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Liens/jeux

English exceptions (past participles) – teacher raps for ELL class

English is hard! – pronunciation foibles…

Google translate – frozen

Google translate – Fresh prince

J’attendrai le suivant – métro love story

Body parts song

Contes et Fables – site with tales and audio

Listening practice – all levels, great to improve listening skills!

Leçon d’escrime – Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (from Molière’s play)

French expressions in English

Paris in Motion II – great time-lapsed images of Paris

Paris when it drizzles – time-lapsed images of Paris in gloomy weather

Protected bike lane video

Brainpop – in French!!

Retrouvez le sourire – jeu de mystère à Paris

Joy in the Congo

Incredible high-schooler speaks 11 different languages

Hyper-polyglot (follow-up)

Tout ce que je déteste (Eva)

World’s most beautiful bookstores

McDo in France article

McDo photos

French accents

How to type French accents on a PC or a Mac

Basic French phrases (Irish guy)

QUIA

Great review website for finals or anytime – filled with tons of games for all levels

Galette des rois

Play-by-play on how to make a king’s cake…

Poutine!

Learn all about the Canadian specialty… mmmmm!

Menu from Le Resto La Banquise à Montréal

French food vocab (about.com/French)

Lyricsgaps

Here’s a great way to brush up on your French and learn some great tunes at the same time!!

Halloween quiz

Test yourself on French Halloween vocab

Cartoquiz

Three minutes to place 10 cities on a world map – how’s your geography?

Are you smarter than a (French) 5th grader?

100 French verbs in 10 minutes… can you do it??

Capucine tells a story…

Cutest little French girl tells a story about Winnie the Pooh, and has such an imagination!

Monet site

Very cool interactive site depicting Monet’s life through his paintings

Page d’écriture – version anglais

Great narrator brings to life Jacques Prévert

Page d’écriture – version italien

Italian version – beautifully done…

Le Cancre

Audio file of the Jacques Prévert poem read by a native French speaker.

Le Petit Prince

Google Art Project

Great website where you can visit any of 17 museums from the comfort of your own home/classroom!

French Revolution à la Lady Gaga

A great spoof on Lady Gaga’s song but all about the French revolution – great! (if link doesn’t work, try this:)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/arts-education/learning-the-french-revolution.html

Language idioms

Cool color idioms in French and other languages.

Téléfrançais

French Canadian children’s television show – like Sesame Street in French, but with a talking pineapple!

Visual Dictionary

Fantastic visual French dictionary with audio for every subject under the sun!

European word translator

Play Free Rice in French!!

Earn rice while practicing your French skills… cool!!

Forvo – the pronunciation dictionary

Paris Daily Photo

Great daily site that features a different photo every day in and around Paris with descriptions in English.

Lexilogos

Great on-line dictionary

Fansastic multi-language dictionary.

French News Station

Up to the minute headline news about France, Europe and the world.

BBC

Major news source

About.com/french

Extensive French resource about all sorts of linguistic and cultural topics – go nuts!!

Funny French mistakes

Citation du jour

French quote of the day (and the English translation)

Cognates

Here are a ton of cognates that will increase your French vocabulary (because you already know the words in English!)

Countries/US states

Here’s how to say different countries and US states in French.

Why learn French?

Reasons to learn French (or any foreign language) – the benefits of taking a foreign language.

Lucy’s troubles in Paris…

Verlan

A bit about French slang…

Les Textos

Texting in French!

Le sirop d’érable à Québec

Making maple syrup in Quebec!