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Apps
Verbuga French Verb Trainer
iPhone, iPad ($2.99),
Android (free),
BlackBerry ($2.99)
Verbuga French Verb Trainer is a popular way to learn French verb conjugations. Set up your own exercise with only those tenses and verbs that you like to practice. No connection required.
MyWords - Learn French Vocabulary
iPhone, iPad ($5.99)
Rapidly build your vocabulary and perfect your pronunciation! MyWords is a completely new way to quickly learn and remember 10 vocabulary words a day.
Le Monde
iPhone, iPad,
Android,
BlackBerry (free)
Follow French and international. Updated daily. Receive alerts in real time.
Radio France
iPhone, iPad,
Android,
BlackBerry (free)
Listen to France Inter, France Info, France Musique, France Culture, France Bleu, Le Mouv’ et Fip on your phone.
Polar FLE
http://www.polarfle.com/
Murder mystery that students have to solve. There are tutorials followed by practice activities, a built-in scoring rubric and audio components. There are four levels of difficulty.
Retrouvez le Sourire
http://www.magelis.com/ciep/ouvrir.html
High tech simulation of a detective story. Students have to look for Mona Lisa's smile. It includes cultural information on the city of Paris.
Le Conjugueur
http://www.leconjugueur.com
Students can enter a verb form or an infinitive to see how it is conjugated in the various tenses. The software can be downloaded and used offline.
Les Africains de la Chanson Francophone
http://www.lehall.com/galerie/africains/index.html
This website provides a beautiful window on African music from various parts of the continent. Students can listen to music samples while reading French texts about the life of the artists.
L'union Européenne en Bref
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
L'Union Europeenne en Bref is a comprehensive reference website providing information on the European union, its institutions and history.
Jean de la Fontaine
http://www.jdlf.com
Reference website on Jean de la Fontaine. It provides a biography, digital versions of his work, as well as a number of audio files.
Brouillon d’Ecrivain
http://expositions.bnf.fr/brouillons/index.htm
The website is sponsored by the BNF (Bibliothéque Nationale de France). It provides scanned versions of authentic manuscripts, pictures and video clips.
Le Génie du Manguier
http://frenchrc.rutgers.edu/lgm/htm/01_accueil.htm
Presentation of an interactive version of a francophone short story (Le Génie du Manguier). It comes with a set of activities and a lesson plan.
