Pedagogical Resources
We are happy to offer these useful sites to help students further their French Studies, Francophone Research and encourage professional development.
Francophone Media
Newspapers:
- Le Régional (Hamilton-Niagara)
- L’Express de Toronto (Toronto)
Television, Radio and Films:
- TFO (Ontario francophone television)
- TV5 Monde (international francophone television)
- Radio Canada (CBC)
- RFI (Radio France Internationale)
- ONF (National Film Board)
French Dictionaries
General
- Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales (CNRTL) (France)
- Dictionnaire de l’académie française (France)
- Lexilogos (Francophonie)
Offering Historical Perspectives
Synonyms
Popular Speech (Argot)
- Lexilogos – Dictionnaire argot
French-to-English and English-to-French Dictionaries
- Le grand dictionnaire terminologique (GDT) (Quebec)
- WordReference (international)
- Linguee (a database of everyday translations)
- TERMIUM Plus® (for the translation of technical terms)
Encyclopedias in French
- Encyclopaedia Universalis
- MSN Encarta
- Wikipédia
French Grammar
- Open Library Pressbooks
French as a second language textbooks in open access with exercises
- TV5 Monde
Exercises to facilitate language acquisition through culture
- Le Point du FLE
Grammar exercises - Amélioration du Français
Grammar exercises
French Conjugation
- Le Conjugueur
Conjugation of all verbs in all tenses
- Conjugo
Interactive conjugation exercises
French Pronunciation
French Writing
- BonPatron
Spelling and Grammar checker for French as a second language - Banque de dépannage linguistique
Help with difficulties of the French language such as anglicisms
- L’école branchée – Orthographe
Spelling practice
French Vocabulary
- French word-a-day
Acquisition of new words and expressions in French
French Digital Books
- Gallica
- La Bibliothèque Universelle
- Le Projet Gutenberg
- Bibliothèque virtuelle
Major literary works available to download