Bonjour, mes étudiants! I miss you all and hope you’re doing well. If you’re sitting home bored and worrying “How will I keep up my French when I’m not in school?!?”, here are some links to websites with some resources you can use at home. Some may be more appropriate to your proficiency level than others, but I’ll do my best to keep adding more things as I find them. À bientôt!!! Feel free to email me to keep in touch and ask questions as they arise. This time is confusing for all of us, but I’m hoping things return to normalcy soon. À bientôt!!!
Learning and practicing vocabulary:
Visit my Kahoot or Quizlet links (located on the French 1 and French 2 tabs)
www.kahoot.it (my account: dchampion)
www.quizlet.com (my account: deechamp5)
https://www.duolingo.com/ (they even have podcasts and stories!)
www.textivate.com (student login username: kinggeorge9 password: student5610)
https://apprendre.tv5monde.com/fr
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
Listening and Reading practice:
More than 100 stories to listen to: https://papapositive.fr/plus-de-100-histoires-a-ecouter-enfamille/?fbclid=IwAR0cEPYOgkRZ3njkMXnTkw9Bz44swHpL0oMaiUU6iY8bip_evUHtJUzJrsI
Great Story Reading Project (short stories categorized by difficulty level)
https://storiesfirst.org/greatstoryreadingproject/groups/francais/?fbclid=IwAR0cEPYOgkRZ3njkMXnTkw 9Bz44swHpL0oMaiUU6iY8bip_evUHtJUzJrsI
Le Petit Journal Francophone (short, easy "newspaper" articles)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QMNSiReeuiLisqzgEZBrwpBniiSB6OKbnCQGA12aHk/edit?fbclid=IwAR1NJ2fNPVSG0y1nvJI6FvgB5rTpf1kTtc Dazs_EJ5Uuk9BEMr34LYASePc#
If this link doesn't work, follow this link https://towardproficiency.com/products/
then scroll down until you see Le Petit Journal Francophone (subscriptions) and it will have a place to click for all the free articles.
News for kids in French! https://www.1jour1actu.com/
Read, Listen, or watch/listen to a fairy tale in French! https://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/
The Fable Cottage (more stories to listen to/read) https://www.thefablecottage.com/
Lingo Master- audiobooks, PDFs available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MamQy0IQ23Y
Children's Books Forever!- French
https://childrensbooksforever.com/childrenpages/french?fbclid=IwAR0OcpBLbf9DmBFZAdgOvouiRAjzkYgNKxO_dkLbAQzqjQANht8TYdxJd_E
YouTube channels & Podcasts:
Coffee Break French podcast
https://coffeebreakacademy.com/p/coffee-break-french-season1/?affcode=81877_ptytrdru
Français facile podcast
https://www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com/francais-debutant-apprendre-le-francais
Learn French by Podcast https://learnfrenchbypodcast.com/index.php
French Fairy Tales https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCub5dBzD6H9Qc06ZJms9Ggg
Comme une Française https://www.youtube.com/user/CommeUneFrancaiseTV/videos
Easy French https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoUWq2QawqdC3-nRXKk-JUw
Alice Ayel: French the natural way https://www.youtube.com/user/aliceayel
(SUPER AMAZING CHANNEL FOR BEGINNERS!!)
Moments avec Madame- short videos around the house using French!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrqbb-MWtuTfpKq_oxWRDIg
Learn French with Alexa https://www.youtube.com/user/learnfrenchwithalexa/videos
French avec Nous https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHpoUn7vjq9J3Y_TNKrtaZA
Culture:
https://french-iceberg.com/
https://www.francophonie.org/
https://culture.tv5monde.com/
Virtual tours of places in France:
Louvre virtual tours https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
Museums (including Musée d’Orsay in Paris)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/travel-trivia/stuck-at-home-these-12-famous-museums-offer-virtual-tours-you-can-take-on-your-couch-video/ar-BB119nm6?li=BBnbfcL&fbclid=IwAR0_OBJH7lSyTN3ug_MsOeFnNgB1orTa9OBgilKJ7dhnwlVvHEsptuKkj1c
Places in France https://www.360cities.net/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=France
Loire Valley https://www.france24.com/en/20160708-visit-france-loire-valley-free-take-virtual-tour-tourism-castles-chateau
Songs/Music:
Confinement- Silly song about being stuck at home during Covid-19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1GfW-QNOCY&fbclid=IwAR2mtoL-TBxbE63IqagzM9Qyruf1sotMzS3arMDj9TcFbR_87PXXyx6H8GM
We Are Kids United channel- Unicef kids singing group
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrUlt5TwS6OUD8xpC36EBvw
Even more resources!!! (dictionaries, grammar, and more!)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tSFKE7QJ6ACEDQNDRlW1bF8KG1Qogdkq4O7BSg4u_yY/edit?fb clid=IwAR1VQ8DJI7QWxmuAcPs9aP7DhTjtqDhPGCtzRW9tFEHJwrPonLuguwEbW38
University of Texas: Tex’s French Grammar https://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/