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  • French in Action - Very useful free streaming video course in French. Very easy to use and mildly entertaining.

Online Lessons

Podcasts / Online Videos

  • LearnFrenchbyPodcast.com - You can listen to podcasts online, download them to your computer or mp3 player, or subscribe and receive a notification from your podcast software.
  • Dailyfrenchpod.com - Learn French with free daily podcasts (audio lessons).
  • Europe1 - You can read and listen to the news on this site
  • Radio-France - Listen to the news on France's number 1 radio station.
  • Radiotunis - Tunisia's national radio station offers news and music - site is in French, English, and Arabic.
  • Radio France Internationale - Listen to the news from France in 20 languages
  • Appendre.Tv - TV5Monde offers online French learning exercises based on their television programming.
  • France 2 - Read the news from this French television station, in French.
  • Fancy French: Learn to Speak, Read and Write French Online in Total Immersion with Free Podcast Downloads - From the creator of the very popular Latinum Podcast for Learning Latin comes a new podcast for learning French via total immersion.
  • FrenchPodClass Podcast - "The FrenchPodClass started because I was looking to improve my Spanish. I was looking for a class or else that was available in iTunes. By curiosity I looked to see if there were any in French. As you know, at that time, there were none. That is when I decided to make one myself. I am not a teacher but I like to share my knowledge and experience with people. I assumed that there would be at least one or two people that would be interested. There is no necessary language level to follow this podcast. I try to make it interesting for everyone (the advanced, the beginner, the curious ...). I also try to make it accessible, so anyone can join in the middle of the course."
  • French For Beginners - 30 podcasts and vocabulary lessons for learning beginning French
  • Easy, Amusing and FUNNY Way to Learn French - Easy, amusing, and FUNNY. Very amusing ladies who live in Paris, and are not French. This is a collection of podcasts, and they are really very excellent.
  • Learn from French Voice Clips - They have different excercises and texts. It's useful.

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Dictionaries

  • Wordreference - online dictionary - The WordReference Dictionaries are free online translation dictionaries. The most popular dictionaries are the Spanish Dictionary, French Dictionary and the Italian Dictionary. Search with the form below or the box above
  • University of Chicaco - Dictionary - French-English and English-French dictionary
  • Babelfish-Words Dictionarie - this is a good website for translating words from English to French or vice versa
  • Naked Translations - Blog about English to French translation; available in both French and English: Reflections on words, expressions and the difficulties encountered on the bridge from the English to the French language.
  • French-Linguistics - French-English dictionary
  • Granddictionaire - An outstanding online dictionary for scientific, technical, legal, and commercial terminology in French and English.
  • Snafu - online dictionary of film terms.

Books

  • Reference book - very good reference book: It's like an atlas, encyclopedia, and newspaper archive rolled into one. French only.

Beginner Resources

Culture / News / Fun / Other

  • Argot Francais - French Slang - Fun French slang website
  • French Top News - summary of the world news in French; updated every 2 hours
  • French News Vocabulary - French News Vocabulary: as in vocabulary used in news reports.
  • Wikio French - French news service that compiles articles from thousands of professional and amateur sources, including newspapers and blogs and podcast (in French) about France. (Also articles translated into multiple languages, click on flags of the desired language at bottom of page).
  • French Toast - “French Toast” is a weekly bilingual program. It features French language songs as well as interviews and reports on Francophone culture.
  • Paris-Anglo - A terrific site with just about everything you need to know in Paris: airport shuttles, employment, housing, visit, stay, study, where to eat, etc…
  • Chronicart - An excellent webzine about French culture, movies, art etc. In French only.
  • Discoverfrance - Information about French theatre and playwrights, with links to bibliographies, theatres, and more.
  • TIMES ONLINE - Articles about French culture and politics, from Charles Bremner at The Times (UK).
  • French blog by Le Monde's editors - Le blog des correcteurs du Monde.fr
  • France Guide - Lost in Francelation: a video blog on France
  • LanguageRealm - Good site for language learning, culture references, dictionaries and tips and tricks.

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