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Looking for a French school or French lessons in your area for your children or your partner?
French clubs
Le Club Francais -
With over 3,000 centres in the UK, Le Club Francais promotes languages through school clubs, business tuition and supplying teachers and resources to schools.
Liens pour l'enseignement du français -
Internet resources for teachers of French at all levels and ages, sorted by type. You will find song lyrics with music, poems and stories and lots more. Highly recommended!
Really useful French teaching site -
A wide range of French teaching material to download.
National Advisory Centre for Early Language Learning -
NACELL is a Department for Education and Skills Initiative to promote and develop the provision and quality of Modern Foreign Language learning in the Primary sector. A wide range of teaching material to download.
Zut! -
Interactive exercises for French teachers and learners, from beginners to advanced, organised by UK school year - the advanced and intermediate sections might be of use to university teachers and students. Some of the exercises incorporate audio clips with native speakers, and some are designed to be used with an interactive whiteboard.
La Jolie Ronde -
This offers structured programmes or specialist resource books, tapes and CDs for children to learn French
L'Alliance Francaise - For those who need to learn French by French native speakers. They run courses in London, Bath, Bristol, Cambridge, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasow, Jersey, London, Manchester, Milton-Keynes, Oxford, Totnes, York
Lire avec Léo et Léa, une nouvelle méthode pour apprendre à lire aux enfants
Le Petit Poucet - Clubs in nurseries, playgroups, schools; and private clubs, which are run in somebody’s house. They are currently running clubs in the following places: Ash Vale, Kingston,
Epsom, Croydon, Sutton, Stoneleigh, Wallington, Carshalton, Sanderstead, Waddon, Westbury. They are constantly opening new classes so check with us if you want to find out about a particular nursery.
About the French Language -
A compendious resource of French language and culture, including beginners French lessons (with audio), grammar guides, and a large collection of annotated links to sites on French language and culture, sorted by as many categories as you could think of.
Bonjour de France - An "interactive magazine" for all levels of learner, to practice and learn French. The site includes comprehensions (using audio clips), grammar, idioms, business French, and many other learning resources. Each section has interactive exercises.
Ecole Francaise de Bristol - for children aged 2 to 16 years old. For children to become bilingual from nursery age.Contact by email on info@efb1.fsnet.co.uk or by phone on 0117 9593311.
Reseau Educatif Francais au Royaume-Uni -
Lists the schools offering French teaching
BBC Schools 10-11 yrs, Primary French - Skate into fluent French with Roller and his mates. 'Primary French' covers Units 1-12 of Modern Foreign Languages at KS2.
Centre national d'enseignement à distance
Learn French in Kent (Maidstone area)
Skoldo -
Following many years of meticulous research and practical application within her school Ecole Alouette, Lucy Montgomery has developed a unique programme for the teaching of French, from the elementary stage onwards.
Families On Line directory search about French related organisations -
Includes numerous links to organisations teaching French to all levels
Word2Word -
List of on-line French courses
CNED -
Long-distance learning in French from kindergarten to college.
Can't find French CDs/DVDs/fashion for your children? Below are a few places where you might just find what you need:
Bramhallbooks.co.uk - A small, family-run publisher, specializing in beautiful picture books for children with French/English parallel text.
Bilingual Supplies for Children -
Information and recommendations for parents and teachers
Little Linguist -
Sspecialises in foreign-language materials for children of all ages and abilities.
La Redoute
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French fashion
Vertbaudet -
French children fashion
Du Pareil au meme -
French children fashion
FNAC - French music, DVDs, games.
Amazon - French music, DVDs, games
Milet -
Milet is an independent publisher of some of the most original and stylish books'
The Guardian
Mantra Lingua -
Bilingual Books and CDs for children
World Of Reading - Wide variety of products in over 100 languages - ages 0 - 99 (in $).
Muzzy -
The BBC language course for children
Usborne -
French books
The Language of... -
Specialises in easy reading, contemporary novels and storybooks in a number of languages for both adults and children, all second-hand.
Do you know what satellite to tune into to get French television?
French TV and radio are available in the UK broadcast from three main satellite positions. Astra 1 @ 19° east, Hotbird @ 13° east and Atlantic Bird 3 @ 5° west all have a good selection.
French freeview channels are now available from Astra satelitte and there is no need for a subscription. just a 80cm dish directed to Astra and a special receiver (see http://www.tvnt.fr/). I know there is another one available from STRONG (you can buy it at DARTY http://www.darty.com/nav/achat/image_son/reception/recepteur _tnt_par_satellite/strong_srt_6410_tntsat.html )
Swiss TV
Other Bits and Bobs:
La Famille Shearer - This family has bought up their kids bi-lingual French/ English, though the parents are non-native French speakers, based in the UK. An interesting story and method.
Mamans d'Angleterre - Website created to answer the questions French families who arrive in the UK may have about having a baby and raising children in the UK. In French.
