General Links to French Learning Resources
- Houghton Mifflin's French Language Resource Center
- University of York: French Grammar Central
- Appalachian State University Foreign Languages Resources Page
- Some good interactive exercises and audio and video clips can be found on these two BBC sites:
- Various online tools for generating lists of verb conjugations exist, including one from the ARTFL project and Verb2verbe.com.
- Many online French-English dictionaries exist also; Wordreference.com is one example.
- Talking French Synthesizer: Go to 'Synthèse de la parole' on this site in Geneva. You may enter the words you wish to hear.
- The Sounds of French - Phonetics: If you wish to listen to the pronunciation of French letter groups, you may like to visit this site. It is a good site. The letters are accompanied by images, so even if you do not "know" the word, you will see what they mean. There are some good spelling exercises too.
- Many interesting sound and video clips can be found at Enseigner le français langue seconde à l'aide de la musique.
Resources for students studying - Contacts:
Francophone Sites to Explore (Mostly in French)
- French News and Current Events
- Consult worldwide newspapers online
- Francophone Radio Sites: If you want the French National Radio, go and click on Paris.
- To listen to extracts of music by French singers you may go to the Discographie section of the Radio France Internationale page. By clicking on a singer's initial, you will get a list of available singers. Beneath the word passeport, click on Sélection disques. If the title has a RealAudio symbol, you can listen to it.
- The WebMuseum: Examples of impressionist artists, such as Monet
- Explore France by Region
- Discover Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
- Going on vacation to Paris? Find out what's on with Pariscope.
