prix que j'ai eu pour apprendre le français.”
🇬🇧 Nicholas
“Votre cours est génial pour moi. J'apprends beaucoup - ça ne pourrait pas être mieux.”
🇩🇪 Horst
“Les cours de conversation portent l'apprentissage du français à un niveau supérieur.”
🇨🇭 Wolfgang
“The new product is amazing for training my ear in French. The new features greatly enhance my learning.”
🇺🇸 Lee
“Ce discours est formidable ! Quand je suis en France, c'est les mots de nourriture qui me posent le plus de problèmes.”
🇬🇧 Andy Brown
“I am loving the course! You have put together an amazing product. Thank you!”
🇺🇸 Lee
Frequently asked questions
Who's behind HelloFrench?
HelloFrench was founded by Elisabeth, a French as a foreign language teacher born in Belgium and based near Marseille, together with Mathieu, who builds and runs the online school. The brand has existed since December 2019 and is published by BÉPITE SAS.
What level do you need to start with HelloFrench?
The free YouTube videos and lesson sheets work for every level, from complete beginner to advanced. 360 French Immersion covers levels A2 through C1, while The France Travel Kit is built for complete beginners getting ready for a trip.
How much do HelloFrench courses cost, and is there a free trial?
360 French Immersion costs €189 a year (about €15.75 a month, billed once) with 7 days free, or €34.99 a month with no free trial. The 90-Day Fluency Habit and The France Travel Kit each cost €79 as a one-time payment, with lifetime access and a 15-day money-back guarantee.
Do you actually get to speak French out loud?
Yes: inside 360 French Immersion, students can hold a spoken conversation with Jean, the frog in a beret. The annual plan also includes a 30-minute one-on-one video call with a real teacher, Elisabeth, partway through the course, for students who want one.
What can you do on HelloFrench for free?
Without paying anything, you can watch 300+ subtitled YouTube videos, browse 100+ lesson sheets tied to those videos, and read articles on French slang, everyday expressions, and vocabulary. The site is available in French, English, German, Italian, and Portuguese.