FRENCH+Resources


 * The [|THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF FRENCH], the official AATF WWW page.
 * The [|AATF National Commission on Cultural Competence] has produced a model defining general standards for cultural competence and applying those standards to the many French-speaking areas of the world.
 * The [|FranceWorld] service exists to encourage pen pal exchanges.
 * [|Libération] is a well known French newspaper on the left.
 * [|Matinternet] an online daily newspaper from Quebec.
 * [|Le Monde] is France's best known daily newspaper.
 * [|Agence France Presse] has daily international news summaries in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and English.
 * [|Sympatico] is an online MSN French language news service in Canada (versions in French & English).
 * [|Le Parisien] en ligne, journal français.
 * [|Paris Match] online French magazine.
 * [|Le Nouvel Observateur Quotidien] en ligne, journal français.
 * [|L'Expansion]: online news that should be particularly useful for commercial French classes.
 * [|L'EXPRESS] is the well known French magazine with many on-line articles.
 * TenneseeBob Peckham at the University of Tennessee at Martin has developed the archetypical FL WWW collection for French called: [|Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links!] This is the place to start for French teachers.
 * TBob's [|Globe-Gate links site] is a rich collection of resources for developing lessons in French as well as for some other languages for a wide range of curricular areas. Bob Peckham's Globe-Gate site includes:
 * - [|French Lessons from Everywhere] a collection of lessons culled from on-line courses on the WWW.
 * - [|Leximagne - l'Empereur des pages dico] a collection of links to hundreds of on-line French dictionaries.
 * - [|French Radio and TV Resources] will help you find French audio and video on the net and integrate it in classes.
 * - [|Francophone Business News] is useful if you are adding a business or commercial component to your French class.
 * - [|Explications de Texte] for online references for French literature analysis.
 * - [|19th-Century French Literature] (A Globe-Gate Research Library)These are just a few of the Globe-Gate resources.
 * - There are quite a few other highly useful Globe-Gate pages.
 * David A. Gatwood's collection is organized from links by Bob Peckham (TennesseeBob): [|Dave's French Links].
 * Online [|dictionnaire des synonymes] from the Laboratoire CRISCO.
 * [|Le Lexique Français - Anglais] provides terminology for a wide variety of categories.
 * The CAST/ACPLS site [|Ressources pour l'enseignement du FLS : Alimentation - Nutrition] includes lots of resources for teaching about nutrition vocabulary.
 * [|Pédagogie et didactique du FLE/FLS] - FrancoFil
 * [|Le Trésor de la langue française informatisé: TLFI] - is a truly exceptional dictionary tool.
 * [|Le Grand dictionnaire terminologique] from the Office québecoise de la languge française.
 * [|Le site Grammaire Française - BEPP] from the Centre hypermédia des ressources didactiques de l'Université Laval
 * [|Educnet: TICE - français et langues anciennes] : pedagogical practices site.
 * [|GreatSong.net music] at http://www.greatsong.net/, musique en français.
 * [|Les Trois Suisses] & [|La Redoute] are major online department store catalogs.
 * [|La fnac] - magasin de médias: livres, disques, vidéos, cédéroms: online catalog.
 * [|FSL Activities with M. Renaud] - French activities for young learners, parents and teachers - tips for students or parents, great links, online activities, printouts, games, songs and more.
 * The [|île en île page] by Sylvie Roussel-Gaucheran and Thomas C. Spear presents information about the francophone islands found around the world.
 * French exams including the [|French Baccalaureat : corrigés du bac].
 * [|Cyberpapy] : intergenerational online educational support in French and Spanish.
 * [|Takatrouver] : Site éducatif pour les jeunes Français.
 * [|Lettres.net] is a site for the study and teaching of French for the French.
 * [|Le VTI-Bruges visite Paris] is a site by French teacher Christophe Laroy from Belgium with photos, videos, and interactive exercises. Some questions/instructions are in Dutch, but most are in French.
 * [|Préparer le bon itinéraire avec Mappy] : This site will help you plan an automobile trip in France. [|ViaMichelin] is a similar site.
 * [|CodeExpert] is an online French written test for a driver's license.
 * The [|Color dictionary] at pourpre.com is an amazing online dictionary of colors in French. Everything you always wanted to know about colors but were afraid to ask.
 * [|French for Business and Economics: The Internet Sourcebook] - a business French site and link collection at CLEAR (The Center for Language Education And Research).
 * The [|Moo français] is a virtual francophone community now at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
 * [|Alice - Annuaire des sites francophones]: Francophone WWW sites grouped by categories.
 * Creating French Culture - Library of Congress exhibit: [|Treasures from the Bibliothèque nationale de France] contains an extensive collection of images.
 * [|L'Ambassade de France] in Washington D.C. has a kids' page about France in English.
 * [|L'Ambassade du Canada] in Washington D.C.
 * The [|French Prime Minister] home page is an excellent source of information about the French government but also about many aspects of French history and the European Union.
 * [|The Dirigeant principal de l'Information] offers a direct link in French to services of various government agencies in Canada and its provinces.
 * [|Portail officiel du gouvernement du Québec].
 * [|Bibliothèque et archives Canada].
