French | Français: Useful Web Links | Liens utiles d'internet

Practice your grammar with the help of a couple of Texas armadillos, Tex & Tammy, and other friendly critters. Developed for students at the University of Texas.

This Web site from the BBC offers several tools, games, and other resources to help you improve your French listening and speaking skills.

Listen and learn a new, useful word or phrase everyday.

Listen to a short news story read slowly in French to improve your listening comprehension skills. Site includes a vocabulary flashcard for the story. (This site includes some free content as well as some that requires paid access.)

The Web site of RFI - Radio France Internationale, France's international radio broadcasting service, offers several podcasts and associated resources for learning French. Le journal en français facile (News in simple French) and other podcasts are available here.

A database of audio files of the pronunciation of more than 70,000 French words and phrases. Pronunciations are recorded by native speakers. The databases is searchable.

This brief, simple introduction to French in ten parts includes video clips and printable activities. Topics include greetings, food and drink, asking for directions, and shopping.

This collection of interactive video units from BBC Languages includes transcripts, vocabulary lists with audio files, and activities.

This structured online French course, developed for the Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, offers several video dialogues, with accompanying audio files and interactive text.

This structured online French course, developed for the Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, offers several video dialogues with accompanying audio files and interactive text. It is a continuation of the Elementary French I course offered by the Open Learning Initiative.

Weekly French news magazine with global news, including celebrities and culture.

Web site of a respected and authoritative French newspaper.

Web site of a Parisian daily newspaper.

Weekly French-language news magazine, similar to Time magazine.

Web site of a French-language newspaper based in Montréal.

News and culture from French-speaking African countries.

The leading French press service, similar to the Associated Press (AP) in the U.S., providing French-language news and photojournalism with a global focus.
L’Agence France-Presse (AFP) est une agence de presse mondiale fournissant une information rapide, vérifiée et complète en vidéo, texte, photo, multimédia et infographie sur les événements qui font l’actualité internationale.