Association Démocratique des Français à l'Etranger
l’Union des Français de l’Etranger
French Children Songs
French Children Stories
A beautiful website with african stories
Momes.net - Website for French speaking children with a section for parents and also a section with stories
Belette.biz -
A website for French speaking children where they will discover Eko the squirell and Crapouille the frog
ABC de la Chanson Francophone
More French Children Songs
Contes d'Andersen
Contes de Grimm
Aux petites mains -
This site includes over 600 games and activities for children as young as two-years-old to enjoy and learn at the same time! Includes a forum aimed at parents.
BBC Primary French -
This fun-to-use site is written to support non-specialist teachers. It is free of charge, and children can navigate through its graded content freely.
Scola Site -
Contains numerous links to other websites about french education subjects
Bestiaire Illuminé -
Site designed for French speaking children and parents. Collection of short amusing animal stories and rhymes illustrated with pictures. repetitive language which could easily be used with young children learning French. E.g try La Gazelle or the short animation of l'hippopotame. Also lots of ideas for the classroom wall.
Bibliokid -
In French, this site has been set up to advertise various kinds of children's books in French. There are links set up to buy these books. Some of the stories are available on line as are tasters and descriptions of a variety of books. Amongst the online stories are a set about dinosaurs which are not too complicated and could be used with young learners.
Boowa and Kwala -
Click on the French flag and join Boowa the dog and his little friend, Kwala, for fantastic interactive games and activities. There is a round-the-world story, songs and new games each month.
Chez Merlin -
For 6 - 11 year olds. Sections are divided according to ages and include working with numbers and general knowledge. There are a number of games which involve restricted language and could be used to teach concepts as well as French. For example - thermometre - which teaches the basics of temperature. There's also a good set about seasons and months of the year. The numbers games for each age group are well worth a look. A simple click on "corps humain" gives a basic vocabulary by clicking on different parts of the body.
Coloriage -
This colouring site for young key stage 1 children is fun and also teaches ICT skills. A parent or adult could point out the colours and explain their French names.
La compagnie des ogres chantants -
A French theatre/music company for children.
Les Débrouillards -
Site designed for French speaking children with interesting factual information and experiments. level of French quite advanced but useful information for teachers.
Edunet -
French network site linking schools and teachers in different projects and activities, useful for information or to join in.
Equipe -
This Oxford University Press site covers beginner level French activities suitable for key stage 2
Kidcity -
A cybertown for children only, where each building contains a different activity and each visitor is a cybercitizen of the town. It has a fair amount of French text for key stage 2 pupils.
ONF Jeunesse -
Youth site of the National Film Board of Canada. Gives details of films not just in French but also some in the 6 UN official languages. Films are categorised by age group and some come with teachers notes. Subjects vary as widely as science documentaries and short films for children about children's rights.
La poésie et l'enfant -
This is only a small site but quite sophisticated - you may need plug-ins to view some of the animated poetry. The language however could be made accessible to younger language learners if presented in the right way.
Les pouletfrites -
This site is designed for hours of family entertainment, with around 500 activities ranging in skill, including interactive games and accompanying music.
Premiers pas sur internet -
Site designed for French speaking children with lots of ideas which teachers could use with young learners.
Sommaire des chansons -
This site gives the printed words whilst playing the tunes for a whole set of popular and less-well known French songs. (Includes the Belgian national anthem!)
L'Univers de Lulu -
A wide variety of games and activities, including recipes, stories and printable worksheets.
Monsieur X -
Le Français par le Rhythme et la Musique de Monsieur X. Primary French Handbook with activities and songs by David Hicks
Asterix website
Up To Ten
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This is an amazingly useful site designed for the under 10's. There are lots of animated songs including different versions of Happy Birthday which can be personalised by inserting a child's name. Games which introduce and practise basic vocabulary like colours and sounds of the alphabet. The graphics and level of interaction are excellent if classes are able to work online and if not there's lots of ideas which teachers could use.
French Parents in San Franscisco
Canal Expat -
Tips for French speaking people in the UK
Library and Archive Canada
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The Canadian national library online, indexed and searchable. In French and English.
Ministère de la culture et de la francophonie
Le monde bilingue -
L'association internationale "Le Monde Bilingue" a été fondée pour assurer la paix par une coopération directe de peuple à peuple, sans exclusive, ni discrimination, grâce à une éducation bilingue et aux jumelages des villes.
Institut francais -
The official French government centre of language and culture.
Radio Canada -
Up to the minute news and live RealAudio broadcasts.
Radio France -
Includes RealAudio clips of news broadcasts.
France Inter: Emission Enfance -
A very good broadcast about every aspects of childhood.
French Radio Stations
Mike's radio World -
Listen live to over 3000 radio stations on your PC
Magazines
Enfant Magazine
Magazine Enfants Quebec
Magazine Famili
Magazine Info Bebes
Magazine Parents
Petit Monde -
Le portail de la famille et de l'enfance. Ressource pour les parents et les enseignants : dossiers, infomations, trucs et astuces en éducation, santé, ... |
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