General Language Resources

On-Line Dictionaries

News Groups & Servers

Other Texts

Virtual Texts and Dictionaries

A collection of 300 electronic French dictionaries, glossaries and wordlists gives access to hundreds of thousands of words, terms and expressions. Combined with a CD-delivered lexical database such as TERMIUM and your choice of paper dictionary, it is a fitting tool for all, from student to professional translator.

Links to French encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, grammar, morphological analysis, artwork, and electronic texts.

University of Lethbridge dictionaries (see also German and Spanish) include grammar index and exercises.

A complex, scholarly, multi-media electronic archive containing a medieval manuscript tradition--that of ChrŽtien de Troyes's Le Chevalier de la Charrette (Lancelot, ca. 1180).

Media

A continuing video magazine series made up of segments of authentic French television broadcasts. When combined with its pedagogical materials it provides a multi-media approach for teaching and learning French language and culture.

Culture

One link each to French archaeology, Christmas traditions, prehistoric art, Notre-Dame d'Orcival, and original works and exhibitions including: Biennale Art Contemporain de Lyon 95, The Prix de Rome paintings, La Villa Lumière cinema, Enlightenment Paintings of France's National Museums.

Museums

Teacher Resources

French Guide for learning to use the Internet -- FTP, Telnet, Gopher, Searching and more.

Internet Exercises

A resource for teachers, providing links to useful Web sites, such as French search engines,interactive dictionaries, interactive grammar, discussion lists, and sites devoted to all things French. Also contains numerous ready made Web activities which can be used to enrich students' study of French language and culture.

Resources in the following categories: Art, Environment, History, Information, Music, Sports, Tourism. Also includes links to seven activities and exercises.

Links to First Year French web exercises, grammar drills, audio coursewear and language resources, and a description of the Paralleles InteractiveCD-ROM.

Web Guides

Offers instantaneous audio access to radio programs from such prestigious French radio networks as RTL, Europe 1, RFI, France Culture, Sorbonne Radio-France, and France FrŽquence. Also has resources in these categories: Newspapers, French Cybercafés, Art, Libraries, Government, Job Search, Education, Associations, Provinces, Embassy Links, Movie Reviews, Servers in France, Other Radio Sources, Tourism.

Search Engines

Other French Resources

A clickable map that lists resources in a given region of the country. Also available is an index of the links, grouped in the following categories: Arts & Culture, Associations, Commercial, Internet, Media, Public Organizations, Regions, Research, Sports and Leisure, Tourism.

Resources in the following categories: Finding New Francophone Sites, Books and Literature, Art, Music, Film and General Culture, History of France and the French-Speaking World, Virtual Francophone Tourism, The French Language, Press, Radio/TV, Telephone, Education in French-Speaking Schools, French accross the Curriculum and in Every-day Life.

A very comprehensive listing of resources in the following categories: Art, Architecture, Cinema, Culture, Education, Embassy Servers, Especially for Students, France (Paris and beyond), FAQs, Government, History, Humor, Internet Info, Language, Law, Libraries, Literary Criticism, Literature Databases, Music, News, Other French Resources, Political Science, Sports, Tourism, Transportation.

Resources in the following categories: Academies in France on the Web, Learning Tools, Congresses & Conferences, Favorites, Email Lists, Dictionaries & Resources, Schools & LycŽes on the Web, Job Links, Distance Learning, Examinations, Conversation Groups in French and English, Newspapers Online in France, Bookshops, Web Links for Teachers & Learners of French, Literature, Government & Official Sites, News Groups, Professional Organizations for Teachers of French, Search Tools, Poetry, Proverbs, Companies, Products & Services, Translators and Interpreters.

Resources in the categories of Culture, Media, Arts, Sports, Tourism.

Links to the Le Monde journal and other information on French politics, education, and current news.

Software

A full-featured, easy to use French language program for Windows 3.1x and Windows 95. It was created as a learning aid for those whose native-language is English, and works well both as a stand-alone application or as a companion for any French textbook. Free demo version available for download.

A site for purchasing French CD-ROMs in the following categories: Arts and Culture, Geography, History, Language, Reference and Dictionaries, Science, Sports and Leisure, Utilities.

Multimedia interactive documentary, filmed in Paris, which allows students to explore a neighborhood in Le Marais. They can visit places, meet people, "wander" down the streets as well as explore issues about the neighborhood. The CD-ROM provides users with tools such as maps and a guidebook to help them in their explorations.

Search: pronunciation. Course to teach accent-free French pronounciation for English Speakers.