OTHER RESOURCES FOR FRENCH TEACHERS
Updated January 2012
(UK) site has texts, worksheets, sound files, powerpoints and more. It has accurate resources at various levels and is regularly updated. Highly recommended.
TESConnect (UK)has plenty of resources written by practising teachers happy to share.
Languages Resources (UK) is a lovely site with a good range of free Word documents and Powerpoints.
The Guardian Teacher Network (UK) is a new, free version of The Guardian newspaper's former learn.co.uk resources. Teachers may also upload their own resources and tests. Sign-up is required and some of the resources are interactive.
iSLCollective (Fr) is a very good file and worksheet sharing site from France with a good number of resources useful for French teachers in English=speaking countries..
Rachel Hawkes' TalkToLearn (UK) resources are really good. Rachel is a languages teacher at Comberton Village School in Cambridgeshire.
Teachit Languages (UK) is a new site with some free resources and a larger collection if you subscribe. NEW 27.1.12
The National Strategies(UK) continuing professional development interactive resource is full of good advice, lesson plans, starters, plenaries etc. It was produced on behalf of the UK government to support secondary teachers.
OCR, AQA, Edexcel and Asset Languages(UK) have specimen assessment material and past exam papers to download.
Franc Parler (Fr) is aimed at "la communauté mondiale des professeurs de français". It has an absolute wealth of interesting material and ideas for lessons. Some of the material is interactive and includes video extracts and online games. Best for advanced level.
MFL Resources (UK)is a supportive and friendly Yahoo group community which also acts as a repository of useful resources. MFL Resources 2(UK) has further resources.
Mflresources 2 and 3, hosted by Andrew Starr at Bourne Community College (UK), are another great source of materials.
Teachnet(UK) is a repository for resources at various levels.
DES Standards Site has a plethora of teaching ideas/lesson plans for 11-14 year old learners.
Learning Connections (UK) (West Sussex Grid for Learning)has a good range of resources and links.
1jouractu, the new name for les Clés de l'Actualité Junior, an online magazine for French 7-13 year olds, is a superb source for easy
reading material. You could extract texts for specific lessons, or just use it as a source for authentic personal reading.
Les Débrouillards is a French-Canadian online magazine with bags of good archived reading material, together with "fiches pédagogiques" for teachers, and links to fascinating Francophone sites. Suitable for intermediate to advanced students with a particular interest in science and nature.
Momes.net is an online magazine for young French speakers around the world, with forums, reviews, stories etc. Suitable for intermediate level. Good source of reading material for you to base worksheets on.
The Welsh NGfL site has good resources, including powerpoints.
French Resources (UK) is a new site with some nice powerpoints for beginners through to intermediate.
WatchKnowLearn (USA) has videos on all aspects of language learning.
NEW 11.12.11
The Linguascopesite is an
good source of worksheets, pictures, flashcards and ideas.
An annual registration fee allows all members of a department to use the materials
via a username and password.
ThisisLanguage (UK)has intermediate level (GCSE) videos with transcripts. Nice, authentic stuff, but no interactivity.
Taskmagic from MDLSoft (Martin Lapworth) is a self-authoring software package used by many teachers in the UK. There are ready-made games for it on the linked page, although this is primarily a commercial site. Excellent!
The Vocational Languages Resource Bank from CILT (UK) has activities for learners doing vocational French courses.
The Boardworks (UK) people have some free resources on their blog page. NEW 27.6.11
Ecole Branchée (Ca) is a mine of textual resources for advanced students.
Click here for a good selection of wordsearches produced by Anne Fox using the Quia software. You can do them online or print them off (better option).
The Cortland(USA) site has a tremendous list of ideas for language games.
The Imagiers has a list of video animations you can access via Youtube. Some are very useful, some are quite esoteric. If your school blocks Youtube, the files can be converted and saved using Zamzar .
Langweb, by Jon Meier from Verulam School (UK), has very helpful material, particularly for GCSE exam preparation. Jon's extensive grammar notes could be displayed om an interactive board.
Reading University (UK) has a set of grammar powerpoints and other documents on advanced grammar points. Good for A2 level or first year university. NEW 24.4.11
French (NZ) has a range of resources, including powerpoints and links to other web sources.
Le Club Français has resources (including some interactive) for young learners - very colourful.
Tomlitoo has animal alphabet posters to print.
French.ie is the portal for French teachers in Ireland. You'll find worksheets and links.
