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News and Media

Selection of links to French and Francophone websites for television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and other media.

Travel and Study Abroad

Selection of links to French and Francophone airlines and train stations, main cities and study abroad programs.

SNCF (trains)
Eurostar (France/England)
Thalys (Belgium, France, Netherlands, Germany)
Air France (Airline)

Shopping

Links to websites selling French and Francophone products (music, book, etc...)

La Redoute

Language Associations

Links to French and Francophone language associations.

AATF (American Association of Teachers of French)
Modern Languages Associations
Teachers.net (Discussion board)

Local Connections

Links to French and Francophone stores, restaurants, museums, etc, located in the Denver-Boulder metropolitan area.

French American Chamber of Commerce

Alliance Française de Denver

Teaching Resources

Links to French teaching resources.

Language Instruction

Polar FLE http://www.polarfle.com/ Murder mystery that students have to solve. There are tutorials followed by practice activities, a built-in scoring rubric and audio components. There are four levels of difficulty.

Chloe http://www.ur.se/chloe/ Nine-chapter story (partly illustrated) that used to be a radio program. Students can either read the chapters or listen to them. It comes with a set of activities.

Retrouvez le Sourire http://www.magelis.com/ciep/ouvrir.html High tech simulation of a detective story. Students have to look for Mona Lisa's smile. It includes cultural information on the city of Paris.

Le Conjugueur http://www.leconjugueur.com Students can enter a verb form or an infinitive to see how it is conjugated in the various tenses. The software can be downloaded and used offline.

Culture & Society

Les Africains de la Chanson Francophone http://www.lehall.com/galerie/africains/index.html This website provides a beautiful window on African music from various parts of the continent. Students can listen to music samples while reading French texts about the life of the artists.

L'union Européenne en Bref http://europa.eu.int/abc/index_fr.htm L'Union Europeenne en Bref is a comprehensive reference website providing information on the European union, its institutions and history.

Literature

Jean de la Fontaine http://www.jdlf.com Reference website on Jean de la Fontaine. It provides a biography, digital versions of his work, as well as a number of audio files.

Brouillon d’Ecrivain http://expositions.bnf.fr/brouillons/index.htm The website is sponsored by the BNF (Bibliothéque Nationale de France). It provides scanned versions of authentic manuscripts, pictures and video clips.

Le Génie du Manguier http://frenchrc.rutgers.edu/lgm/htm/01_accueil.htm Presentation of an interactive version of a francophone short story (Le Génie du Manguier). It comes with a set of activities and a lesson plan.

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