Welcome to the French Links Page

What is happening in France TODAY?

• Watch the video of the daily news (le journal de 8h, 13h or 20h) on France 2: EXCELLENT!
• Get your daily French news from two popular newspapers: Le monde or Libération or from Yahoo-France: Actualités
• Listen to live radio programs: go to Mike's Radio World, select Europe and then France, Belgium or Switzerland, and you can choose among more than 100 radio stations!
• Quel temps fait-il aujourd'hui en France?
• Shop at La Redoute, Galeries Lafayette, Trois Suisses or Monoprix (very colorful site) or buy a book at the FNAC.
• Any exhibitions going on? Visit the Louvre, Musée d'Orsay or Centre Pompidou or spend a moment at the Musée des Arts et Métiers and at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie.
• What is playing in the cinemas? Go to the sites Cinevision, Cinebel (le site belge du cinema) or Box-office in France.
• What are the French listening to? Top charts in France
• Take a live look at the Tour Eiffel, Sacré-Coeur, Notre-Dame, etc. through these webcams! Then click on Webcams Tourisme.
• Official site of La Tour Eiffel
• Virtual visit of Marseille
  
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  General web sites:
• Visit castles in France
• How about a gourmet tour of Camembert: a village or a cheese?
• If you have a passion for French cheese, this is your site!
• Find a French penpal at FranceWorld.
• Interactive map of France
• Tintin, one of the most famous Belgium comics
• All you ever wanted to know about Asterix and Obelix
• Wikipedia Encyclopedia: You will find lots of facts about the French language and its history. Very interesting!
• What are the most popular first names in France?
• www.google.fr: Google in French!
• Find stories, songs, games, etc. for children at Les premiers pas sur Internet or at J'écris - je dessine.
• Send a postcard from Paris!
• Do you feel like having some French fast food?
• The Paris Pages - a collection of everything regarding the City of Light.
• Use this HUGE site to find out more about France's history.
• French culture site with a quiz
• French culture and education in the USA
• Languages of the world website: select French.
• French-at-a-touch: lots of information about many French-speaking countries, including Algeria, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Zaire.
  
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  The French language
• Excellent vocabulary games, activities, and exercises.
• Practice your vocabulary skills!
• Online dictionary - very good!
• French.about.com: One of the most comprehensive sites on the French language in English: find explanations on any grammatical question by clicking on "French lessons, tips, indexes - find it!" on the left. There is also a French verb conjugator; mot du jour (daily French word), list of false friends (faux amis), etc.
• Internet Picture Dictionary with lots of games, flash cards and other vocab exercises.
• Extensive grammar site
• This site will conjugate any French verb in any tense for you.
• Le français cool. A guide to young French people's slang and it comes with audio.
• French grammar help online
• A very rich site with all kinds of French exercises.
• Interactive games
• Jim Becker's French links: take your time here - this site is incredibly rich!
• Jeu de lettres: list of faux-amis (false friends), crossword puzzles, anagrams, vocabulary games, etc.
• French language resources for teachers and students of French, French language schools, French culture and civilization
• Fun stuff
• Le monde des Simpson: read about The Simpsons en français!
• Patricia Barry's site: a lot of information to help you learn French and to find out more about French culture.
• Tons of French activities on M. Renaud's site.
• Exercises for many grammar points.
• French slang
  
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  Music
• What are the French listening to? Top charts in France
• www.paroles.net: Find the lyrics to almost all French songs. Excellent site!
• Songs for teaching French
• French MP3s for kids
• La chanson en cours de FLE: do grammar through songs!
• Les Africains de la chanson francophone
• La Marseillaise: French national anthem; read about its history and listen to it.
• 20 years of French modern songs
• Excerpts of French video clips and songs
• Music catalog - all artists
  
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  Food
  Check out the French recipes page and the excerpts and recipes of a French food blog.
  

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