Updated May 2008. I suggest you check the Primary resources page as well where you will find plenty of resources for beginners and near beginners.
The Teacher Resource Exchange is a constantly evolving source of ideas, worksheets, powerpoint presentations
and so on. The resources are produced by British language teachers.
MFL Sunderland (UK) site has texts, worksheets, sound files, powerpoints and more. It has accurate resources at various levels and is regularly updated. Highly recommended.
Languages Resources (UK) is a lovely site with a good range of free Word documents and Powerpoints.
The National Strategies (UK) continuing professional development interactive resource is full of good advice, lesson plans, starters, plenaries etc. It is produced on behalf of the UK government to support secondary teachers. NEW 20.4.08
MyFrenchResources.com (UK) from Kate Morin at Wilson's School, Wallington, has lots of really good pdf documents for all levels. The material is usually presentational and because it is in pdf form it cannot be edited.
Selbcass (Ire) has a large number of resources from beginner to advanced level, some of them interactive.
The Times Educational Supplement web site (UK) is a new repository for languages resources, including French. It looks promising, though has far fewer resources than than the TRE.
There are excellent free worksheets and OHTs at Resources4mfl.These are generously made available by teachers from Rose Bridge High School in Wigan, UK.
King George V School in Hong Kong has a great set of links to articles on the web based on advanced level topics. NEW 24.2.08
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 resourecs.
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.
Les Clés de l'Actualité Junior, an online magazine for French youngsters, 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.
The Guardian, UK has a collection of very good advanced level texts which you can also listen to.
The Linguascope (Bonjour) site 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.
i-café (UK) is Oxford University Press's online magazine with very good articles for reading. They include interactive comprehension tasks. Good for intermediate level and above. NEW LINK 2.5.08
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.
Musselburgh Grammar School in Scotland has worksheets, powerpoints and many other useful resources. I find the new blog-style interface less user-friendly than before, though. It takes a while to find what you need.
Le Club Français has resources (including some interactive) for young learners - very colourful.
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.
Patricia Barry from Saint Joseph's College in Brisbane, Australia has generously made available her worksheets for us all.
Helen Myers from the Ashcombe School and ALL has produced useful materials.
French Podclass has listening materials (podcasts) produced by a young Frenchman (Sébastien)living in California.
PedagoNet has all sorts of puzzles and riddles, some interactive. I like the "énigmes" section which consists of mind puzzles you could use for discussion with advanced students. Nice site!
Targetlanguage has a set of graded notes and vocab lists, useful for reference, printing off or whiteboard display.
The Okapi site has good reading material, whilst the Correspondants section has short paragraphs written by hopeful penfriends (the type of paragraphs UK GCSE exam boards use).
The Zoo de la Palmyre site is interactive, but has all sorts of good textual material on animals.
E-worksheets has some free examples for beginners. UK Department of Transport has a text and worksheets on theme of road safety! Happychild (UK) has many free vocabulary and verbs which could be printed off for tests and revision. Peter Cox (from William Beaumont High School, UK), has produced a range of powerpoints. 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. Newent Community School (UK), has made some good worksheets available for us all. 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. NEW 18.10.07 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 is a very good source of reading material aimed at women, but would interest males too. Massachusetts University (USA) has some good grammar material for advanced learners.
Here you'll find French Tonguetwisters Clock for interactive whiteboard 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. NEW 21.3.08
At Paroles.net, a site dedicated to la chanson française, you'll find lots of song words for artists like Brel, Cabrel and Goldmann. 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.
