Hoover Library: *French: Web Resources

Helpful Websites

DualLingo
Free game-based language learning
TV5 Apprendre le française
TV programs for beginner-advanced learners of French. Quizzes/exercises included.
BBC Language Learning
Free language learning tools from the BBC
FSI Language Courses: French
Forvo: French Pronunciation Dictionary
Audio pronunciations
French in Action (Capretz method)
Video language-immersion learning

France24 online
A news channel created to cover world news from a French perspective for people living outside of France.
TV5 Monde
French television with a focus on French speaking regions around the world including Europe, Africa, and North America.
france inter
Talk radio mixed with music and hourly news bulletins.
france culture
Radio featuring cultural programming on the arts, history, science, and philosophy.

Radio France
News radio & podcasts.
Foreign Language News and Newspapers: French (MIT)
Links to top French language newspapers and magazines.
Digitized newspapers from BnF
Pre-1944 editions of several major newspapers from France.

Poésie Française
Online collection of over 6,000 poems in French, searchable by author, country, century, title, and verse.
La Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF)
The National Library of France houses many digital collections worth checking out
Internet Archive
Search millions of primary sources, including books, images, audio, film, webpages, etc. All digitized and available online - including French!
eurostat
Statistics on countries in the European Union.
Yale University: French Language and Literature
Exhaustive guide documenting almost every conceivable source for French studies.