CCSF Language Center - French Links |
 Click here for the Fall 2009 tutoring schedule for French at the Learning Assistance Center, R-207.
Click here to access Le Cercle Français de CCSF blog.
Click here to check out upcoming French cultural events for
advanced students of French.
Click here to go to French links selected by CCSF French professor Françoise Navarro.
Click here to watch a popular French soap opera described in the The New York Times.
Click here to go to French 1A links!
Writing
and Reference Tools
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Use
Le notepad
to easily add accent marks to your text. When you're done writing,
cut and paste your document into a word processor.
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Language Learning Links
Text
Book Sites
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French
On-line Grammar
Quiz to accompany Allons-y. Created by CCSF French
instructor, Carol Reitan.
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Web Exercises
created by CCSF French instructor Carol Reitan to accompany
Allons-y.
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Check
out the Allons-y website from Heinle Cengage
Learning. Try the Autocorrigés.
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Online
student activity site
for Séquences: Intermediate French Through Film
from Heinle/Cengage Learning
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The
Interaction
publisher's website has chapter-by-chapter exercises and activities
for second-year students.
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Supplementary
exercises to accompany The French Experience
. Here you'll find links to video, audio, interactive exercises,
and more.
Other
Language Learning Sites
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Click here to access the ELFE exercise list (.pdf)
in the upper right-hand corner or ask at the Language Center Service
Desk for a copy to consult while in the Center.
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Phonetique helps students of any level of French learn independently or with
a teacher in the classroom; for example, work on the difference
between "ou" and "u," or try some fun tongue
twisters! This site is recommended by CCSF French instructor Isabelle
Motamedi.
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Basic Pronunciation
pages - This page contains links to pages where you can hear the
alphabet, the days of the week, months of the year, etc.
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Français
Interactif from the University of Texas, Austin. A first year
course with lots of video material with U of T-Austin students studying
abroad in Lyon.
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French
Grammar Central - This is the most complete list of French grammar
sites on the web.
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Chloé-
Listening
comprehension and vocabulary development for French 2A and above.
Listen to Parisian French and follow along with the script in French.
Click on underlined words in the script for definitions in English. Clever
illustrations and sound affects enhance these adventures of Chloé,
a charming young Parisian woman desperately in search of a job but
caught in the midst of daily hazards and coincidences of Parisian
life.
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Tapis
Volant from Thomson Learning
- Appropriate for beginners (French 1A or 1B) and continues for
students as they advance. It consists of a cartoon story with audio
(transcript is available for those who want it) and activities that
go along with material presented in the cartoon story. NEW!
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BBC
presents a series for beyond beginners level, French 1B or 10B.
Ma France presents 24 interactive video units from various areas
of France, interviewing native speakers in a variety of professions.
Transcripts and translations, as well as activities supplement each
video. NEW!
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languageguide.org
- See the picture, read the text, hear the pronunciation. Alphabet,
numbers, many categories of vocabulary. A wonderful resource. Click
here for the companion French
grammar guide.
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Lexique - FLE - Thematic lessons
with sound and exercises. Great!
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Real French from Manchester Metropolitan
University in England. Check the message boards for students of
French, France Virtuelle (view relevant links and answers questions
about the Metro, movies, music and shopping), vocabulary games;
includes an abundance of useful grammar exercises.
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Tex's
French Grammar from the University of Texas, Austin. This site
has it all! Grammar explanations, exercises, sound files, and humor.
Check it out.
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Le
VTI-Bruges visite Paris - French 2+ students may benefit most,
but others in French 1 and 10 will like the Paris "tour".
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Weboscope
Collection of resources from Belgium for learning French.
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French
Search Engines/Moteurs de recherche
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WoYaa! Internet Africa (en
français)
Le
Français à San Francisco
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L'Alliance
Française - Check the events section for films and for Rendez-Vous
Littéraires, some featuring CCSF student (and AF prof) David
Rafoni.
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Bay Area Francophile
List - Subscribe to this list to receive a list of all the Bay
Area events for francophiles. Very complete. Edited by CSU Sonoma
professor Suzanne C. Toczyski.
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Le
Café Musée - Le Café Musée meets regularly on
Saturdays throughout the academic year. Enjoy coffee and other treats
as you engage in lively discussions about art and history and meet
other CCSF students of French with various levels of fluency. Check
here for upcoming events.
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Pen Pals/Correspondents/Conversation
Media
Print
resources
Radio,
TV, Video
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france24
- 24-hour news reports from business, politics, and culture, with
video clips; also in English and in Arabic.
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Beelinetv
- Selected broadcasts from various French-language television programming
from France to Guyana and Martinique!
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LangMedia
- French in France - from the Five College Center for the Study
of World Languages. Videos of native speaker organized by the following
categories: Basic Communications, Culture and Social Life, Necessities,
Shopping and Services, Transportation.
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LangMedia
- French Combined Index - more from the Five College Center
for the Study of World Languages. Video clips of native French speakers
in Canada, Martinique, Morocco, Senegal, and Luxembourg organized
into the same categories. A wonderful resource!
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Commeaucinema.com -
Toute l'actualité cinéma sur internet. Find out what films
are currently playing in France. Choose "Bandes-Annonces" to see
a list of movie trailers en français!
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French TV on-line Complete
alphabetical list of online TV.
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Points de départ
Some
of the best organized and most complete French resources
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French Language
from About.com. You'll find many links to resources on everything
French.
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Open Directory Project - French language version.
This site strives to be the definitive catalog of the Web. It is
developed and maintained by a community of "net-citizens" who are
experts in their areas of interest.
Voyages/Explorations
France
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Château de Versailles The
official site of the Château de Versailles!
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Les Photos de Villes (Les
Pages jaunes) Enter an address, then see a photo of the place!
Really neat. See photos of Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Lille, Nice, Marseille,
or Toulouse. Une ville, une adresse, une photo, et un plan!
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Paris - Official site of the Ville
de Paris
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PariServe All Paris on the Web
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La Tour Eiffel - The official site
of the Eiffel Tower
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D'autres
pays francophones
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Afrique
francophone An excellent collection of links to sites in and
about Francophone Africa from Lehman College. You'll find print,
sound, and video resources, general and organized by country.
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Agence de la Francophonie Site
of the official organization of the 49 francophone countries.
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Art and Life in Africa
Online A project of the University of Iowa. Much information
concerning many countries in Africa where French is spoken.
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L'écriture
au Vietnam Virtual exposition from the French Ministry of Culture;
a history of writing in Vietnam
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MontréalCAM Many
views of Montréal.
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Venez
Voir Le Sénégal is an exploration of the Francophone
world developed by Colby professors and technologists. This website
centers around six short video clips shot in and around Dakar, narrated
in French with links to French transcriptions. You will need the
free Quicktime Player installed on your machine to view the clips.
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Vietnam - Site photographique.
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Musées
Musique
Shopping
Sports
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Roland Garros The official site
of the French Open
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Sports from Yahoo
France
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Web-TV
"exclusivement sur le web" accesses "Canal-Sports"
Littérature
Games
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Polar-FLE
- Apprendre le français avec l'inspecteur Roger Duflair
- - Learn French while you play an exciting mystery game from
the Presses Universitaires de Grenoble.
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Jeu de l'Oie- Apprendre le français en s'amusant. Learn French while you play fun games including among other topics art, grammar, phonetics and a mystery.
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