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Global Excite has a menu of countries in which to search, including
Excite France and Excite Germany.
Yahoo has many international sites, including
Yahoo France,
Yahoo Canada
Yahoo
Germany.
Click on Alta Vista and Hot Bot
for a pull-up menu of countries in which to search.
Click on Magellan site then on countries to bring up countries beyond the US.
Click on
Lycos for information relating to other places, including foreign travel, government and a mega number of specific topics.
Francité search engine from French-speaking Canada.
Debriefing Moteur de recherche a meta search engine that searches both English and French language sites for a thorough search.
Carrefour search engine for the French-speaking world is useful for specific searches dealing with Switzerland, Belgium, Québec as well as for France.
Hachette Annuaire to access the best French-language Internet sites as selected by Hachette publishers, click on this site then choose the category of choice.
Hachette Juniorfor sites geared to elementary, Middle school and early teens, this site offers links to educational sites in French pour apprendre; sites pour s'amuser;
top 20 visited sites; and a list of new sites. Spend time here and bookmark fyour favorites for use with your FL classes. The site on gastronomie for instance, is an excellent way to generate language and interest among students.
Olénet: Search engines in French and Spanish: On the left are all current French-language Search engines; select from the right for Spanish-language Engines.
Nomade Search Engine from France type in search words or topics in French; click on actualités for a summary of the day's headlines then on additional categories from the extensive menu.
Voila: moteur de recherchesearch themes and topics on this excellent search engine from France. One useful theme for investigating a wide range of topics geared to Elementary school to early High school is the Juniors link. Pull up online class papers; recipes for young cooks; online stories; online poetry sites for youngsters, all in French.
Eureka Search Engine from France an excellent search engine for the French speaking world also includes links by theme, by name and more. Check the 100 top sites in French and a collection of usefulnouvautés.
J Brennan's Links to FL Educators: a useful list of sites identifying Web sites of FL colleagues, especially at the Secondary and University levels. An excellent start for teachers eager to adapt and use the Web for their teaching situation.
Christmas Page for Modern Language classes Peter Jones from Ontario, Canada has put together a super site with information-gap activities (The 5 friends Logic puzzle; magic Phrases) in French, Spanish and German. Ideal for the Christmas season! The French page includes a bilingual version of the Night before Christmas. Scroll to the bottom for Jones' links to additional French-language sites for Easter and Valentine's Day.
Opération Nez Rouge the official site for the Canadian Organization "Red Nose (as in Rudolf)which combats driving under the influence of alcohol. Volunteers of Nez Rouge will if notified drive anyone who feels unable to get behind the wheel after drinking. Have your students read about the organization as a point of departure for a debate and discussion. Print out sing and discuss the official Nez Rouge song in French (to the tune of Rudolf).
Allo Pére Noel this site lets young people send an email in French to Ho,Ho,Ho guess who!
Noel Eternel, 1998 send a card, select a chant de Noel, write to Pere Noel and find recipes of the season at this fine site.
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Europa the European Union's server is the official link to information about the institutions, policies, news, calendar of events, and the monetary ecu in the 15 EU countries.
Je Veux Mieux Connaitre La Chronologie de La Construction Europeenne/ Les Pays de L'UE; Les Structures des Institutions; and more concerning the European Union. Excellent for assigning topics related to the EU.
Europa the European Union's server is the official link to information about the institutions, policies, news, calendar of events, and the monetary ecu in the 15 EU countries. Click on the Bienvenue icon to access information in French. Print a copy so beginning students can match the initial and welcome sign with the 15 EU countries. Read the day's press release.
The European Union click on the European Parliament and on the European Commission then on the flag of choice for information in the FL.
Yahoo France's A La Une read the two or three paragraph day's headlines. select topics dealing with the Union Europeenne from the day's news. Go to Putnam's Activities for news headlines for suggested news related activities.
European TV: Guides, Listings and More: a virtual TV Guide to weekly programs in France and 15 other European countries. Click on country of choice for weekly offerings with lots of information on each in language of country. Useful to ask students to compare offerings in different countries: among francophone areas; between different language groups; American and foreign offerings on each; number of offerings; programs by categories; one day as seen in TV in different countries.
For projects on the French Government, visit Les Services Web des Institutions Francaises: for sites explaining L'Assemblé Nationale and Le Sénat; including the role, a list of Deputies or Senators and list of items under consideration by each. Assign one branch of government per class for example, L'Assemblé Nationale.
email someone a postcard in French or a FL: send a 1-Step Free Internet Webcard: select from types of cards on left then follow directions. Write your message in FL.
