A free, online, English-French dictionary with the pronunciation of French words!

For pronunciation help: type in the word you are searching for (in French or English), hit Enter or click the magnifying glass/search button - or click on the best result from the live search suggestions that will appear - and press the speaker button beside the result.

This dictionary also has a standard English-to-French and French-to-English search function.

*There are a lot of ads on this site, but it has excellent live search suggestions, recognises many phrases (as opposed to single words), and compares your search with (non-reviewed) external sources to give you context from real-world use on the Internet.*

**Remember that the site's web-based external sources are no more filtered than anything else on the Internet (or most dictionaries, for that matter)!**

This course is designed for high-intermediate ESL students who need to develop better listening comprehension and oral skills, which will primarily be achieved by detailed instructions on pronunciation. Our focus will be on (1) producing accurate and intelligible English, (2) becoming more comfortable listening to rapidly spoken English, and (3) learning common expressions, gambits, and idioms used in both formal and informal contexts.

The Lethbridge Curriculum Developers Group Explore French Through Music website is a free, open access resource to support French language instruction with fun and interactive songs. Their are various materials provided on the website including songs, interactive activities, and cultural exploration. Activities are available for individuals to download for use in your class or use them as models for developing your own language materials.

«Ma France en classe:

You can download and print activities for the 24 units of Ma France. They involve the four main skills: Speaking, Reading, Listening and Writing.

Click on the appropriate picture to download the activity print-out.»

These units cover general life situations in French, set in France. Amusez-vous bien!

**Requires Javascript and a Flash plug-in**

'Students have an opportunity to learn about their families in French. During the learning activities, students will become reacquainted with the “Soleil” family. '

*Instructions are in English.*

This is an extensive unit with a great deal of instructional material. The families represented are quite traditional (the resource is from 2001), but adaptations could be made to include a greater diversity of families and individuals.

Courtesy of Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C., an archived site with a series of excellent kits for middle-grade Core French units that carefully structure and encourage oral communication. Some elements would be adaptable for younger or older grades, and/or useful in immersion!

THIS KIT'S THEME: Ma vie... c'est moi! (My Life... It's Me!)

«This Mon passport theme , “Ma vie” / “My life” includes basic greetings,
basic questions, emotions, colours and numbers.

« After asking and answering questions together as a class, students can then move
between stations. These stations are not sequential, but rather provide practice
communicating about each theme in different ways. The station titles ... are:

a. Comment ça va?
b. Bandes dessinées / Comics
c. Emojis
d. C’est moi! / It’s me!
e. Chanter/Sing
f. Une dictée / Spelling list or Spelling bee
g. Calculer / Calculate
h. Colorier / Colour
i. Sac magique / Magic bag »

'Students have an opportunity to discuss themselves and their families. During the learning activities students discuss their size, hair and eye colour, favourite colours, age, birthdays, foods they like and dislike, favourite activities and games and their families ... students create and share an “All About Me” booklet.'

*Instructions are in English.*

Provided by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation / le Ministère de l'Éducation de la Saskatchewan: 'Students have an opportunity to discuss themselves and their school. During the learning activities, students will explore various topics related to them and their school while preparing a booklet ... students create booklets pertaining to “Me and My School” and present an accompanying role play.'

Metropolitan French, Familiarization and Short-Term Training (FAST) from the U.S. Foreign Service Institute

«This course is designed to familiarize you with the situations you are likely to encounter abroad, and to provide you with the language skills you need to cope effectively with those situations. The Metropolitan French FAST course is ideal for the long term visitor, student, or permanent resident of France. Forty lessons include finding an apartment; an automobile crisis; calling a doctor; taking the Metro, train and taxi; and ordering in a restaurant. Cultural notes on contemporary French personalities, driving laws, price comparisons for clothes, important telephone numbers for the American visitor, and a glossary of useful words and expressions are included.

The Sub-Saharan French FAST course presents cultural and functional information useful to you in French-speaking areas south of the Sahara desert. The course provides background information, samples of language that you may hear and reproduce, exploration of relevant grammar, supplementary vocabulary, and communicative uses of language for real or simulated purposes. You learn vocabulary and structures for everyday usage. The course is recommended for those seeking a functional knowledge of the language.

The course presents topics including ordering a meal, registering at a hotel, meeting neighbors, asking directions, hiring staff, and getting one's car repaired.»

