Beginning French Resources

Beginning French Resources

BBC Languages-French Steps-videos of basic communicative situations in French for beginners

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/lj/

Coffee Break French-podcasts presenting useful vocabulary in context

http://www.coffeebreakfrench.com/

French in Action-a series of videos from the 1980s that provide ample communicative context for new vocabulary

http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html?pop=yes&pid=695

The French alphabet: L'alphabet français-pronunciation of the alphabet in French

http://alphabetpage.com/french/alphabet_for_the_french/index.html

French numbers: Les nombres-pronunciation of numbers in French

http://www.languageguide.org/vocabulary/num/?lang=fr&target=en

Free French lessons:

http://french.about.com/

Tex's French Grammar-a comprehensive grammar resource with practice exercises from the University of Texas-Austin

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/index.html

French Audio Dictionary-hear the pronunciation of tons of common words and expressions
http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/audiodictionary.htm

Professions-See videos associated with different jobs in easy to understand French
http://www.planetemetiers.picardie.fr/fr/voir-toutes-les-videos/bdd/metier/10077

Suggestions for effectively studying a second language from ACTFL

https://docs.google.com/View?id=dc5gngw5_75fnrtnrfn

Apps for learning French on the iphone, ipad and itouch
http://www.catherine-ousselin.org/appsfr.htm