2. email someone, including an attached file: send an Electric Postcard Cyber Bureau in French, Spanish or German or English;or a Carte Postale Virtuelle de Citroen or perhaps a Carte Postale d"Abitimi-Temiscamingue Au Canada or perhaps my favorite for Québec, a La Girafe Timbrée: cartes postales or a Carte Postale du Nouvel An to one or more recipients then save your card by following directions at bottom of site. Click on Cartes de Souhaits for a fine choice including Mother's day, New Years And Christmas cards in French. The Digital Postcard lets you select a language and any image from the Web for your customized wish. Select The Electric Postcard Card Rack for a choice of artwork, including many French artists. One final site for now: Cartes du Maroc offers virtual postcards of cities in Morocco and of virtual bouquets.
Measurement Converter a site everyone will use and learn from! Convert temperatures, speeds, distances capacity and volume and more. Ideal for your FL class projects.
Boulangerie Net click on produits for recipes (pains/gateaux) and for links with illustrations of many types of French bread; pains regionaux offers images of breads with a list of breads beneath. Pull off a copy of this page for any level class; have pairs locate each bread then have a bread party! For intermediate and above, try Spécialités Régionales; assign one or more regions to students who will click on appropriate online map of France to access a paragraph telling on the region's bread. Do have a bread party also!
Boulangerie Poupeau for an excellent cultural unit on the variety and history of French breads and pastries, click on pains ou patisseries then assign 2 or more examples to each student pair. Next assign students the online test on breads. For beginning classes, select croissants and other familiar items as easy, interesting reading and discussion activities. But not before lunch, Madame!
Cannelle: Another super site to assign for a Unit on breads of France has a clear timeline of the history of bread consumption and production. Try formation to learn about becoming a bread maker, then click on the main page for additional information. An absolute MUST a la francaise: click on ..jeu: aspects /textures for a visual online "match the croute with its mie game. Délicieux, n'est-ce pas!
Sicard en Vendée to investigate regional breads and cakes, this is a useful site. Click on the menu at left for location and details of Sicard, no. 1 de la brioche en Vendée.
Produits Colibri for an excuse for and prelude to a patisserie party in clss, click on the products listed here. Photos of madeleines and other goodies.
Patisseries Sylvie exquisite collection of pastry images from this Strasbourg shop.
Le Hit Parade des Patisseries for my beginners, I pull up, ink out the tallies then print out a few copies of this page. I post these around the class as a prompt for practicing preferences, telling students to read each, to think about ingredients then to put these in 2 orders: their personal preference and what they believe French would prefer. They then spend 5 minutes, finding someone in class who also shares their personal top 2 choices. Next, in groups of 4 or so, assign one student to tally the responses orally , one choice at a time. Choose a different person for each poll (indidual and guesses. The following day, with the whole class, tally the 2 class results orally and post the actual tally for an additional student to report. A fine way to use moi, je; lui/elle et moi, nous et on ou les Francais/les Parisiens; qui-questions; combien/numbers and to generate FL.
Daniel Dumet Patissier/ Chocolatier
click on Réservez Vos Patisseries then print copies for class. Students in pairs or small groups will select a choice for a party that they create, telling the cost per participant in $US, $ Canadian and FF.
La page de Bernadette: I recommend this site as a useful first stop for recipe selection, especially for its Table of Conversions for French-language cooking terms. Click on Tableau de conversion de...abréviations et unités utilisées for a comparison of English and French terms, such as tasse, cuiller a soupe (c.a.s) and cuiller a thé. Other sections include recipes from French chefs and other recipes.
La Bonne Cuisine de A a Z: an extensive list of French recipes from Christophe Plovier includes soups, game, meats, fish and shellfish, vegetables, eggs, sauces, desserts, beverages, and sweets. Assign a region from Putnam's trip section then research and taste the specialités of the area. Click on Desserts and print out holiday treats, including a Buche de Noel, et une Galette des Rois et des crepes and have students match with associated Fete days in France and French-speaking countries. See my section on trips for sites showing Fete days in France. Make a class recipe book and illustrate directions: select categories of recipes and ask groups to select 3 from each section. Translate into US equivalents, ingredients and directions for a memorable class project.
Chez Fred: the masterful Home Page of Fred Losacco which includes La Bonne Cuisine de A a Z listed above. Begin by clicking on Menus to have students create the perfect dining experience from Fred's files. Scroll down for an extensive list of French recipes, some with photos. Continue on for the Menu of the week: entrée, 3 plats et dessert. Délicieux!
Végétariennes/Végétariens: the Home Page from Québec for Francophone vegetarians which offers recipes, definitions in French,mailing lists and links with Alliance Végétarienne-France and associations in other countries. Click on icons at right of screen for topics and assistance in French. Click on recette icon for 12 categories of recipes online. Research other sites for additional vegetarian recipes in French and have students do oral reports on types of vegetarianism. Plan a debate: Pro/Con vegetarianism; (the Politics and Rationale for /Against) using this site and the Végébionet below. plan an OnLine cookbook Web site with your classmates( for vegetarians or any group). Translate your favorites to put onLine for others.
VEGEBIO: the Home page of the Vegetarian, Bio, Ecolo-based Végébionet Alliance. Click on acceuil et infos, dossiers and liens for position papers and a useful overview of their position on many issues.
