Additional Languages Useful Links

USEFUL WEBSITES FOR LEARNING FRENCH – for all levels including beginners

Sites publics de vidéos d'apprentissage

• Modules pédagogiques sur le site de la BBC : http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/index.shtml#hptab
  Débutants : French steps
  Faux débutants : Ma France
  Intermédiaire : Reportages
• Cours de français interactif de l’université du Texas: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/
• Bonjour de France : http://www.bonjourdefrance.com/
• Dynamots : http://claweb.cla.unipd.it/home/smazurelle/dynamots/index.htm 
• Françaventure : http://ares.cnice.mec.es/frances/animaciones/index.html  
• The Massachussets Institute of Technology offers a completely free French course online. Go to their MITOPENCOURSEWARE website at: ocw.mit.edu and look for French courses under Humanities, Arts and Social Science. The direct link for French courses is: http://search.mit.edu/search?__EVENTTARGET=&__EVENTARGUMENT=&site=ocw&client=mit&getfields=*&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=http%3A%2F%2Focw.mit.edu%2FOcwWeb%2Fsearch%2Fgoogle-ocw.xsl&proxyreload=1&as_dt=i&oe=utf-8&departmentName=web&courseName=&q=french&btnG.x=0&btnG.y=0

Vidéos de partage (videos uploaded by learners):

• http://www.apprendrefacile.com/
• http://www.netprof.fr/
• http://www.vodemotion.com/
• http://smart.fm (a website created mainly for Japanese learners, but with a short and growing French section)
• If you would like to meet some French speaking people and make friends, try this website: http://french.meetup.com/835/

Activités interactives en français:

• Polar FLE : http://www.polarfle.com/
  Analyse du site : http://alsic.u-strasbg.fr/Num6/cord/alsic_n06-log2.htm
• Internef : http://internef.mmlc.northwestern.edu/intermain.html
  (To access the site, just fill in your details. When it is done, access is immediately possible) 
• L'Odyssée : http://fis.ucalgary.ca/odyssee/
• Chloé ou Les aventures d’une parisienne : http://www.ur.se/chloe/
• Bravo sur Canal Rêve : http://www.didierbravo.com/
  « Amusez-vous en apprenant le français » et « Pratiquez votre français avec Canal rêve »
• Canal Rêve : http://babelnet.sbg.ac.at/canalreve/
• Peinturefle : http://www.peinturefle.ovh.org/
• Adodoc : http://www.adodoc.net/
• TV5 : Cités du monde : http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendre-francais/collection-26-Voyages___Cites_du_Monde.htm
• L’auberge : http://auberge.int.univ-lille3.fr/
• Écrire des cartes postales : http://www.cybercartes.com/cartes/all/12/t/1

• Recto Verso (FLE activities)

A site full of exercises for students (check out the students’ corner)
http://www.rectoverso.org/#

Vocabulaire :

• Lexique : http://cweb.middlebury.edu/cr/lexique/
• Vokabel (Exercices Vocabulaires) : http://www.vokabel.com/french.html
• Imagier.net : http://www.imagiers.net/index.php (Développement du lexique)

Phonétique :

• To listen and practice the alphabet and French vowels/consonants, this site is great:

http://phonetique.free.fr/indexvir.htm

• For a more academic approach to French phonetics and for a vowel chart, go to:

http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/spielmag/courses/phonetique/voyelles.htm

• To listen to a text you have chosen (with script)

http://demo.acapela-group.com

• To download: One zip file containing more than 15 000 words and sentences pronounced

http://www.imagiers.net/mp3pack/

Online dictionaries:

• http://www.wordreference.com/
• http://french.about.com/library/pronunciation/bl-audiodico.htm

• Dictionnaire visuel : http://www.ledictionnairevisuel.com/
• French-English Dictionary : http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary/

Grammaire :

• Grammaire interactive (Softissimo) : http://grammaire.reverso.net/

• Grammar: learn to conjugate verbs

http://www.leconjugueur.com

• Another conjugator site:

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/conjugator

• French grammar explained at Austin University, Texas http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/v1.html
• Any questions, try About.com:

http://french.about.com/library/writing/bl-capitalization.htm

• Very precise questions, try WordReference.com:

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/voulu

Chansons françaises:

• Chanson du mois (Song of the month with script):http://atelier.de.francais.over-blog.com/article-4201345.html

• La chanson francophone pour le FLE : http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/hotpot/chansons/index.htm
• Extracts of French songs with lyrics translated in English: Song Peddler http://www.songpeddler.com/SchoolsOfTheSacredHeart/IlEstNeLeDivinEnfant_SSHeart.asp
• YouTube (with lyrics translated in Chinese): http://www.youtube.com/Harmonie888

Karaoké en français:
Liens utiles pour le Karaoké ou la chanson française:
http://www.eoiestepona.org/html/juan/exercices/karaoke.html
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/~cvera/ressources/recurfr40.htm
http://insuf-fle.hautetfort.com/archive/2011/06/12/je-veux-un-clip-une-chanson-qui-plaisent.html
http://insuf-fle.hautetfort.com/niveau-a1/
Compréhension écrite (reading comprehension):

• Reading French : http://fis.ucalgary.ca/RF/RF.html
  => compréhension écrite. Invite les apprenants à s’interroger sur leurs stratégies d’apprentissage.

