Culture




The oldest bakery of Paris that was opened by Louis XV's pastry chef.
Take an insider tour of a Parisian bakery and witness how French baguettes and croissants are made.




Christmas Links:

A website about Christmas in France

Listen to French children singing "chants de noel":

Listen to French radio... Holiday Songs Included:

Links:  Christmas in France:


Links:  French Christmas Songs:
With animation and lyrics:
(Click on the calendar numbers to hear the song.)
(click on the titles in the train to hear them)

Wonderful Collection of Sites
Source:  http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/legacy/Curriculum/modlang/french/french_weblinks/fr_links.htm


News/Current Affairs

Live news bulletins from the France2 channel
http://jt.france2.fr/
Live news from France3
http://jt.france3.fr/
Live news from the TF1 station
http://www.tf1.fr/video/news/
The latest news - in French
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/
World service Afrique page - excellent for authentic listening and reading about current affairs and issues.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/
One of France's leading newspapers
http://www.lemonde.fr/
Radio France's international site
http://www.radiofranceinternationale.fr/
TF1 News Channel site
http://news.tf1.fr/news
Music radio site for NRJ (Energie)
http://www.nrj.fr/music/actualites/index.php
A superb site for reading about the news and general knowledge. Searchable archives.
http://www.lesclesjunior.com

Culture and Customs

The Ashcombe's own list of Christmas web links
http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/Curriculum/modlang/common/xmas.htm
Find out about French culture with pictures, sound, video and interactive exercises.
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/civ/
Overview of all things French!
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/
Interactive exercises to learn about Europe through the medium of French
http://www.europe.learningtogether.net/
Maps and photos of buildings in major French towns; pinpoints where you are on the map
http://photos.pagesjaunes.fr/
Learn about French gestures and much, much more!
http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa020901a.htm
Why learn French? Maybe you'll want a job there one day!
http://www.french.about.com/cs/employment/index.htm
The diary of someone who moved to the country - interesting info & tips on language and culture
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/community/diary/janie_220104.shtml
The French Senate
http://www.senat.fr/
Links to French art, culture and literature
http://clicnet.swarthmore.edu/












Food and Drink

A wonderful site for finding the right restaurant for you in Paris. Includes pictures and sound.
http://paris.planresto.fr/
Page from where you can find menus, ingredients, types of meal
http://cuisine.aol.fr/cuisine/Smenu_Jour


Healthy Living

Practical advice on health
http://www.pratique.fr/sante/
Official site dealing with all sorts of health issues
http://www.sante.gouv.fr/
Yahoo index of items relating to health
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/54/

Holidays and Tourism

Investigate Youth Hostels in Belgium. Develop reading skills and cultural awareness while expanding your vocabulary. Adaptable for older students and for a wider range of communicative or investigative tasks.
http://www.laj.be/html/fr/auberges/auberges.htm
Plan an itinerary for one full day in Paris using the Internet and other resources
http://members.tripod.com/MsDSmith/
If this is the first time you have been to France, this is the place to find what it has to offer
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/
Find out some background info before you travel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/france_insideout/

Home and Home Life

From Welsh NGfL: lessons in describing your town and your house.
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/
Plan an itinerary for one full day in Paris using the Internet and other resources
http://www.courrierinternational.com/
Home and home life: Play the 'Living the Dream' Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/living_the_dream/game.shtml

Leisure and Interests

French pop videos with interactive captions, slow play, and listening game. Includes also an interview with jazz pianist Mario Canonge, from Martinique.
http://sofrenchysochic.com
Tour de France Diary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/tour_diary/
French Tennis Federation
http://www.fft.fr/
French Football Federation
http://www.fff.fr/
Vocab list for football
http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/football.shtml

Literature and Reading

A lovely site to add to French / Reading - lots of activities based around La Fontaine's fables
http://lafontaine.mmlc.nwu.edu/la_une/table_des_matieres.html
Proverbs and translations
http://perso.club-internet.fr/dmachin/proverbes.html
For a more advanced class:, you can listen to and read the articles at the same time
http://www.laguinguette.com/
Resources from this attractive Swiss school site - contains games, jokes and interactive curricular activities.
http://borzuat.ecolevs.ch/jeux.htm

The Media

Click 'en cen moment' to find out what programmes are being shown at the moment. Thanks to Ringwood school for a worksheet which accompanies this site. Download it here
http://www.tele7jours.presse.fr/
France's most popular newspaper
http://www.lemonde.fr/
Download film trailers in French from this site
http://france2.fr/cultureetloisirs/cinema/
Proverbs and translations
http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-info/direct/
For a more advanced class:, you can listen to and read the articles at the same time
http://links2learning.multiservers.com/French/news.html
Advice to teachers on exploiting the media from TV5.
Good articles and pictures, even you don't use the television programmes.
http://www.france5.fr/education/

Self, Family and Friends

Description of the Simpsons!
http://site.voila.fr/simpson17/
More Simpsons! Good for practising family-related vocabulary
http://membres.lycos.fr/simpsons/

Services and Shopping

A popular shop for books and media
http://www.fnac.com

Social Issues

Agencies involved with maintaining the environment
http://www.environnement-dev-educ.net/
La France sous l'occupation
http://www.mrbatignole.com/

Travel and Transport

Air France - the national airline
http://bv.airfrance.fr/cgi-bin/FR/frameset.jsp
The official site of the National Railway System
http://www.sncf.com/
Official site dealing with all aspects of travel
http://www.transports.equipement.gouv.fr/frontoffice/

