A learner of French taken in by a showy performance (7)
I believe the answer is:
student
'a learner' is the definition.
(student is a kind of learner)
'of french taken in by a showy performance' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'taken in by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (back).
'a showy performance' becomes 'stunt' (I have seen 'Exhibitionistic performance' mean 'stunt' so perhaps 'performance' could also mean 'stunt'. I am not sure about the 'showy' bit.).
'de' going into 'stunt' is 'STUDENT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for student that I've seen before include "University attendee" , "Undergraduate maybe" , "Maybe fresher" , "One at university" , "Person engaged in learning" .)