Écoute : La littérature française

• Guy de Maupassant en audio : http://www.guydemaupassant.fr/maupassant.htm
• Gustave Flaubert : http://bovary.univ-rouen.fr/

Écoute : script et enregistrement audio

• Reportages faits par des étudiants (investigations headed and recorded by students) : www.mondefictif.wordpress.com 

Les médias français ou francophones pour les étudiants du français :

• TV5 Monde: www.tv5.org

A very interesting and rich site which proposes all kinds of activities including: radio and TV online; songs; interactive dictations; online dictionaries, press articles, quizzes, etc.

In particular :

• The programme called 7-jours sur la planète : http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/7-jours/index.php?id_dossier=131 gives a summary of news each week and proposes various exercises linked to each item of news to students. It is an excellent way for you to practice your listening skills.
• The programme “Première classe de français avec TV5 Monde » is for complete beginners and is a fantastic interactive course : http://www.tv5.org/cms/chaine-francophone/enseigner-apprendre-francais/Premiere-classe/p-2040-lg0-Homepage-Premiere-Classe.htm

 

• RFI (Radio France International)

Exercises on radio news + listening with script (on the main page, select “Langue Francaise”; you are then given several items of news at various levels (e.g. “Francais facile” to read and listen to with exercises; key words used in the news appear in a loop at the top of the screen; if you select one of them, an explanation of the meaning of the word will appear)
http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp

• Le site de Radio Canada: http://radio-canada.ca/education/

(look out for the games)

Journaux et magazines:

• Le Monde (one of the most reliable sources of information in France): http://www.lemonde.fr/

Le Monde diplomatique which is an English weekly version of Le Monde is also available at Lingnan library.

• Journal français édité aux U.S.A.: http://www.france-amerique.com/

 

• Le magazine hebdomadaire Télérama (includes not only the TV weekly programme, but many very interesting cultural features): http://www.telerama.fr/techno/madame-bovary-sur-le-net,41942.php

• Very useful and interesting French magazines available at Lingnan library
• Francophonies du sud               
• Le Nouvel observateur  
• Okapi   
• Paroles (in Chinese and French)            
• Le Français dans le Monde

 

Des sites de référence:

• Le site de l’Université de Hong Kong: http://www.hku.hk/french/dcmScreen/lang2043/index.htm

• L’Académie Française: to learn about the institution which protects the purity of “la langue française” and for information about the history of French: http://www.academie-francaise.fr/langue/index.html

 

• Aspects of the French language: to know more about the rules of “féminisation de la langue française” (new spelling/ new conventions): http://atilf.atilf.fr/gsouvay/scripts/feminin.exe

• DELF/DALF: to get information about French qualifications recognized by the French government which can be taken at Alliance Française in Hong Kong http://www.ciep.fr/delfdalf/index.php

 

• Le cartable connecté : http://www.fle.fr/pro/ressources-etu/index.html
  (Centres for learning French in France)

• Learning French in France: http://www.fle.fr/

(General information about French studies)

• Vupar : La France vue par les Américains, les Anglais, les Italiens…

(French people seen by other nations):
http://vupar.wordpress.com/

 

Et la bibliothèque de LINGNAN!

MLLC and Language Learning Online: http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/sac/language/llihome.htm

Lingnan’s Self-Access Materials :
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/libserv/mllc/self_access_material.html

“French Accent” an e-Periodical in French :
http://www.ln.edu.hk/ceal/usefullinks/addlinks.php

 

Japanese Writing System

Japanese Characters; Hiragana &Katakana
http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/jlp/basic/index.htm
http://tisc.isc.u-toyama.ac.jp/self/quiz_hiragana.html
http://tisc.isc.u-toyama.ac.jp/self/quiz_katakana.html

Hiragana& Katakana Quizzes
http://www.hucc.hokudai.ac.jp/~p16537/nihongo/index.html
http://www.mapquiz.net/hk/
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/gakusyu/hiragana2.html
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/site/self/site/gakusyu/katakana2.html

