Reading and writing French means learning a script most English speakers already recognize (the Latin alphabet, left to right), plus a specific set of silent-letter and accent conventions that shape how written words connect to spoken French.
French frequently drops the pronunciation of final consonants — the "s" in "les" or the "t" in "petit" are typically silent on their own — which is exactly why liaison (see French Pronunciation) becomes relevant: those silent letters resurface in pronunciation only when the next word starts with a vowel.
Because accented vowels (é, è, ê) represent genuinely different sounds, omitting an accent isn't a minor stylistic shortcut — it can change a word's meaning or simply make it misspelled.
French frequently drops the pronunciation of final consonants (the "s" in "les," the "t" in "petit") — these silent letters only resurface in speech through liaison, when the next word starts with a vowel.
No — accented vowels represent genuinely different sounds from their unaccented counterparts, so omitting an accent can change a word's meaning or simply produce a misspelling.
Yes — French uses the Latin alphabet and reads left to right, the same direction as English.
Yes, following the same lesson approach used for Arabic and Latvian reading practice.
See also: French Alphabet · French Pronunciation · Learn French