French

At Carleton

• French Department
• We offer a variety of comprehensive self instruction language programs available by appointment at the Language Center.

• WordReference.com – Very good French/English dictionary.
• Larousse – French dictionary and encyclopedia.
• Le dictionnaire de l’Académie Française -The links are on the right of the page. The ninth edition represents work in progress.
• Dictionary of the Provençal language

Language Learning Resources

• French Verb Conjugation – French verb conjugating website, covers most tenses.
• FrancaisFacile.com
• Conjugaison – Help with verbs.
• LanguageGuide.org – Vocabulary, grammar, readings. Contains a good amount of audio associated with the material.
• ThoughtCo – A general website for learning French. Includes comparative material between the French used in Canada and that used in France. Strongly inclined towards native English speakers.
• Apprende le Français – A website for learning French by TV5 Monde.
• Ancien français – For the study of old French.
• Tex’s French Grammar – For the study of French grammar.
• TV5 Dictionnaire – Mainly a dictionary, but includes miscellany.
• Français interactif – Conjugation practice.
• Speechling – French dictation practice.
• Duolingo – Free courses for people on the go. Memorize vocabulary, improve pronunciation and understand grammar. For beginners, intermediate and advanced levels. Uses fill in the blanks, typing, voice recording and images.
• Quia –  A website for practicing grammar, vocabulary, and a host of other useful things. You can find practice quizzes and online practice exercises.
• Babbel – For all levels, fun and easy. Takes you through questions of every day life and how to get around with the language. Uses pictures, multiple questions, sentence matching and others.
• Memrise – Learn from beginners to advanced, improve pronunciation and conversation flow.
• Loecsen – Method of rapid assimilation of the foreign languages that can be learnt over the internet or on other mobile devices. It is intended for people who want to manage in most situations of everyday life without having to go through a lengthy learning process.
• 101 Languages – Includes links to different resources such as radio stations, vocabulary lessons and builder, keyboards, news, common words, translators, conjugators, flashcards, travel guides, pronunciation, phrases and vocabulary.
• Goethe Verlag – Phrase book, vocabulary, download bilingual audios, download monolingual audios.  Includes 100 easy lessons (100 lessons are free). All dialogues and sentences are spoken by native speakers. No prior grammar knowledge is needed. You can start learning immediately. Improve your language skills for work, travel or as a hobby.
• ie Languages – Learn basic phrases, vocabulary and grammar. Lists of vocabulary and verb conjugations are available. Some of the tutorials include audio files and interactive exercises and authentic visual examples of language use.
• Games – French learning games. Numbers, phrases, colors, days, months, fruits, animals, vocabulary, food, verbs, clothes, times and nouns.
• Live Lingua Project – Learning materials that contain courses, ebooks and audios.
• My Languages – Site which focuses on grammar and vocabulary. Lessons, grammar tips, vocabulary, phrases, language tools, and audio files to download.
• Surface Languages – Thousands of phrases and hours of audio spoken by native speakers along with flashcard, multiple choice and language learning games. Learn colors, numbers, basic phrases, food words, basic conversation phrases and build your vocabulary. Improve your fluency and confidence through learning many different sentences in your target language.
• Master Any Language – Learn playing games, take tests, audios, alphabets, numbers, greetings, food, months, days, native speakers and links to resources such as music, foods, apps, books and movies.
• Lingro – A free multilingual instant search dictionary and language learning web site. Paste in the URL of a newspaper and each word in the text becomes clickable and gives access to its dictionary.
• Unilang – Free courses, podcasts, videos, phrasebooks, games and exercises.
• Open Culture – Links to various language learning sites.
• Forvo – Pronunciation examples.

French Newspapers and Magazines

• Links to multiple newspapers and magazines
• Le Monde – a French daily evening newspaper with a circulation as of 2007 of 320,583. It is considered the French newspaper of record, and is generally well respected, often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-Francophone countries. (Wikipedia) It is more left-wing than Le Figaro.
• Le Figaro – a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is the oldest and second-largest national newspaper in France after Aujourd’hui en France and before le Monde. Its editorial line is right wing and has generally been supportive of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Its circulation was 320,003 in 2008. (Wikipedia)Le
• Nouvel Observateur – Sometimes shortened to Le Nouvel Obs. Central-left wing.
• Le Canard Enchaîné – Popular satirical magazine, published weekly on Wednesdays. The site offers limited access to the paper.
• La Croix – Published daily, this is a newspaper that takes the stance of the Roman Catholic Church.
• L’Humanité – Published daily. Left-wing.
• L’Express – Weekly. Right-wing.
• Charlie Hebdo – Satirical magazine, published weekly. Its articles have made it the target of a number of political debates as well as certain well-known terrorist attacks.

Books and Resources

Cultural Resources

• Seneweb – This site focuses on Senegal.
• Jeune Afrique – News from La Côte d’Ivoire.
• Ministère de la Culture – A website of the French ministry of culture and communication.
• Maghrebi Studies – Dedicated to Maghreb.
• Ressources Internet Francophones – List of resources.
• La Cinémathèque Française – For aficionados of cinema.
• Tennessee Bob’s Famous French Links – List of resources.
• Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide – A journal of 19^th century art. In English, but includes material about French art.
• Louvre Museum – For those interested in art.
• Comédie Française – For those interested in theatre.