French
Additional Resources
Education
Literature
Culture
Government
News
Media
Education
- Why should everyone study French? Find out here.
- The importance of French in the world (site of L'Ordre des Palmes Académiques)
- France Synergies at the University of Wisconsin Madison – with multiple resources for learning and teaching French
- Trésor de la langue française - FREE consultation of over 100,000 words with etymologies and literary examples
- What's that word? Try the University of Chicago's bilingual dictionary, French-English AND English-French
- Visit the collection of links on Prof. Perry's web page, especially the links for Dictionaries, Grammars, and Encyclopedias
- About: French Language – a site offering useful information: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, cultural facts, homework help, work in France, and more!
- A useful site that helps people learn French for free http://frenchpod.com.
Literature
- Library resources for French literature at the University of Notre Dame
- Multiple resources at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
- Gallica, at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France--over 80,000 full-text works (not all literary), with an intuitive search engine
- ARTFL, at the University of Chicago - a full-text searchable database of nearly 2000 French language texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing
- A critical overview of French literary sites at the University of Ottawa
- A site on French poetry
Culture
- Francophone countries in the world
- Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie – the world’s largest official Francophone organization
- Conseil International d'Études Francophones – the world’s main academic association of Francophone Studies (members include ND professors); see also its useful list of links
- French Cultural Services in the US (with information on grants)
- FACE - French American Cultural Exchange, with video releases of French films and a French film grant program for universities in the U.S.
- France-Amérique: the French newsletter in the U.S.
- A blog for American expats in France, created by former ND student Michael Barrett
- Alliance Française in Chicago
- L'Académie Française - from Richelieu to the present
- French-at-a-touch.com - for everything French in the U.S. and abroad
Government
- The French Government’s website in English
- The Embassy of France in Washington – perhaps the single most useful site to visit
- The French Consulate in Chicago
News
- All available French news online (courtesy of the Hesburgh Library at Notre Dame)
- L'Express - one of the most popular weekly news magazines
- Le Figaro - major French daily
- Jeune Afrique - weekly analysis of African countries and cultures
- Libération - major French daily
- Le Monde - France's most prestigious daily newspaper
- Le Monde diplomatique - France's international daily newspaper
- Le Monde diplomatique's links to more than 500 periodicals
- Le Nouvel Observateur Quotidien - daily page from the Socialist weekly
- Le Point - weekly
- The Tocqueville Connection - daily news from the French press, in English
Media
Radio stations and TV channels:
- France-Culture – educational and cultural radio
- Radio France Internationale – news radio
- Arte - culturally aware TV in France
- France 2 - France's "channel 2" TV
- France 3 - France's "channel 3" TV
- France 5 - France's "channel 5" TV
- TV 5 Monde – the world’s French and Francophone satellite TV channel (with list of programs shown in the US)
