french links for the curious mind

grammar

verb2verbe

If you want a simple way to practice french verb conjugation you may want to try verb2verbe.  This minimalist application provides

dictionaries

Collins English-French Dictionary

The Collins online English-French dictionary is an excellent resource for beginner students. Basic translations with example sentences are presented in a

media

Africa Radio

Formerly known as Africa nº 1, Franco-African radio was created in Gabon in 1981. Since 2019, it has been known as

learning

Coffee Break French

Enjoyable podcasts, about 10 minutes each, presented by Mark (teacher) and Anna (learner) covering essential grammar and useful phrases from beginner

media

France Info

France Info is a collaborative public service news service initiated by France Télévisions, Radio France and France Médias Monde created in

culture

Académie Française

40 Immortals who reign over the grammar and spelling rules of the French language.

destinations

Explore France

Explore France is the official tourist website for the Republic of France. The birthplace of world class cuisine and modern democracy.

art

Louvre

Considered by many to be the world’s greatest art museum, the Louvre captivates art lovers the world over. This former 12th

culture

aujardin.info

Au jardin is a website is dedicated to gardening with monthly work calendars and advice on vegetable gardens, flower gardens, orchards

learning

Français avec Pierre

Many French students first discover French with Pierre on Youtube. Cool videos explain the most common pitfalls of the French language

grammar

C’est facile!

French learners quickly realize that it is necessary for one to understand and use verb congugations correctly in order to communicate

destinations

Destination Canada

Destination Canada is a crown corporation created by the Government of Canada to promote tourism. Canada is the second largest country

media

Les Indés Radios

Formerly known as Africa nº 1, Franco-African radio was created in Gabon in 1981. Since 2019, it has been known as

destinations

Visit Luxembourg

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a landlocked country nestled between Germany, France and Belgium. Luxembourg was once part of the

media

France-Amérique

Bilingual magazine published in the United States and France since 1943. France-Amérique includes articles covering current events, culture, business and gastronomy.

media

Radio-Canada

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was created in 1936 by the Government of Canada. It is the public broadcaster of radio

grammar

Tex’s French Grammar

Tex’s French Grammer was created for students of the french language at the University of Texas.  This website offers a wide

media

Le Monde

Le Monde was one of the first of the world’s great newspapers to embrace the internet. It’s readers have historically been

culture

Festival Fantasia

FanTasia is the largest genre film festival in North America. Founded in 1996, FanTasia presents around 100 feature films from around

learning

Bonjour de France

Learn french online with Bonjour de France.  This website offers content and tests for students preparing for CECRL levels A1 to

learning

DeepL Translator

DeepL Translator is considered by many to be one of the best online machine translators. Many users claim that translations are

learning

French in Action

Yale University produced this French language course in 1987. It is one of the first courses using contextual learning methods such

dictionaries

Linguee

Linguee is an online dictionary with translated sentence pairs derived from quality bilingual or  multi-language web sites.   Users search for a