USEFUL FRENCH LINKS
Bonjour de France
French Tutors
French Tutoring Jobs
BBC Languages - French
French.about.com
French Starters
Français interactif
Bonjour de France
FrenchLearner.com
Open Learning Initiative
Beginner & Intermediate Exercises
Le Monde Francophone
French Grammar Quiz
Français langue étrangère
Le Point du FLE
French in Action Videos
French Slang - Argot
TV5Monde
RFI - Langue française
Larousse Dictionnaire
Dictionary of Modern France
French.typeit.org
Learn French Online
Learn French including Quebec
Bonjour de France
French Tutors
French Tutoring Jobs
BBC Languages - French
French.about.com
French Starters
Français interactif
Bonjour de France
FrenchLearner.com
Open Learning Initiative
Beginner & Intermediate Exercises
Le Monde Francophone
French Grammar Quiz
Français langue étrangère
Le Point du FLE
French in Action Videos
French Slang - Argot
TV5Monde
RFI - Langue française
Larousse Dictionnaire
Dictionary of Modern France
French.typeit.org
Learn French Online
Learn French including Quebec
Oxford University
Language Centre
French LinksLibrary shelfmark: FRLibrary Guide MP3
LASR Courses in French
OPAL Courses in French
Old French
Oxford University French Society Le Cercle Français which is also on Facebook
The library's Delicious page offers you also a section of multimedia language links and the Netvibes page offers you the latest news from France or from the Francophonie. There are also extended e-resources available at Oxford University.
External linksBelow are the links to the external websites. Language Centre takes no responsibility for the content of these websites.
Useful Links / Language Resources / Blogs / Media / Culture / Science / Government / Business and Economics / Sport /Miscellany
Useful Links
- Oxford - Some useful links
- La Maison Française d' Oxford
- The Taylor Institution Library
- French at Oxford for undergraduates
- Alliance Française de Londres with the digital plateform Culturethèque which offers free e-books, audio, videos for all UK resident
- Français langue étrangère includes an annotated selection of websites and information on courses
- OXAM Digital copies of most of the official examination papers (including the Honours School Examination for Modern Languages) presented by the University of Oxford since 1999-2000. Please note: access is limited to those in the Oxford domain. The listening comprehension and discourse topics examinations are in the library with audio materials available for the listening comprehension examination
- France diplomatie links page of French sites on a variety of topic
- Open University French links
- Phil Bradley's list of French search engines
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Language Resources
- General
- Apprendre le Français avec TV5 Monde
- BBC French
- French e-course from the University of Texas at Austin
- Hospitality abroad learning French contains many links to various websites, includes grammar, pronunciation, free lessons online
- Introduction to French Studies Online course material from the University of Toronto. Includes an outline of French history, extracts from French literature, and work tasks (essays, etc)
- Institut de France
- Kanedix contains many links to various websites for learning French at beginner's level. Also some information about the language itself
- Love France learing French online page a selection of websites to help you learn French
- Office québécois de la langue française
- Resources for French beginners
- Le point du FLE a very rich site with lots of exercises
- Start Local a selection of sites to learn French from beginner's level
- Test de Français langue étrangère et seconde
- Local languages in France and dialects of French
- Bourguignon-morvandiau: dictionary
- Breton: dictionary Skol Ober (online lessons)
- Le Jèrriais
- Le picard Le patois du Nord-Pas de Calais
- Le patois de Paris
- Le dictionnaire provençal and information on the provençal language
- Québécois from Lexilogos, links to many useful sites including radio canada, wikipedia Quebec French phonology
- Dictionaries
- Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
- Dictionnaire de français Littré
- Dictionnaire Le Robert
- Larousse médical
- Online dictionaries for all languages
- Orthonet online spelling aid
- Synonymes Dictionary
- Trésor de la langue française also available here
- Vélo-dictionnaire dictionary of cycling terms, French/English, English/French.
