Modern Foreign Languages

French
phonetique.free.fr
This is a superb site to practise French pronunciation! You can hear all the sounds of the French language and there are very good exercises to practise. The presentation is fun and it's very easy to navigate. A must for French learners!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.polarfle.com
If you have pupils who like murder mysteries and speaking French, then this site is a dream come true! Read about the murder, find out about the suspects and solve the crime. Pupils won't even realise that they are actually doing reading and listening comprehensions and grammar exercises. A lot of fun for pupils of all ages as this site offers 4 different levels of difficulty.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

bonjourdefrance.com
This is an impressive site all in French, which offers reading and listening comprehensions, grammar exercises, vocab lists and a lot more. It's fun, authentic and very educational! (This site is probably best for year 10 and above)
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://cc.oulu.fi/~hweinach/pointfle/
A site whose objective is to facilitate access to the best IT and web-based activities in French as a Foreign Language. There are sites for interactive grammar, auto-corrected exercises, simulations, etc. which all can be used for work in the classroom or for self-studies. Very useful!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.talkingdice.co.uk
"Talkingdice" is a brilliant site for all MFL teachers. For \0xA35.85 (including p & p) you can buy a set of 6 printed dice on a lot of different topics all linked to the National Curriculum. This site also gives you loads of ideas on how to use the dice in the classroom. It's a great and cheap way to encourage students to speak in any language!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.frenchassistant.com
This great site gives you the chance to practise your French while working on your computer, by popping up a "question" or "information" window. You can fully control the content and frequency of these windows. You will need to register first, but give it a go, it's fun and very useful!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.linguacentral.co.uk
Although this site may look a little busy at first, it is extremely useful for both teachers and learners (from Year 7 all the way to Year 13); It offers online exercises and games in French, Spanish and German and also contains a list of relevant language links. Well worth a visit!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.educationalresources.co.uk
This site is intended for both students and teachers. For the former, it provides a lot of practical information such as applying to universities, finding accomodation ... as well as learning sites. For teachers, it offers access to Unions sites, discussion forums, vacancies, performance tables and inspection sites and so on. Bookmark it!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.fonetiks.org
The main aim of this site is to allow people to hear and practise sounds in the language of their choice. In order to access the whole pronunciation site, you will have to pay a subscription fee. You can also access a French dictionary from the home page by clicking on the flag and there is a list of language resources for learners and teachers.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.parlez-vous.org
Not only does this site offer links to French sites, it also provides a multitude of links to the canadian culture, language and gastronomy! A great site to remind us that French is not just spoken in France!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.LessonPlansPage.com
This site offers over 1.500 lesson plans as well as access to other sites' lessons. All you need to do is click on your subject and choose whichever lesson you're interested in. There isn't a lot of choice for French yet, but it's still worth a look. It is also a portal for educational sites.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.languageteachingnetwork.com
Although this site is intended for TEFL teachers, it contains links to educational websites that any teacher will find very useful.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.sitesforteachers.com
Sitesforteachers is a portal for almost a thousands of sites to do with education. You can have a look at them all if you're not sure what you're after, or you can use the search facility to find what you want.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.richmond.edu/~jpaulsen/gvfr_eng.html
Le Quartier Francais is a Canadian portal with a huge number of sites related to Canada, France and the French language and culture. It is available in French and in English. This site is more relevant to teachers and A'Level students as most of the links take you to authentic French or Canadian sites. Well worth a look!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

academicinfo.net/langfrench.html
Portal for French related sites, including online teaching resources.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

Atschool.eduweb.co.uk
haberg This site is divided into areas of experience and subdivided into each topic. For each topic there are four or five exercises available and most of them involve reading and writing, with a few audio ones. This is an extremely detailed and complete site which pupils will find very useful either when revising for the GCSE exam or throughout years 10 and 11 to practise the topics studied in class.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 13

atschool.eduweb.co.ukstpmlang/AS%20topics/topics.htm
This site offers exercises in some of the topics covered for AS: Gapfilling exercises, reading comprehensions, vocabulary tests - It also suggests different French sites for each topic for extra information and further reading.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

eleaston.com/french.html
This site is a portal which specialises in online exercises on different areas of the French language and culture. It also offers a list of sites that teachers can use to create their own quizzes.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

