French learning software is perhaps the best way to learn how to speak French quickly.

There are obviously other methods for learning to speak French as well, and each approach has its advantages and disadvantages. However, when you weigh all the alternatives French learning software rates most highly as the method to learn how to speak French in most circumstances.

Why is this? In most cases the objective is to get to the conversational level in French as quickly as possible. And if this is the goal, French learning software has a number of distinct advantages. But only the right French learning software has these advantages and I will discuss this in more detail later in this article.

The first advantage is that language software encourages and facilitates daily practice, and more importantly daily structured practice. This daily practice works well with the way our brains retain information. You see if you can practice for an hour a day each and every day, this is vastly superior to devoting one whole day a week to the task.

Perhaps the reasons for this are obvious, but they have to do with the way the brain retains information. With daily practice, you are building your knowledge each day and reinforcing the information you have previously absorbed before you forget it. That boosts the volume of relevant information you retain and places it in your long term memory.

This advantage exists with any approach you choose which facilitates daily structured practice. If that is the case, why is French learning software the best approach?

I said earlier that a French software learning approach is superior only if you choose the right program. And this brings us to the second potential advantage of this approach.

What many French programs overlook is the importance of sentence structure in their approach to help you learn how to speak French. This is a shame, because it is probably the factor which causes most people to fail. If you have tried to learn how to speak French before then think back to the teaching method.

I will wager that you were not exposed to complete sentence structure and instead were guided to learn individual words to add to your vocabulary as well as many rules related to conjugation of the verbs in various tenses and persons.

Naturally, these are important to learn, but it is better to learn them naturally instead of trying to memorize them out of any conversational context.

Accordingly, you must make sure that the French learning software you choose has modules which include interactive audio sessions comprising exposure to complete sentences and conversation. That is the component which will help you learn how to speak French most effectively.