Language teaching

1Communication

• Francofil: General forum of discussion for scholars and teachers working in all areas of French and Francophone Studies
• Francopholistes.com: L'annuaire pour retrouver tous ceux qui partagent vos passions
• Jiscmail: Academic discussion groups
• Quartier français: Café Électronique / Club Des Jeunes Au Coeur
• Usenet: Google's Usenet Discussion Service

2Info / teaching bodies

• AATF: American Association of Teachers of French homepage. Of particular interest is the large resources page.
• AFLS: Association of French Language Studies
• Alliance française UK: French cultural body. See also AF France - Institut français
• Association of Language Learning : UK association supporting all forms of Modern Language learning
• BECTA: Government agency on the use of ICT in education. Includes Teachers online demonstrating how being online can improve classroom practice, leadership and administration
• CILT: Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research. Includes Linguanet, the CILT resources website
• DfEE TeacherNet: Access to government information and services
• LTSN: The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies.
• National Curriculum: Full information about Modern Foreign Languages curriculum, including print versions. Also useful is the site of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
• National Grid for Learning: UK government site supporting all forms of learning via the Internet. NB - materials are evaluated for web accessibility but NOT for pedagical content
• Society for French Studies: Includes detailed list of University French Departments
• Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies: Part of the UK-wide Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN)
• Virtual teacher centre: Including its Teacher resource exchange

3Online lessons

• FrenchTutorial.com: Web-based step by step course covering basics, pronunciation, but also grammar, vocabulary and everyday French. It offers audio support for better oral comprehension, a table of contents and an index.

4Publishers / bookshops

• Arnold
• Blackwells
• Gallimard
• Galore Park
• Hachette
• Hatier
• Heinemann
• Hodder
• J'ai Lu
• Larousse
• Oxford University Press
• Presses Universitaires de France
• Routledge

5Research

• Humbul: Humanities Research Resources
• MMU library homepage: With links to main catalogue, electronic resources and other libraries
• Pinakes: Information gateways hub
• SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway
• Web of science: Research databases (subscription site)

6Teaching resources

• About.com: Free resources for students, teachers, and lovers of French: lessons, quizzes, sound files, Q+A forums, and much more.
• Allo website: Association of Language Learning French links site for schools
• Au point: Nelson Thornes
• BBC French: Resources include Accents d'Europe, a series of news stories for more advanced learners in audio and written form. The French Connection, offering transcripts, audio and written extracts and translations from the BBC TV programme looking at how French is spoken around the world. French Steps, a beginner's French course. GCSE Bitesize French offering activities for revising the GCSE French syllabus.
• Channel 4 Secondary French materials: These include Extra, a series of French-language TV programmes following a soap opera format. And Homework High enables students aged 16 or under to submit questions about their work via the Internet to qualified teachers.
• ClicNet FLE: Links to Français Langue Etrangère resources
• DofE shemes of work: Schemes of work developed by the Department of Education
• Equipe: Oxford Univeristy Press
• Exam board listing (Good Schools Guide): Includes links to AQA, EDEXCEL and OCR
• First-year French at UT Austin: An excellent site created by the University of Austin, Texas. Includes Tex's French Grammar, intermediate level grammar notes (including audio examples) and exercises. Recently extended to include a set of internet-based activities
• French Grammar Central: A large collection of links to grammar exercises of disparate quality
• Frenchassistant.com: Free site including online French language lessons and question generator
• Frenchrevision.co.uk: Resources for GCSE and A Level
• Fusée: Free website accompanying Hodder & Stoughton's Key Stage 3 French course Fusée
• Hot Potatoes: Javascript authoring software
• Learn.co.uk: The Guardian
• London Metropolitan University: Language exercises compiled using their own authoring software
• London Metropolitan University: Authoring program that allows language teachers to prepare their own audio-enhanced websites containing a variety of interactive exercises. Requires user subscription.
• Quartier français teaching resources: Large resources site created by the University of Richmond, US
• quia.com: A US site offering free access to language games including flashcards, matching, concentration (memory), word search and hangman. Teachers pay a subsciption to use games templates and games are stored on Quia's server
• Softissimo.com: Extensive collection of notes on grammar, punctuation and vocabulary
• WELL project: Teaching and learning resources on the Internet
• zut.org.uk: A very imaginative site aimed at school learners

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