Search
Engines for French Language Sites
French Language Search Engines and Portals-- Abondance, Google France, Yahoo! France
Internet broadcasts in French are
accessible through the International Radio and Television
page of this WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs
Resources.
French
Language Learning Sites
• Elementary French Courses-- From the Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, Elementary French I and II, free online, "carefully sequenced and highly interactive presentation of French language and culture in a media-rich course environment including new video shot in France and Quebec with young professional actors."
• Français
Interactif!-- Online French course "developed at the
University of Texas at Austin in the Department of French
and Italian. A result of over ten years of collaboration
between academic and technical professionals..."
• French in Action-- From the
Annenberg Learner Series, "become fluent in French by
exploring the culture in this video series for college
and high school classrooms and adult learners." 52
half-hour video programs.
• French Language Guide-- French language facts, culture, grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, tests, and more.
• H-France Discussion Network-- "Provides an electronic [scholarly] forum covering all aspects of the history and culture of the Francophone world [and] offers a repository of resources and links which historians and students of French history and culture may find useful."
• Lawless French-- Free site for
students and teachers of French, with lessons, quizzes,
listening and reading comprehension exercises, study tips,
and lots more.
• Learn
a Language: French-- From Visual Link Languages,
"created by the U.S. Institute of Languages... to help
people bridge communication gaps and to give back to the
world in which we live." Includes vocabulary, phrases,
dictionary, cultural notes, blog, and forum.
• Learn French
Online for Free-- "Our free French courses are an
online adaptation of the FSI French basic course. We
propose 2 main courses: French for beginners and
Intermediate French. Each course includes 12 free french
lessons."
• Learning and Teaching French--
From ThoughtCo, "comprehensive French language guides to
improve reading, writing, and comprehension skills for
beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels."
• LexiConcordia--
From Concordia University, a "vast database of
specialized bilingual terminology designed for learning
French," in many scientific, technological, and business
fields. General resources and lessons for learning French
are also available.
• Linguasorb-- Offers helpful "verb conjugation resources, grammar lessons, vocabulary lists... with audio, translations, practice quizzes and more" in French.
• TypeIt.org-- "This page allows you
to easily type French accents and other French characters
without a French keyboard. You can edit your text in the
box and then copy it to your document, e-mail message,
etc."
• Vocabulix-- Learn
French free online, with vocabulary lessons, conjugation
tables, verb drills, grammar tips, and dictionary.
