French as a Second Language
General
French as a Second Language (FSL) Homework Toolbox: Help for parents with children in French Immersion.
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Free lesson resources for MFL teachers - Includes resources for French KS3 and KS4.
French games for learners - French Games is a free website for kids and young adults learning French. It provides a full set of lessons, games and tests for learners.
Ontario Core French Teachers on Facebook - A space for Core French teachers to meet and share experiences, discuss strategies and ideas and upcoming events. French Immersion teachers welcome as well!
French Teachers in New Zealand - Dozens of resources created by FSL teachers (mouse over "Resources" in the menu).
Crickweb - 9 Key Stage 2 French interactive teaching resources for Primary/Elementary Schools. Ages 8-11 years.
The LanguagePoint - Collections - Resources for teaching French uploaded by language teachers.
French Revision — This site contains tons of interactive French exercises. There are listening, reading and writing exercises. The exercises mark themselves and a score is given! This site is primarily aimed at students (aged 11 to 18), but there is a lot of material available for teachers too.
Blogs by Canadian FSL Teachers – Five blogging FSL teachers from various parts of Canada share resources and ideas.
Sharing FSL Resources with Pinterest - FSL teachers are using Pinterest to share ideas and resources with others. Here are a few Pinterest boards maintained by FSL educators.
Interactive French – “This resource offers interactive PowerPoint exercises for mixed ability groups in Years 7, 8 and 9 [Key Stage 3] French language learning… Most Interactive PowerPoint presentations feature vocabulary practice, levelled reading exercises and levelled written tasks. Some may offer listening exercises.”
ACCENT: discover French beyond the classroom – Directory of resources and activities in French for schools. ACCENT is a joint project of the Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta (ACFA) and Canadian Parents for French (CPF), Alberta Branch.
Français eXtra –« français eXtra provides a huge range of interactive exercises and games to enable users to improve their listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in a fun and stimulating way. »
Travelling Exhibition of Political Cartoons Depicting 40 years of Language Debates: A Perfect Language Learner Assignment by Sarah Du Broy
French Tongue Twisters (virelangues) – This Web page lists 177 tongue twisters in French with a “rough translation” for each.
French for Fun - This Web site offers an extensive number of varied resources for FSL learners : videos (including music videos), vocabulary word cards, interactive exercises, sound files, quizzes…
Français interactif — This site includes authentic, spoken French language via digital audio and video clips, a French grammar reference, self-correcting French grammar exercises, vocabulary and phonetics sections, Internet-based activities, comparative cultural polling, and an electronic workbook.
Problems in Modern Foreign Languages — This Web site is maintained by David R. Wilson, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It offers resources for teaching French and German as well as links to various useful documentation: Bibliography of Modern Foreign Languages and Special Educational Needs; Information and Communications Technology (ICT): Special character entry; Applying New Technologies Appropriately to Modern Foreign Languages.
Second Language Research Institute of Canada: seeks to address needs related to teacher education, professional development, curriculum development, research, and evaluation in the field of second language (SL) education, provides SL educators with current information related to SL learning and teaching. Their Web site offers a number of useful features.
Français interactif — This site includes authentic, spoken French language via digital audio and video clips, a French grammar reference, self-correcting French grammar exercises, vocabulary and phonetics sections, Internet-based activities, comparative cultural polling, and an electronic workbook.
BBC - Schools - Primary French - "BBCi Schools is a service for children, parents and teachers at home and at school - fun and easy to use curriculum based learning resources."
French Studies - Trent University - A list of online tools for French Studies - University level
French Tutorial – Standard Edition — The French Tutorial is a web-based step-by-step lesson 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 for faster searches.
French words in English - This is a list of words that retain their French spelling in English. Some of them may also feature written French accents, or be written in italics, or have a strange or little-known pronunciation in English, in any combination.