Dulwich College (UK) has worksheets and powerpoints on grammar, film and literature.
Internet Actuel (Be) has interesting texts and worksheets.
Apprendre (Fr) is by the same teachers who did the clever Polar FLE site. Here, they offer exercises and pictures for download.
The British Council( has lesson ideas designed for Foreign Language Assistants, but they could be of general use.
The Staffordshire Learning Net (UK) has powerpoints on grammar and vocabulary. Worth a look.
The CILT Vocational Languages Resource Bank (UK) is exactly what the title of the site suggests.
Top French Videos (USA) by Leslie Bernard has youtube videos of interest to francophiles as well as her own powerpoint presentations.
Les Dossiers du Net ( has a very large range of articles for advanced level and university students.
Revisionworld( has a growing number of resources.
GCSE Bitesize (can be highly recommended; includes interactive GCSE tests
The BBC Talk French( has downloadable sheets to go with the lesson plans.
Here you will find good printable Crosswords.
Pupils will like reading this Simpsons (FR) site, whilst teachers could create good reading comprehension worksheets from it. Intermediate level.
There are very good sheets at the
French is Great site
in Canada.
Helen Myers from the Ashcombe School and ALL has produced useful materials.
French.ac.nz has resources at various levels produced by New Zealand teachers and others.
i-café (UK) from Oxford University Press is the archive of articles from a course no longer being updated.
France Bienvenue (Fr) has conversations on video with transcripts which could easily be adapted for classroom use. For example, you could make gap fill tasks using the transcripts. For advanced learners.
Je dis, tu dis, il dit, nous disons... (Fr) is from the same source as France Bienvenue. It offers videos and transcripts, with a greater focus on aspects of vocabulary.
Targetlanguage has a set of graded notes and vocab lists, useful for reference, printing off or whiteboard display.
Magdalen College School (UK) has various exercises and links for learners of above average ability.
Discovery Educational Software have free crosswords, wordsearches etc.
The Zoo de la Palmyre site is interactive, but has all sorts of good textual material on animals.
La Maternelle de Moustache is aimed at French nursery schools, but has some useful materials for us.
Graham Davies' ICT4MFL site is highly informative and useful and includes comprehensive links.
Free clipart for language teachers is offered by the Half Baked Software people
Picto (Ca) has lots of free pictures with an easy to use drop down window menu.
The following links will take you further
in your searches!
Frenchteachers.org
List of web vocab from Cornell College.
Indo-European Languages, from Jennifer Wagner, an American living in Annecy, has an excellent list of vocab and grammar at various levels which could be a useful resource to supplement lessons. This is a a very informative, accurate and thorough site, with a nice personal tone. A real feat!
If you are stuck for any computing terms in French, try this comprehensive glossary by Philippe Deschamps.
Here is a good list of literature vocab from Cornell College.
Here is a list of French Proverbs
Bingo Card generator!
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links -
famously comprehensive!
Wildfrench.co.uk
- very good links!
Frenchrevision.co.uk
French.about.com - lots to see here
Realfrench from Manchester Metropolitain University - good, but you pay.
Puzzlemaker allows you to make wordsearches and other puzzles. Very easy!
Happychild (UK) has many free vocabulary and verbs which could be printed off for tests and revision.
Revision Centre, aimed at students really, has some pages you could copy - for example, model oral presentations.
Languages Online (Aus), (part of the state of Victoria's "Eduweb"), has simple pdf resources for beginners and near beginners.
FrenchEntree (UK) is aimed at British people moving to France, but contains a wealth of factual information which could be of use for langauge or civilisation work.
Faux amis are listed alphabetically and in some detail on Laura Lawless's excellent About site (USA).
Houghton Mifflin College (Can) has some useful maps and OHTs.
Au Féminin (Fr) is a very good source of reading material aimed at women, but would interest males too.
Conso.net (Fr), from the Institut National de la Consommation has a searchable archive of letter types covering all types of situation.
Here you'll find French Tonguetwisters
Clock for interactive whiteboard
Clipart Castle (USA) has plenty of free images.
1001 Feuilles (Fr) has advanced level worksheets to go with a range of French language movies.
Downloadable game templates can be found at Sandfields School (UK) site.
The British Film Institute has a guide to exploiting films in the classroom.
At Chansons Françaises has lots of song words for French-speaking artists.
Best Of Paroles has lots of French lyrics, as well as links to the Fnac site where you can listen to song extracts as well.