- Grammar
- Accord Auto-corrective exercises for Accord textbook with CD. The book and CD are in the Library's collection
- Ortholud (for beginners)
- "Work on your French grammar - no matter what your level - with these hand-picked grammar lessons and resources." Also includes URLs to listening, writing, speaking, vocabulary and spelling resources
- Listening
- Litterature audio.com a fantastic collection of audio books with 4092 titles
- Literature of French expression read aloud or sung from the University of Tennessee at Martin
- Pronunciation
- Alphabet phonétique phonetic alphabet for the sounds of French
- French flashcards
- Dictée donnée avec les signes de l'api: l'heure de la violette literary extracts given in phonetic alphabet: your task is to retranscribe them in French
- Writing
- Ecriture a large set of writing information and activities from Premiers pas sur Internet, ou l'Internet pour enfants
- Franceworld find a pen-pal
- Listen and write
- Orthogram.com orthographe et grammaire
- Vocabulary
- Délégation générale à la langue française
- Jeux de mots word games
- LanguageGuide.org French vocabulary
- Goethe-Tests
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Blogs
- Adventures on the bookshelf from Oxford University. In English, for anyone interested in French language and culture. Also useful for students considering studying French at Oxford University
- Cinéma et culture française à Oxford
- La plume francophone
- Le blog de Pierre Assouline la république des livres (advanced level)
- Le blog des correcteurs du Monde Langue sauce piquante (very advanced level)
- Ortholud apprendre le Français en s'amusant (beginner's level) accompanying blog to Ortholud website
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MediaLatest news will be on the Library Netvibes page
- CSA Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel
- INA Institut national de l'audiovisuel
- Print
- Le Canard Enchainé the title page is available
- Courrier International Summaries of international news stories, links to the original source newspaper and other related sites covering the topic in question
- France-Amerique
- Le Parisien
- Le Monde
- Les Echos Daily economic information
- Libération
- Ouest-France
- Le Soleil de Québec
- Sympatico Info Express
- Le Devoir Montreal's daily newspaper
- Radio
- TV
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Culture
- General
- Académie française
- Commission Canadienne de Tourisme
- La FNAC cultural shop
- La Marseillaise, the French National anthem information, lyrics, tune
- Literature of French expression read aloud or sung from the University of Tennessee at Martin
- Ministry of Culture
- Several musical and literary links on the library's Delicious page
- Les Bandes Dessinées (Links to Francophone cartoons/comics)
- BD oubliées
- Dargaud édition
- Drozophile édition
- Futuropolis édition
- Les Humanoïdes Associés édition
- Parlez-nous de vos bd préférés discussion of French cartoons
- Festival d'Angoulême
- Moving images
- Cannes
- Centre national de la cinématographie
- Cinématheque française online French cinema museum.
- Ecran noir Online magazine for cinema.
- Gaumont Archives of the French film company, including a history of the Cannes Film Festival
- Gobelins the moving image school, worth checking their youtube channel
- INA Institut national de l'audiovisuel
- Lumière Cinema
- Unifrance For the promotion of French cinema
- Food and Drink
- La Francophonie
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- L'Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie
- Documentation Française dossier Francophonie excellent site with serious documentation
- Littérature francophone wikipedia which can be acadienne, africaine, algérienne, belge, guadeloupéenne, haïtienne, indienne, marocaine, martiniquaise, mauricienne, polynésienne, québéquoise, réunionnaise, suisse ou tunisienne
- Mondes en VF Francophone literature with extracts of new books and audio
- Galleries, Museums and Libraries
- Literature
- Fabula
- Littérature francophone entry from wikipedia which can be acadienne, africaine, algérienne, belge, guadeloupéenne, haïtienne, indienne, marocaine, martiniquaise, mauricienne, polynésienne, québéquoise, réunionnaise, suisse ou tunisienne.
- Poésie française selection of over 1500 French poems, searchable by author, title and century. Some poems can also be listened to via Real Audio.
- Salon du Livre le rendez-vous littéraire de l'année.
- LITAF : littérature africaine francophone bibliographical database of literature of French speaking Sub-Saharan Africa containing more than 6,500 references to fiction of all genres, poems, drama, essays, biography and autobiography, myths and legends children’s literature and BD.
- Littérature orale et écrite des îles
- Theatre
- La Comédie-Française
- L'Odéon Includes 8,500 item library, archives specialising in the history of theatre.
- Théâtre de la Colline
- Théâtre de la Criée (Théâtre national de Marseille)
- Le Théâtre national de Strasbourg
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Science and Technology
- Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada
- D&NT Legal issues surrounding new technology
- Unité Réseaux du CNRS
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Government
- Assemblée nationale
- Education department official homepage
- French senate official homepage
- Terminologie de la politique moderne - A local resource available to computers in the Oxford domain only. By Michael Abecassis & Laure Ayosso, Language Centre Tutors.
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Business and Economics
- Les Echos Daily economic information
- Monetos multilingual research and information portal, offering independent instruction and advice on Europe's social and private financial sectors
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Sport
- Le sport sans limites French sports link
- Le Web du Tour de France
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Miscellany
- Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des libertés
- Europa A directory of 200 French language schools throughout France. Includes regional details and details of language exams
- Jeu de l'oie game
- Language travel a directory of French language schools
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