RESSOURCES
GUIDELINES FOR GENDER-NEUTRAL/INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE IN FRENCH
SITES WEB ET APPLIS (WEBSITES AND APPS) :
DuoLingo (student-recommended)
Busuu (student-recommended)
LingQ: excellent, free site for learning on your own - lots of practice, tailored to your own needs and interests
CULTURE :
Cultural information about France, in French
Centre des monuments nationaux français
Lots of quick information on French culture, in English
Culture Crossing - a guide to cross-cultural etiquette and understanding (by country – choose your country at the top right corner)
Explanations in English about a lot of French cultural topics
Best Places to Visit in France (article in English, student recommended)
APPRENDRE AVEC DES VIDÉOS (LEARN WITH VIDEOS) :
How to think in French from Comme une Française (French video language and culture lessons with English explanations)
Short videos on different topics for French learners, with French subtitles, including cartoons for children, songs with lyrics, scenes of daily life for typical middle school students in central France, and French culture for teens
French lessons for beginners (videos)
Learn French from the Streets videos – and now also at-home videos! As authentic as it gets!
Crazy Sally's very helpful and educationally sound tips on how to learn a language on your own:
Learn French for Teens and Adults – basic conversational phrases for relationships :
12 Awesome French Cartoons to Improve Your French (scroll down to get to the videos):
YouTube videos for learning French (all sorts of topics)
1jour1actu et 1jour1question (articles et vidéo pour les enfants) : https://www.1jour1actu.com/
Français Authentique (great for progressing from intermediate to advanced) :
https://www.youtube.com/user/francaisauthentique
https://www.francaisauthentique.com/
Ça bouge ! Mini-videos on different regions of France, Canada, Belgium: http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/regionsdefrance/site.php
Old school, but effective French-learning videos – a classic series!
Lostinfrenchlation : French films and language lessons (first movie and first month of lessons free)
LECTURE (READING) :
Site pour lire les MANGA en français
1jour1actu et 1jour1question (articles et vidéo pour les enfants)
READLANG: very cool reading comprehension tool – add an article, translate the words you need as you read it, practice those words later
Stories, legends, fairy tales : The Fable Cottage, French childrens' stories, Le petit coin des contes, Contes à lire, French readings,
Non-fiction library (short, easy articles on various topics)
Interesting website reporting on news and innovations from a scientific point of view: Les grandes actualités et innovations scientifiques autour de 5 catégories : sciences, technologie, planète, santé, maison
Moins de cinq minutes de lecture – short stories of different genres for young readers ("moins de cinq minutes" means less than five minutes for native French speakers; these are short stories, but they'll take you longer than 5mn!) :
Les 10 sports les plus populaires en France :
Journal en français facile (10 minute news recap with lots of cognates – great for improving listening comprehension)
Les petits citoyens – 1er journal d'opinion des 7 à 11 ans ( articles à lire et à écouter )
« Adoptez » un ami ! ( Ou plutôt regardez les animaux à adopter en France!)
Radio Canada – articles, etc. sur tous les sujets
Short stories with narration, text, and translation
Sites web pour les ados : L'étudiant, Ciao.ch
Tests d'orientation (quizzes to help find your path)
PODCASTS ET D'AUTRES ACTIVITÉS D'ÉCOUTE (PODCASTS AND OTHER LISTENING ACTIVITIES) :
Coffee Break French (choose your level, includes videos)
Learn French by Podcast (click "Lesson Guides" to choose your level)
Français facile : lots of listening practice, different topics, conversations
Français avec Pierre – podcasts about everyday, useful French
Daily French Pod (épisodes de ~4mn chacune)
One Thing in a French Day (very short episodes, a French woman chatting)
News in Slow French (choose your topic – World News, Science/Technology, Arts & Culture, Trending in France, etc.)
Listening/vocabulary resource for advanced students
50 phrases pour communiquer en classe
Audio-lingua (short audio clips of francophones talking about lots of different things – you choose the topic) :
https://audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?page=themes
EXPRESSION ORALE (SPEAKING) :
Handy expressions for starting and continuing a conversation
Twelve useful phrases for French-speaking places
Fifty common French phrases to know for travel and everyday life
Common French phrases for your first conversation with a native French speaker
100 French Food/Drink Words and Phrases – a cheat sheet for ordering in French:
How to order at a restaurant in French
Authentic French conversations
Look up any word here and hear how it's pronounced correctly
POUR APPRENDRE D'AUTRES MATIÈRES DIVERSES EN FRANÇAIS (TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER VARIOUS SUBJECTS IN FRENCH) :
Les sciences : Ce n'est pas sorcier (une émission classique en France, un peu comme leur Bill Nye the Science Guy)
Contes africains pour enfants en vidéo
Contes européens classiques pour enfants en vidéo
Qi gong (calmant, anti-stress)
Yoga du matin pour débutant (10mn)
JEUX (GAMES) :
French word games (hangman, flashcards, word searches, crosswords, bingo, memory)
French word-picture matching game
French learning games (beginner and intermediate levels)
Activités et jeux pour apprendre le vocabulaire - pour tablettes et smartphones
Student-recommended RPG in French (hit "TELECHARGER" to download) (Note from website: don't save after a boss.)
Vocabulary games, various topics
Games (search "French")
Interactive activities to practice basic vocabulary (note: CHIFFRES means "numbers")
Freerice: practice French vocabulary and donate rice to fight hunger
DIVERS (MISCELLANEOUS) :
Karaoké en français !
"Best French websites": 1,100+ links to French-learning websites and activities
Globe-Trotting : des idées pour voyager au bout du monde
TEXTOS en français ! Vocabulaire SMS
Personnes célèbres qui parlent français
TV5MONDE – améliorez votre français avec vidéos, lectures, jeux
What are students in the French school system learning online? See different lessons and learning games here. Across the top of the page: Primaire = elementary school ; Collège = middle school ; Lycée = high school. (You might understand the Primaire lessons best.)
Practice French with songs here and here
Helpful site to practice/improve your French
Free resources for learning/practicing French
TO HELP YOU PRACTICE NUMBERS:
http://www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com/englishmenu/english-number.html
http://quizlet.com/996950/french-numbers-1-100-flash-cards/
https://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz65148777f28.html
http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl-numbers.htm
http://www.easynotecards.com/quiz/371
And look up "French numbers" on youtube.
TENSES (examples of verb tenses, to help you figure out which verb form to use from the WordReference conjugation table)
Conjugaisons (pour trouver la forme correcte du verbe) :
le présent = the present tense (e.g., je joue au foot - I play soccer, I'm playing soccer)
l'imparfait = the imperfect tense [past] (e.g., je jouais au foot - I was playing soccer, I used to play soccer)
le futur simple = the future tense (e.g., je jouerai au foot l'anné prochaine - I will play soccer next year)
le passé composé = the simple past tense (e.g., j'ai joué au foot hier - I played soccer yesterday)
le conditionnel = the conditional tense (e.g., je jouerais au foot si je pouvais courir - I would play soccer if I could run)
Connecteurs (connecting words and phrases)