 * [|Musée canadien des civilisations] is an extensive site providing access to "Archéologie, ethnologie, culture traditionelle, histoire, histoire vivante, histoire militaire; Musée canadien des enfants; Musée national de la poste; Bibliothèque et archives du
 * Musée."
 * [|Réseau des sports] offers current news about sports from Canada and around the world in French.
 * [|Afrique francophone] - links from CUNY.
 * [|InfoNation]: Statistical information about members of the United Nations - en français.
 * [|The Euro page] include lots of information and images about the curency.
 * [|HAPAX: French Resources on the Web] features links to French-related resources on the Web of interest to university-level teachers and student.
 * The French [|Ministère des Affaires Etrangères] has an excellent WWW page including information on geography, society, history, food, education, europe, economy, etc.
 * For a connection to French culture try [|Le Ministère de la culture].
 * [|Les Pages Jaunes (France Telecom service)] is the France télécom free online telephone directory including both yellow pages and white pages.
 * [|France Pratique] is a very rich source of practical information about contemporary France. Culture, education, travel, law, family, social security, housing, work, etc.
 * [|AdmiNet : the French connection] was developed by Christian Scherer of the French Ministry of Industry and by the Ecole des Mines de Paris. Its purpose is to provide free access to public information.
 * Marie Ponterio's [|Civilisation française] online teaching modules include original images, audio cues, and digital videos for lessons on a wide range of topics: cuisine, culture, social change, school, economy, Europe, holidays, family life, housing, history, religion, social security, symbols, transportation, vacation. A "voyage virtuel" uses an interactive map of France to provide information, images, and links for cities and regions throughout France.
 * Janice Paulsen's [|Quartier français du village planétaire] is so well organized that it is one of the most useful sites around. For example, take a look at the [|Musées et Expositions Virtuelles].
 * Pete Jones shares cooperative learning projects in [|cooperative learning in the French class].
 * Michael Lastinger's [|les Saucissons chauds] links to a great variety of pages of interest to students of French civilization.
 * [|Musée Virtuel du Canada].
 * [|The TV5 site], the international Francophone television channel in Canada, includes the schedule as well as information about programming and aides for French teachers.
 * [|Radio France] includes France Info (Flash, Journal, and Live), France Inter, France Culture, France Bleu, etc. via RealAudio or Media Player.
 * [|Radio France Internationale] provides online audio of news updates every 3 hours on France Info Express in addition to other RFI radio services (chroniques & magasines).
 * [|Launch: Music on Yahoo France] includes links to online radio stations from France..
 * [|Europe 1] includes online news (text and audio) and live radio from Europe 1.
 * French TV - [|TF 1] - [|France 2] - [|France 3] - [|Canal +] - [|ARTE] - [|M6]
 * [|Radio-Canada] provides radio and television using RealMedia..
 * [|Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou] presents the museum.
 * [|CyberScol] offers links to francophone Internet resource lists for Canadian schools.
 * [|La Toile du Québec] Guides provide lots of links to resources covering a wide range of topics.
 * [|AUDIOSUP.NET] presents RealAudio lectures from French universities.
 * [|Meteo France] provides information about weather in French.
 * [|Le WebMuseum] formerly the WebLouvre by Nicolas Pioch is now located at many sites around the world. You can find other sites in the US, Australia, Japan, and now even in France! Choose the one nearest to you.
 * [|Centre des monuments nationaux] is a fantastic site about monuments all over France. Great info, great photos.
 * [|Paris Interactive] is a multimedia tour of the City of Lights.
 * The official site of [|Le Louvre] includes a virtual reality tour and a presentation of some of the works in the collection.
 * This [|Louvre] site includes opening times and a floor plan in addition to photos of the art.
 * [|La Page de l'Hexagone] prepared by Andrée Grandjean-Levy at Cornell University has many links to French resources for teachers and students.
 * [|Premiers pas sur Internet] These "first steps on the Internet" are just right for kids.
 * [|Internet pour les momes - comptines] has a large number of children's songs.
 * [|Comptines pour l'école maternelle] has a variety of songs and provides partial audio for some of them.
 * [|L'Atlas national du Canada en ligne] offers a variety of on-line maps of Canada illustrating aspects of Canadian geography.
 * The [|Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc] prehistoric cave paintings, discovered in December 1994 in the Ardèche region of France, were put on-line on January 24, 1995 by the French Ministry of Culture! This web page displays photographs taken in the caves and includes a text describing the site. It was one of the earliest web sites that sparked the interest of French teachers around the world. See as well the [|Lascaux cave] site.
 * Eric Ranguin's [|Histoire : Le Cyber-Guide des sites historiques] is an excellent historical site including sections on PREHISTOIRE ET ANTIQUITE - MOYEN AGE ET RENAISSANCE - XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe - XXe - METHODOLOGIE - NOUVELLE FRANCE, CANADA, ACADIE ET QUEBEC.
 * [|Le Site de l' encyclopédie QUID] includes up-to-date information and statistics on everything French. Also see [|l'INSEE] for statistics about France.
 * [|Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (ARTFL)], University of Chicago. Here is a site that allows you to search Diderot's and d'Alembert's [|Encyclopédie] by keyword.
 * [|French Computer Terms]
 * [|French Dialogues]
 * [|Telephoning in French]