Kanji (Chinese Characters)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/
http://www.kanjisite.com/

How to Display and Type Japanese on Your Computer
http://www.autopenhosting.org/unicode/type-Japanese.html
http://www.coscom.co.jp/learnjapanese801/howtotypejapanese.html

Practice for Typing Japanese
http://tisc.isc.u-toyama.ac.jp/self/quiz_typing.html

 

Listening & Speaking
https://www.erin.ne.jp/jp/ 　「エリンが挑戦　日本語できます」　Japan Foundation
http://nihongo.aots.or.jp/lsj/index.htm  (no need user ID)
http://www.ajalt.org/sj/howto.html  Survival Japanese
http://www.ajalt.org/rwj/　「ちまたの日本語」 “Real World” Japanese
http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/  NHK WORLD Japanese Lessons
http://japanese.human.metro-u.ac.jp/mic-j/home-j.html
http://www.coelang.tufs.ac.jp/english/modules/index.html
http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/
http://www.marinebat.com/nakama/video/index.html

Specific Japanese
http://anime-manga.jp/index.html  Japanese in Anime & Manga   Japan Foundation
http://nihongodecarenavi.jp/  Japanese for nursing and care-work  Japan Foundation

Reading Tool & Vocabulary
http://www.kantango.com/
http://language.tiu.ac.jp/tools_e.html
http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx
http://nihongo.j-talk.com/kanji/
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~kitade/links.htm

Grammar
http://momo.jpf.go.jp/sushi/  Sushi test  Japan Foundation
http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/vjg/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm

Dictionary
http://kotobank.jp/
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/

Reading Material
http://www.hiraganatimes.com/  Hiragana Times
http://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/ja/index.html Click Japan (about Japanese Culture and People)

Video Material
http://web-japan.org/jvt/index.html
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~kitade/links.htm

Japanese News
http://www.nhk.or.jp/ NHK
http://news.tbs.co.jp/ TBS
http://www.asahi.com/ Ashahi
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/ Yomiuri
http://www.nikkei.com/ Nikkei

 

Alphabet/ pronunciation

• http://www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/index.htm (grammar expl. + audio)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPNBYLvB3DU&mode=related&search (video)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc02Ohhnuxs&mode=related&search (video)
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/11/05/rollingrs-28-the-alphabet-pronounced-special-audio-edition/
• http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/pronunciacion.html (online ex.)
• http://members.aol.com/alvareze/spanish/frame.html (audio)
• http://www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/6177/ws-pronun.html (audio)
• http://www.lingolex.com/pronounce/index.htm (audio)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/deletrear_1.htm (spelling ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/deletrear_2.htm (online ex.)

Basic phrases & greetings

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhzmFeH1t64
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU4uvsKlMr4
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2006/10/trial_episode_0_1.html
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2006/10/coffee_break_sp_1.html
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2006/11/coffee_break_sp.html
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2006/11/coffee_break_sp_1.html
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2006/12/coffee_break_sp.html
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/01/21/rollingrs-07-saludos/
• http://spanisharriba.libsyn.com/

Nouns: masculine/ feminine (gender) & Singular/ plural (number)

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/genoun1-list.htm
• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/genoun2-list.htm
• http://spanisharriba.libsyn.com/
• http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_nouns (grammar expl. + audio)
• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/plnoun-list.htm
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/masculino_femenino_1.htm (online ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/singular_plural_1.htm (online ex.)

Nouns & adjectives  agreement

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/adj1-list.htm (grammar expl. & online ex.)
• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/adj2-list.htm (grammar expl. & online ex.)
• http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/adj_noun.html (online ex.)
• http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_adjectives_intro (grammar expl. + audio)

 

Definite/ indefinite articles

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/defart1-list.htm
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/01/18/rollingrs-06-el-and-la/
• http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/grammar/definitearticle.html
• http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/grammar/indefinitearticle.html
• http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_articles_2 (expl. + audio)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/articulos_1.htm (online ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/articulos_2.htm (online ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/articulos_indeterminados_1.htm (online ex.)

Demonstratives

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/demonstratives-list.htm
• http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/grammar/demonstrativeadjectives.html
• http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/demonstrative_adjectives_theory_b (grammar expl. + audio)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/demonstrativos_1.htm (online ex.)

Subject pronouns

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/subpro-list.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKwkbPu02Yg
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/01/07/rolling-rs-01-subject-pronouns/
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/pronombre_personal_1.htm (online ex.)

