Additional Languages Useful Links

USEFUL WEBSITES FOR LEARNING FRENCH – for all levels

Un lien intéressant pour visualiser le nombre de locuteurs de chaque langue:
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/world-languages-by-number-of-speak

Sites publics de vidéos d'apprentissage - Francophones

• Modules pédagogiques sur le site de la BBC
  Débutants : French steps
  Faux débutants : Ma France
  Intermédiaire : Reportages
• Cours de français interactif
• Bonjour de France
• Dynamots
• Françaventure
• 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. Direct link for French courses.

Vidéos de partage (shared videos):

• 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
  Analyse du site : http://alsic.u-strasbg.fr/Num6/cord/alsic_n06-log2.htm
• Internef (To access the site, just fill in your details. When it is done, access is immediately possible) 
• L'Odyssée
• Chloé ou Les aventures d’une parisienne
• Bravo sur Canal Rêve « Amusez-vous en apprenant le français » et « Pratiquez votre français avec Canal rêve »
• Canal Rêve
• Peinturefle
• Adodoc
• TV5 : Cités du monde
• L’auberge
• Écrire des cartes postales
• Recto Verso (FLE activities) - A site full of exercises for students (check out the students’ corner)

Vocabulaire :

• Lexique
• Vokabel (Exercices Vocabulaires) :
• Imagier.net  (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
• French-English 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:

• 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

Compréhension écrite (reading comprehension):

• Reading French : compréhension écrite. Invite les apprenants à s’interroger sur leurs stratégies d’apprentissage.

Écoute : La littérature française

• Guy de Maupassant en audio 
• Gustave Flaubert 

Écoute : script et enregistrement audio

• Reportages faits par des étudiants (reports/ investigations headed and recorded by students)

Les médias français ou francophones pour les étudiants du français :

• TV5 Monde

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, log on to the programme called 7-jours sur la planète (http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/7-jours/index.php?id_dossier=131) which 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.

• 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)

• Le site de Radio Canada

(look out for the games)

 

Journaux et magazines:

• Le Monde (one of the most reliable sources of information in France)
  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.:
• Le magazine hebdomadaire Télérama (includes not only the TV weekly programme, but many very interesting cultural features):

• 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
• L’Académie Française : to learn about the institution which protects the purity of “la langue française” and for information about the history of French
• Aspects of the French language : to know more about the rules of “féminisation de la langue française” (new spelling/ new conventions):
• DELF/DALF : to get information about French qualifications recognized by the French government which can be taken at Alliance Française in Hong Kong
• Le cartable connecté (Centres for learning French in France)
• Learning French in France (General information about French studies)

 

Et la bibliothèque de LINGNAN!

MLLC and Language Learning Online

And the collection of Lingnan’s Self-Access Materials in French:
http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/sac/web/self_access_material.html

 

 

• Learning Japanese
  • http://www.rthk.org.hk/elearning/gogojapan/
  • http://www.tokorozawa-stm.ed.jp/d_base/nihongo/
• BBC Languages website for Japanese:
  • http://www.bbcactive.com/languages/talk/Japanese/japintro.htm
• Typing Sushi Bar
  • http://www.kaiten777.net/en/
• Feed me sushi
  • http://www.maggiemarket.com/
• Dictation quizzes for Japanese words
  • http://www.sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/

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

 

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