Writing and Reference Tools

• 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.
• How to type in accent marks on your computer
• French Verb Conjugator
• French-English Dictionary
• French Grammar Guidebook from eLanguage.
• Terminologie technique
• TLFi: Trésor de la Langue Française informatisé -Le TLF est un dictionnaire des XIXe et XXe siècles en 16 volumes et 1 supplément. Le TLFi est la version informatisée du TLF. French/French dictionary with definitions, history, and sound. The site is in French.

Language Learning Links

• Study French online through City College of San Francisco.

Text Book Sites

• French On-line Grammar Quiz to accompany Allons-y
• Web Exercises from CCSF (to accompany Allons-y)
• Check out the Allons-y website from Heinle and Heinle. Try the Autocorrigés.
• Supplementary exercises to accompany The French Experience . Here you'll find links to video, audio, interactive exercises, and more.
• French Experience Audio Exercises. Audio files and interactive exercises about the following topics:
  1.Nationality 2.Family 3.Work/Education 4.Parisian Life 5.Cuisine
• French in Action for Students A collection of exercises and activities to accompany French in Action. From Yale University Press.

Other Language Learning Sites

• 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. (See also the LanguageGuide.org below.)
• French from eLanguage. Try Virtual Talk. Speech recognition allows you to practice your French conversation.
• French Grammar Central This is the most complete list of French grammar sites on the web.
• Français Interactif - from the University of Texas. Grammar and vocabulary, audio and video.
• FrenchLesson.org - Grammar explanations, pronunciation pages. A great resource for learners of French.
• The French Tutorial Many sound files.
• LanguageGuide.org - See the picture, read the text, hear the pronunciation. Alphabet, numbers, many categories of vocabulary. A wonderful resource.
• Tex's French Grammar: la grammaire de l'absurde from the University of Texas, Austin. This site has it all! Grammar explanations, exercises, sound files, and humor. Check it out.
• Web Exercises from the University of Texas, Austin
• Weboscope Collection of resources from Belgium for learning French.

Le français en affaires

• Le français en affaires au Québec et en Amérique du Nord Fabulous site from Québec with information about letter writing, resumés, and other business conventions.

French Search Engines/Moteurs de recherche

• Nomade
• Lokace
• La Toile du Québec
• Yahoo!France
• Web Antilles
• WoYaa! Internet Africa (en français)
• Other French Search Engines

Le Français à San Francisco

• L'Alliance Française - Check the events section for films and for Rendez-Vous Littéraires, some featuring CCSF student (and AF prof) David Rafoni.
• 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.
• Le Café Musée - Don't miss the exciting art history presentations by CCSF instructor Renée Morel. All in French, with refreshments.
• Le Cercle français - CCSF's own French club. Ask your French instructor for details. Enjoy films, dinners, and other activities with your fellow students and instructors who love everything French.
• Consulat Général de France de San Francisco - Site of the SF French Consulate.

Pen Pals/Correspondants/Conversation

• FranceWorld
• MOO français Visit the MOO and meet people from throughout the Francophone world. See the Unofficial Guide for Using the MOO français for instructions on how to use it. (The MOO is rarely used these days.)
• Chat at AboutFrench.com.

Media

Print resources

• Le Monde
• Paris Match
• Elle
• Libération
• Presse francophone Links to publications throughout the French speaking world.

Radio, TV, Video

• Canal Afrique: Programmes en Français
• 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!
• Francetv.fr Choose from 3 channels, France2, France3, France5
• French Radio on-line
• French TV on-line Complete alphabetical list of online TV.
• Radio Canada

Points de départ

• ClicNet
• France Resources from the UC Berkeley Library
• French Language from About.com. You'll find many links to resources on everything French.
• Guide de l'internet culturel Cultural links from the French Minister of Culture
• HAPAX
• Le Quartier français du village planétaire
• Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links

Voyages/Explorations

France

• Château de Versailles The official site of the Château de Versailles!
• Le Cimitière du Père-Lachaise Photos, history, etc.
• Civilisation française
• France: Régions et pays from the French Ministry of Culture
• French Cathedrals, Basilicas, and Churches at Globegate
• L'Internet culturel from the French Ministry of Culture (list of regional and city web sites in France)
• 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.
• Les Pages de Paris
• 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!
• Paris - Official site of the Ville de Paris
• PariServeAll Paris on the Web
• La Tour Eiffel - The Official Site of the Eiffel Tower

D'autres pays francophones

• 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.
• L'Afrique Francophone Virtuelle
• Agence de la FrancophonieSite of the official organization of the 49 francophone countries.
• Art and Life in Africa Online A project of the University of Iowa. Much information concerning many countries in Africa where French is spoken.
• L'écriture au Vietnam Virtual exposition from the French Ministry of Culture; a history of writing in Vietnam
• French Guiana Resources from LANIC
• Indochine, 1930 Fabulous collection of photographs from the 1930's. Choose images from le Tonkin, l'Annam, la Cochinchine, le Cambodge, le Laos.
• 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!
• MontréalCAM Many views of Montréal.
• Pays et communautés francophones from ClicNet. Wonderful list of links to info from/for/about Francophone countries everywhere.
• Le Royaume de Maroc Site of the Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication of Morocco. In French and in English.
• Venez voir le Sénégal - A wonderful resource from Colby College. Videos, transcripts, cultural information and more.
• Senegal
• Vietnam - Site photographique.
• Virtual Guidebook to Tahiti and French Polynesia - Panoramas allow you to see what you'd see if you were there.
• Vieux Montréal
• Virtual Francophone Tourism