Cuisiland: Recettes de La Cyber Gazette: select from Entrées, Plats Principaux, Sauces et Desserts for activities and projects, as noted above.
Recettes de Miam Miam useful list of recipes arranged by categories: cold dishes; entrées; entremets; patisseries and more. The directions use the infinitives of verbs so these recipes lend themselves well to projects for all levels and for grammar safaris (for example, I have students find 6 -ir verbs as well as double a given recipe).
Kaiseki: Nouvelle Cuisine Japonaise: a lovely site in French listing recipes in French of light Japanese dishes. The site includes a listing of japanese restaurants in Paris and information on a celebrated chef.
La Cuisine de France: a thematic list of recipes from a University of Ohio site. Excellent recipes including Magrebhine inspired dishes. Click on the fromages for information in English and French on cheeses then plan a cheese tasting party. Click on the etcetera for Regional offerings, including raclettes, Provencal and Auvergnat cooking. Scroll to the bottom for a Search feature and type in what you wish to find.
Recettes de ELLE: many delicious recipes from Elle magazine's food section. Click on entrées, plats et desserts and plan a Bon appétit! project and party. Write up and translate (from English ingredients steps and national measurements to the FL) your favorites variations on recipes from any of these lists. make a Web page to share with other classes world-wide.
Des maths Amusantes pour vous Détendre a super site fort génial with math challenges at all levels. Have your class find word problems or math challenges at their level so they share questionsa nd answers with others.
Genies en Herbe: OnLine games in French on-line games in History, geography, Identifications, and more, all in French. Since answeres are given on split screen, I assign small groups of students each a subsection of one type test. For example, each small group studies one section of the 3 geography tests for 20 minutes. I print out one copy of each section for myself. I cut and paste the most pertinent questions from each section to make 20 mix and match quiz for a later information-gap oral class activity. Keeping the same groups as before, students spend 15 minutes asking Who/where/etc. questions in the FL, to get missing information. During the third class, students get into groups to fill out blank versions of the same sheet. They may ask for help in FL only within their group this time. Fun and informative!
Nos Mésures click on nos mesures, copy and print out this class table of 20 or so Ecole Bizu elementary students poids, taille, et pointure. At the bottom of the table there are simple measuring questions in French. Have your class measure themselves in metric and in the U.S system. This works well as part of a keypal exchange where the groups compare and contrast.
Ajoutez 9 click on copy and print out this mental math sheet from Ecole Bizu elementary students. Have the FL students create mental math problems in teams for a class FL math challenge. Fun to link math and FL and the students like "the real stuff from French kids".
Dis papa: Le Monde Animal a well-made science unit entitled "Pourquoi les dinosaures ont disparu" presents in clear French 3 theories then provides valuable links in French and English to learn more. Click on left side menu for units on La Terre: (7 topics including what are clouds; why is the sea blue; where does the wind come from); and on L'Univers: 2 units: eclipse/ stars); and on Sciences et Techniques: (3 topics: why don't we fall off the earth; why does glue stick; why do planes leave a white streak).
Putnam's Sports Project select from a dozen sports in French (each with rules online) for a fun and informative class and exchange project.
Electricite de France (EDF) Le Net magazine: This excellent on-line magazine put out by Electricite de France offers articles in French on topics such as Renewable Energies, The 50th Anniversary of EDF, Electric Autos. Click on Archives to pull up additional articles from prior issues. Assign one topic per group (Electonic Autos includes 9 articles) for an excellent project dealing with the environment.
Pete Jones' Compte a Rebours vers L'An 2000 History quiz a fun 20 question multiple choice quiz in French to test your knowledge of key events from 1900-1909.
la Culture Francaise: C' est Chouette! to pre-plan a music project, click on Musique et chanson francaise as a backround source for many useful sites about French-language singers and their songs.
La Culture Francaise: Histoire start here for all projects dealing with the History of France and French-speaking countries. Assign specific projects from the lists given.
Voyageons Series ready-made questions to ask with links to sites in Tunisia, Morocco,The Ivory Coast,Haiti and other French-speaking regions from Erica M. Rosch of the University of Minnesota. An excellent site for geography units with a French-speaking perspective!
Index of Imaginet sites: y compris Musique, Voyages, Cyberculture, Entreprises et 1001 sites d"Imaginet: click here for additional themes and topics. Assign student pairs to generate a list of possible topics in each category. Research each general area to identify specific topics for further research.
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links Tennessee Bob's Supersite for all French topics. His updated site encompasses more that 5000 sites, arranged by topics. A fabulous resource for projects and backround information on almost any topic in French.
Electricité de France (EDF) Le Net magazine: This excellent on-line magazine put out by Electricite de France offers articles in French on topics such as Renewable Energies, The 50th Anniversary of EDF, Electric Autos. Click on Archives to pull up additional articles from prior issues. Assign one topic per group (Electonic Autos includes 9 articles) for an excellent project dealing with the environment.