Regular verbs

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/regverb1-list.htm
• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/regverb2-list.htm
• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/regverb3-list.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s8sVnNNIbs
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/01/10/rollingrs-02-ar-verbs/ (videopodcast)
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/01/11/rollingrs-03-hablar/ (videopodcast)
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/01/16/rollingrs-05-er-verbs-and-comer/ (videopodcast)
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/02/26/rollingrs-12-vivir/ (videopodcast)
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/02/11/rollingrs-10-ser/ (videopodcast)
• http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/present_tense.html (online ex.)
• http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_verbs_intro (grammar expl. + audio)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/verbos_regulares_en_ar_1.htm (online ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/verbos_regulares_en_er_1.htm (online ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/verbos_regulares_en_ir_1.htm (online ex.)

Verbs “Gustar” (“Interesar” “Enacantar”)

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/gustar-list.htm
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2006/12/coffee_break_sp_2.html
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/03/05/rollingrs-13-gustar/
• http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/gustar1.html (online ex.)
• http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/verb_gustar_theory (grammar expl. + audio)
• http://www.todo-claro.com/English/beginners/grammar/El_verbo_gustar/Seite_1.php (online ex.)
• http://mld.ursinus.edu/~JARANA/ejercicios/self-check/gustar2.html (online ex.)
• http://conjuguemos.com/home/docs/nologin/spanish_fillin_grammar_37.html (online ex.)
• http://fis.ucalgary.ca/spanish/201/gustar1.htm (online ex.)

Cardinal umbers

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/cardnum1-list.htm
• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/cardnum2-list.htm
• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/cardnum3-list.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_dQ6A9rEzM
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2007/01/coffee_break_sp_1.html
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/05/26/rollingrs-19-numeros/
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/06/10/rollingrs-20-mas-numeros/
• http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/numeros.html (online ex. + audio)
• http://members.aol.com/alvareze/spanish/frame.html (audio)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/numeros_1.htm (online ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/numeros_2.htm (online ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/numeros_3.htm (online ex.)
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/numeros_4.htm (online ex.)

Questions

• http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/quest.htm
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmnfmuK6kec
• http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/interrogatives.html (online ex.)
• http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/grammar/interrogativeadjectives.html
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/interrogativos_1.htm (online ex.)

Vocabulary

Family:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARUU1PqspE4&mode=related&search=
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy6HpBv3DlM
  
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2006/11/coffee_break_sp_2.html
  
• http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/coffee_break_spanish/2006/11/coffee_break_sp_3.html
  
• http://members.aol.com/alvareze/spanish/frame.html (audio)

colors:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbpToqP3dA
  
• http://www.rollingrs.com/2006/10/25/rollingrs-26-los-colores/
• http://members.aol.com/alvareze/spanish/frame.html (audio)

professions:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9raVW3BMrW4
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82OPdXGMUM
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zn3EHpzrzs
  
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBub1GLgk-c

Nationalities

• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/gentilicios_1.htm
  
• http://www.curso-de-espanol.com/en/gentilicios_2.htm

 

• Russian For Everyone
• Listen 2 Russian
• Time to Speak Russian
• A Touch of Russian – A beginner's guide to the language
• An interactive On-line Reference Grammar
• Russian Language Trainer
• Facebook | All Russian Speakers - Вы говорите по-русски? (Facebook Group)
• Russian music video collection made by Russian language center

Grammar References

• http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/russian/tutorials/
• http://masterrussian.com/
• http://listen2russian.com/
• http://www.russianlessons.net/
• http://sayings.ru/

Dictionaries

• http://www.multitran.ru/ - dictionary
• http://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/Заглавная_страница
• http://www.slovesa.ru/ - словарь ассоциаций (Russian)
• http://www.gramota.ru – for references (Russian)
• http://www.slovopedia.com/ - collection of Rusian-Russian dictionaries

Radio

• http://www.moskva.fm/

Reading

• http://ru.wikisource.org – collection of works of Russian literature with translation to different languages
• http://www.rvb.ru/pushkin/toc.htm - the collection of works of Alexander Pushkin (Russian)
• http://home.comcast.net/~kneller/tsvetaeva.html - Marina Tsvetaeva’s works (English\ Russian)

French

French accent

 

Spanish

Think Spanish (beginner's level)

 

Russian

Pravda

Правда

Русский мир.ru

 

French
Name	Call Number
Allons-y	AP20 .A45
Bonjour	AP20 .B66
Ça Va	AP20 .C38

Japanese
Name	Call Number
Aera = アエラ	AP95.J2 A37
Spa!	AP95.J2 S63
Tokyo walker = 東京ウォーカー	DS896 .T65
るるぶ東京	DS896 .R87

Spanish
Name	Call Number
¿Qué Tal?	AP60 .Q48
Ahora	AP60 .A36
El Sol	AP60 .S65