{"id":3612,"date":"2017-02-16T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2019-01-09T13:15:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T13:15:33","slug":"online-french-speaking-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/online-french-speaking-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Online French Speaking Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos.jpg\" alt=\"French speaking practice\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3613\" srcset=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos.jpg 300w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos-200x200.jpg 200w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos-160x160.jpg 160w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos-32x32.jpg 32w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos-50x50.jpg 50w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos-64x64.jpg 64w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos-96x96.jpg 96w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2017\/02\/speaking-online-depositphotos-128x128.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It&#8217;s easy to practice reading and writing in French on <a href=\"\/questions\">forums<\/a>, social media sites, and the like, and there are plenty of <a href=\"\/blog\/french-listening-links\/\">listening resources<\/a> available, but what about speaking? 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