McKinnon Secondary College

Resources & Links for French

Resource collections for students (and teachers!) Dictionaries
Organisations for Teachers Entertainment sites
Interactive Quizzes French after Year 12
Topics  

 

A typical student Resource collections for students (and teachers!)
(Image © Justin Trevena)
[arrow] How to type French accent marks
[arrow] French @ about.com
incl. Games for learners of French
[arrow] Languages Online (Department of Education, Victoria, Australia)
[arrow] Languages Online (Andrew Balaam, UK)
Search Engines Google / Voila / Yahoo
[arrow] learnfrenchbypodcast.com - podcasts for learners of French as a foreign language
[arrow] RFI - Langue française - apprendre.
Includes: "The news in simple French", three bulletins a day in simple French explain the events and put the words into context; "Spotlight of the day", improve your understanding of current affairs with exercises from the news in simple French; "Audio exercises", a series of short exercises towards understanding a short extract.
[arrow] BBC.co.uk - French. Includes "French Steps", a self-contained beginners online course.
[arrow] The French École, includes podcasts
[arrow] francaisfacile.com - a very comprehensive site for learners of French - lots of excercises!
[arrow] The French Tutorial - introductory material.
bonjour.org.uk Bonjour.org.uk - exercises, activities, downloadable materials (a user-pays site)
[arrow] Fonetiks - getting used to the sounds of French? Visit Fonetiks, scroll down their page to "French", and hear different vowel and consonant sounds in sample words.
[arrow] Yamada Web Guide for French
[arrow] Radio France
VERB TABLES: Thanks to Verbix.com, see tables showing all forms of any French verb:

Type into the box the infinitive of the verb, eg être, and click Go! Don't type capital letters!
Here's how to type accents.

French after Year 12?

- Help in making decisions:

Fairco WorldwideThe website of Fairco Worldwide provides a lot of information that could help you consider your options after Year 12. Specific information about study options for overseas students in:
France
Switzerland

FrenchLinx - Careers with French

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A typical teacher Organisations/Resources for Teachers
(Image © Justin Trevena)
[AATF logo] American Association of Teachers of French
[arrow] Association of French Teachers of Victoria (AFTV)
[arrow] AFTV @ MLTAV
[arrow] Teaching with the Internet - answers for French teachers to frequently asked questions.
[arrow] Tapis Volant - (information and resources for users of this textbook)
[arrow] [bullet] Allons-y ! 1 (companion website for users of this textbook)
[bullet] Allons-y ! 2
[arrow] Google Actualités France
[arrow] Buying resources, list of LOTE suppliers/booksellers in Australia (hyperlinked)
[Only accessible from computers within the school.]
[arrow] How to make practice activities for the Web using Quia.
L' Alliance Française de Melbourne - French cultural centre.

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Online Dictionaries:

  1. Free Dictionary - French
  2. Lexilogos Dictionary
  3. French.About.com
  4. French Linguistics (only French to English at the moment)
  5. Travlang French-English
  6. Travlang English-French

 

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