Movement game kits (hot potato, charades, etc.) for many of the Comox Valley Schools (SD71, B.C.) middle-grade Core French units (also searchable on the Resource Bank). All would be adaptable for younger and older students. There are also flash card sets with the units themselves!
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Ces jeux sont destinés aux élèves de Core French, mais seraient également très utiles pour susciter la participation à l'oral dans les cours d'Immersion! Des cartes flash sont aussi disponibles avec chaque unité (recherchables dans la Banque de Ressource).

UNIT THEMES (those with flash cards and games, searchable on the Resource Bank):

-Greetings & letters (saluer & alphabet)
-Numbers & calendar (chiffres & calendrier)
-Who are you? (Qui es-tu?)
-Body parts & monsters (le corps & les monstres)
-Clothing (les vêtements)
-Sports (les sports)
-Hobbies (les passe-temps)
-Animals (les animaux)
-High-frequency words (Les mots de haute fréquence)
-Food (la nourriture) - unit 2/2e unité

'Students have an opportunity to learn about Christmas in French. During the learning activities, students will become familiar with Christmas vocabulary, explore what Christmas means to them, discuss ways Santa knows their behaviour during the year, and what they would like for Christmas. They even invent a toy-making machine. For the experiential goal, students will write a letter to Santa and present their letters to the class.

'The teacher’s guide includes learning objectives, a list of resources and step-by-step suggestions on how to teach the unit. In addition, the guide includes answer sheets, suggested vocabulary and motivational games, supplementary activities, flashcards, model letter to parents, evaluation grids and activities, and website addresses.

'The student workbook includes the necessary student activity sheets, vocabulary lists, and teacher, peer and self-evaluation grids. '

*Most instructions are in English, except for a few of the worksheets.*

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 5 Core French students, but is suitable for younger grades and would be easily adaptable for older ones. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in primary French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Comox Valley Schools, Learn71, Beth Peddle

Free Online French Listening Resources for teachers, students and parents with videos, online quizzes and printable worksheets for online learning, practice at home, lessons and school work.
The videos have subtitles in French AND English, apart from a few repeats with no subtitles or just in French that have been specially requested by French teachers.

'Students have an opportunity to participate in a variety of learning experiences where they become familiar with pets, create and participate in a class survey to determine favourite pets, identify and describe pets, create a riddle, and interview classmates to become familiar with pet preferences ... students present their own or desired favourite pet.'

*Instructions are in English.*

'Students have an opportunity to participate in a variety of learning experiences where they talk about places they’ve visited, discuss their favourite tourist attractions, become aware of various types of transportation, discuss activities they would like to do on a trip, and articles of clothing they would pack for a trip ... students create and present a travel plan for a selected place.'

*Instructions are in English.*

Students have an opportunity to learn about Easter in French. During the learning activities, students will become familiar with Easter vocabulary, discuss the origin and meaning of Easter, and play numerous games to reinforce the vocabulary. They even do a hunt on the Internet related to Easter. For the experiential goal, students will plan and perform an Easter egg hunt. The teacher’s guide includes learning objectives, a list of resources and step by step suggestions on how to teach the unit. In addition, the guide includes answer sheets, suggested vocabulary and motivational games, supplementary activities, flashcards, model letter to parents, evaluation grids and activities, and website addresses.

For elementary students from grades 4-6.

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 6 Core French students, but is suitable for younger grades and would be easily adaptable for older ones. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in primary French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Comox Valley Schools, Learn71, Beth Peddle

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 6 Core French students, but is suitable for older grades and would be easily adaptable for younger ones. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Comox Valley Schools, Learn71, Beth Peddle

The outcome for this artifact is to see student engagement and introduce vocabulary. It is based on recommendations from a Speech and Language Pathologist for students with Autism. This was part of an Eiip goal. When creating these stories it is important to keep the following suggestions in mind.

· Stories should be created using simple vocabulary and sentences. The stories should also be created using a repetitive format which will lend itself to allow the student to, eventually, fill in blanks in the story by handing picture cards to the reader (e.g., “Peter plays in the snow with ____.”).
· If there is, eventually, an expectation for students to point to individuals in his/her personalized stories (e.g., mom, dad), he/she will need to have separate pictures to be taught who is who in pictures. Begin this process using errorless learning. This means that the student’s finger should be guided to select the right person he/she has been asked to identify in the picture.
· If the student has demonstrated an interest in turning pages in books, it may be beneficial to use ‘page fluffers’ in the personalized stories to make the pages easier for him/her to manipulate and turn. (Joelle Lowen, 2016)
Ideally the student will be able to complete the cloze sentence either by using a picture or saying the word.