Accelerated or Honors French 1?

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My 8th grader will be finishing up Spanish 3 this spring, and though she’ll be continuing Spanish, she’s toying with the idea of adding French.

I did the same, and my experience was that after a month of French 1, learning pronunciation and spelling rules, I was moved up to French 2.  My Spanish experience meant I had acquired loads of cognates, and the grammar was very similar.

I suspect it’ll be the same (or worse) with this kid.  We had a tough time finding a Spanish 1 class that moved quickly enough for her last year.  She hated the first two online Spanish 1 classes she tried.  Ray Leven’s classes have been (just barely, lol) acceptable to her.

Can anyone recommend an online French class that might be a good fit?  I’m a big fan of teachers who put a lot of emphasis on correct pronunciation and spelling, but aside from that she will want to move quickly.  The local community college is unfortunately not an option; ours only offers ASL and Spanish.

Or is there something like Homeschool Spanish Academy for French?  We use LiveLingua for Spanish conversation, and they do have French tutors, but they don’t provide a structured curriculum.

Thanks!