Weather and Climate

The Weather Channel site
http://www.lachainemeteo.com/

Work and Careers

Section within the Phosphore site for researching chosen jobs
http://www.phosphore.bayardweb.com/rubrique?rub=PhoEtuMetiers

Youth Culture

The website of l'Armée du Salut
http://www.citecool.com/index.html
Les " ethnokids ", c'est-à-dire des ethnologues en herbe, mènent des enquêtes sur leurs modes de vie, leurs cultures, leurs environnements. Ce site propose de nombreuses ressources permettant aux enseignants ou animateurs de réaliser un projet pour la classe ou le groupe, et sensibiliser ainsi les jeunes aux cultures du monde.
http://www.ethnokids.net/
Découvre les 641 questions - réponses de Késako.
http://membres.lycos.fr/wwwkesakofr/home.html
Ce portail s'adresse aussi bien aux parents, aux professeurs, qu'aux enfants et regroupe principalement des centaines de sites dédiés à l'enfance. Que ce soit en matière d'éducation (scolaire ou parentale) ou en divertissement, nous avons sélectionné pour vous le meilleur du net francophone. Nous mettons également à votre disposition de nombreuses activités et ressources.
http://www.sitespourenfants.com/
Site pour enfant, parent et enseignant
http://www.takatrouver.net/
From this page ypu can open Ozzy Osbourne's world in French. Beware bad language!
http://www.mtv.fr/mtv.fr/
Site for teenagers about leisure, etc.
http://www.zoneados.net/

Learning and Revision

Dictionaries and translation for many languages.
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/
Hundreds of language quizzes.
http://en.bab.la/quizzes/
Vocabulary lessons in 16 languages.
http://en.bab.la/lesson/vocabulary/
Languageplus.com has FREE online games/activites testing the 4 skills at different levels in French or Japanese. You will need to register yourself first, then register your students. You will be able to check time spent, scores and students' progress.
http://www.languageplus.com.au/
The home page of a Spanish teacher of French with links to some fantastic resources
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/
French Songs! A wide collection of songs with Hot Potatoes interactive activities ... superb!
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/hotpot/chansons/index.htm
Practise telling the time and countries: click here to find out the time in any country
http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/voyageurs/horloge.php
A site which is being created. Resources designed to be used in the classroom mainly, so you'd need a connection to the laptop and projector. Great links.
http://www.atantot.com/menu.htm
A short 'course', in broadband video, covering basic tourist phrases (Register as a student first)
http://www.learn.cd
Huge range of resources from LinguaScope, a site by Stephane Derône
http://www.linguascope.com/
L'école des vedettes: A new site from Linguascope 
http://www.linguascope.com/pop/edv.php
Activities for teachers and learners of French
http://www.zut.org.uk/
BBCi language site with a wealth of exercises and resources.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
BBCi language site now has the Vingt Minutes transcripts available
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/lj/
Resources and links from Ripon Grammar School
http://www.frenchteacher.net
Popular revision site with a wealth of exercises and resources for each area of the GCSE syllabus with useful examiner feedback:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/
Jean-Pierre Palasse is producing a range of interactive quizzes for learners of French
French version: http://comenius.fc-tic.net/Fr/GePrCrPa.htm  English version
French Grammar from the University of Texas
http://www2.lamc.utexas.edu/frgr/index.t
Keep up-to-date with these slang expressions in French
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/french_cool/
New primary French course from the BBC. Excellent presentation and practice through colourful characters, interactive games and song.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/
Useful weblinks from the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/4_11/languages.shtml
Description: interesting info and chat about the language e.g. pitfalls and humour!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/community/index.shtml
Background tips on living and working in France
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/french/forwork/
Quick Fix: Essential phrases for the language
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/quickfix/index.shtml
French Dictionary
http://wordreference.com/fr/
Masses of resources from Habergham High School, a Beacon School in Burnley
http://www.reallyusefulfrench.co.uk/
Follow up Channel 4's 'Extra' features
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/E/extra/french_flash_home.html
A site for advanced learners, where they can learn French by solving a murder mystery!
http://www.polarfle.com/l
A very wide range of resources and exercise on this extensive site
http://french.about.com/
Follow up Channel 4's 'Extra' features
http://culturel.org/
A wondeful site for testing simple vocabulary
http://users.skynet.be/providence/vocabulaire/francais/menu.htm
Construct an imaginary web site about a circus in France
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/langacad/lecirque/index.html
A fantastic site with mases of links to a very wide range of categories
http://www.study-links.com/
Superb revision site - one of the best!
http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk/
Exercises and revision for Y10 and Y11 students
http://www.learn.co.uk/default.asp?WCI=Topic&WCU=3960
Well organised and comprehensive resources
http://www.fle.fr/ressources/index.html
Follow up Channel 4's 'Extra' features
http://www.institut-parisien.com/ipmag/index.html
Learning and Revision site - with links to KS3 topics
http://www.fusee.co.uk
Herts Grid for Learning MFL section - useful and well-maintained with some excellent advice
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/mfl/
An attractive wide-ranging site which would be of interest to KS2 students
http://www.lapinville.net/index.htm
A site specifically for French teachers wanting to exploit the Internet.
http://millennium.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/weboscope/francais/

Searching and Information

Portal type search engine which also gives access to news and many other features
http://fr.yahoo.com/
Very fast and efficient search engine. Provides the results for many other search programs.
http://www.google.com/intl/fr/
The Guardian newspaper's portal site with links to all things French
http://education.guardian.co.uk/netclass/schools/modernlanguages/