humanities.uchicago.edu/
This site is a French verb conjugator, which students may want to use instead of their verb table. It is very comprehensive, but not very user-friendly.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.aupoint.nelson.co.uk
This site works along with the AS textbook "Au Point". It provides exercises to match the vocabulary covered in the book. One drawback is that you have to keep a couple of windows open at the same time and switch back and forth between the two - for instance the reading comprehension text in one window and the questions in another. The grammar side of the book is well covered with a lot of exercises. Like the previous site, it also provides a lot of links per topic for further reading and information.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.BBC.co.ukschools/gcsebitesize/french
This is a very famous revision site for GCSE. As well as providing exam skills, it offers reading and writing activities both at foundation and higher level. It is a very user-friendly site which offers advice in English with hints to help pupils with exam techniques. This site is also available in German.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.bonjour.org.uk
A very user-friendly site created by a French teacher There are roughly four or five types of exercises for each topic and this site has a "check" and "hint" option. Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk
"French Revision" is a great site which offers a lot of practise for KS3, KS4 and KS5 in all four skills, as well as grammar exercises. For GCSE students, it also offers access to past papers which can be marked on the spot. Well worth a visit!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.homestead.comAnne_Fox/LearningFrench.html
Anne Fox has created a very useful site which offers services not found anywhere else. It offers the possibility to type in words or sentences in French and hear them spoken.If you need to practise some vocab, send it to Anne and she will make up some exercises for you. This site also gives a list of useful sites for GCSE. Excellent site!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.kevinsplayroom.co.uk
Kevin's Playroom is a an award winning curriculum and homework portal produced by children for children.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.lamc.utexas.edu/fi/exercises
Although this site contains some basic vocabulary, it also provides material which students might find useful, including vocab lists, surveys and a lot of grammar. This site is not always very user-friendly but it is well worth persevering. Most of the interesting content can be accessed via the bottom navigation bar.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.lamc.utexas.edu/tex/
An excellent grammar site comprising lessons as well as exercises. It is very exhaustive and easy to follow. The armadillo theme throughout makes the grammar more fun.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12\0x87 13

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This site, created by the Guardian newspaper, offers reading, writing, listening and speaking exercises. It also provides a list of vocabulary for each topic that pupils can listen to as well as read. The list of topics covered for year 7 is very extensive. The reading and listening exercises come with a "check" option, however the listening and speaking ones do not. One drawback of this site is that some of the exercises cannot be done online and have to be done on paper with the correction available on screen.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.learn.co.uk
This site, created by the Guardian newspaper, offers speaking, reading and writing exercises in a wide range of topics studied for GCSE. The site offers two options: French with or without sounds. It also provides grammar rules and exercises. The exercises are aimed at higher-level pupils. One drawback of this site is that some of the exercises cannot be done online and have to be done on paper with the correction available on screen.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.linguaweb.co.uk
In this site, pupils have access to a complete lesson about each of the different topics covered, as well as exercises to practise. The only drawback to this site is that pupils can cheat by pressing "view the right answer". This site also includes some listening comprehension exercises and is also available in German. (Click on the icon representing the pile of papers, and click on "higher") This site contains language tutorials on some topics as well as games and exercises. It is less complete than the previous sites I have mentioned as it only covers the following topics but is particularly good for grammar: - plans for the future - the future tense - holidays in the past - the conditional tense This site is also available in German.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.longman.co.uk
AS students will find this site extremely useful when revising grammar. It follows the AS textbook "Pyramide" and covers all the grammar points studied in the book with exercises to practise. Students can check their answers on the spot. This site also offers links towards other useful sites relating to each topic.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.quia.com
This is a fun, interactive site with a lot of games, some of which can be played by two or more pupils Exercises are added on a regular basis, so it is well worth checking this site regularly. Most of the topics follow the same pattern of exercises, such as matching French and English, wordsearches, flashcards. Although this site is not aimed directly at GCSE pupils, it covers a lot of the topics studied and is an excellent tool to revise vocabulary and grammar at foundation level.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/french.html
The University of Sussex has created an impressive and very useful list of links to do with France and the French culture. It includes background sites, news and media on line, teaching resources and sites for further research. Each site is documented.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk
As well as providing a lot of general information for teachers, such as professional development and education overview, Teachernet is also a portal for sites to do with all aspects of teaching. The sites are ordered alphabetically.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk~thecroft/index.htm
(click on "exercises") There are at least two types of exercises per topic, such as true or false, crosswords, gapfilling exercises - This site also has "check" and "hint" options.

Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.wildfrench.co.uk
This site offers access to online exercises to go alongside textbooks such as : Métro, Avantage, Fusée, Equipe and Formule X. For KS4, it offers access to past papers and more online exercises. Very useful site!
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

www.yourdictionary.com
Pupils can use this online dictionary to check vocabulary from French or German to English and vice-versa.
Years | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13