French Resources
Classroom Materials
Books and Other Publications
Pearson Education Canada Ltd.
French foreign languages K-12 including core and supplementary materials.
Website: www.pearsoned.ca
Phone: 1-800-263-9965 / 416-447-5101CLE International
French materials, ages 6-adult, textbooks, reading, conversation, and grammar. Distributor for French publishing companies.
Website: www.cle-inter.com
E-mail (US Contact): blombard@cle-inter.comHachette Livre langue étrangère
All kinds of French books for teachers and students. Available through American distributor Ideal.
Website: http://www.hachette.com
E-mail: webmaster@hachette-livre.frLe Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique
Website: www.cndp.fr
Email: webmaster-commerce@echanges.cndp.frLe Français Fantastique/The Children’s French Store
A Canadian cooperative publishing company of teachers who create for teachers. Materials have been tested in the classroom.
Website: home.ican.net/~marilyn/
E-mail: marilyn@ican.netCentre Educatif et Culturel, Inc.
French language and immersion texts.
E-mail: infoped@ceceditions.comSosnowski Associates
Pre-school- through university-level French language material published or distributed by selected Canadian publishers, including multi-cultural novels, CD’s, and cassettes of Québec music as well as computer software and texts for immersion schools.
Website: www.sosnowskibooks.com
E-mail: orders@sosnowskibooks.com
Phone: 1-800-437-7161 / 303-838-0921
Periodicals and Newspapers
FRANCE Magazine
Magazine in English about France. Published in Great Britain.
Website: www.francemag.comJeune Afrique
Weekly Parisian magazine on African current events.
Website: www.jeuneafrique.com/
E-mail: redactionweb@jeuneafrique.comLe Devoir
Daily newspaper from Montréal, Québec.
Website: www.ledevoir.com
Email: redaction@ledevoir.com
Phone: 1-800-463-7559 / 514-985-3355L’Express
French magazine on current events.
Website: www.lexpress.frLe Journal Français d’Amérique
Authentic text in French at intermediate level. Published in San Franciso, CA.
Website: www.france-amerique.com
E-mail: info@france-amerique.com
Phone: 1-212-221-6700Le Monde
French newspaper.
Website: www.lemonde.frLe Nouvel Observateur
French magazine with articles on current political and Nouvel Observateur cultural issues. Published in Paris.
Website: www.nouvelobs.com
Email: quotidien@nouvelobs.comLiberation
Newspaper.
Website: www.liberation.frParis Match
Magazine.
Website: www.parismatch.com
Professional Resources/Organizations
The Alliance Française in the United States
The Alliance Francaise's mission in the United States is to encourage anddevelop knowledge of the French language and French and Francophonecultures, and to foster cultural, intellectual and artistic exchangesbetween the USA and France and the French-speaking countries. Each AllianceFrançaise is governed locally and is operated as an independant, non-profit,
non-political, non-discriminatory organization.
Websites: http://www.alliance-us.org/fr/ (French)
http://www.alliance-us.org/en/ (English)
E-mail: dgi@alliance-us.org
Phone: 612-332-0436American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)
Receive the journal, The French Review, six times a year and the National Bulletin four times a year. Keep up on issues in the field!
Website: www.frenchteachers.org
E-mail: aatf@frenchteachers.org
Phone: 618-453-5731Canadian Parents for French
Organization for all interested in French language education.CPF sends out a newsletter and holds an annual conference.
Website: www.cpf.ca
E-mail: cpf@cpf.ca
Phone: 613-235-1481
Multimedia Resources
Web Sites
American Association of Teachers of French
Links to the top web sites for French teachers and students.
Website: www.frenchteachers.org
Email: aatf@frenchteachers.org
Phone: 1-618-453-5731France Home Page
Wonderful resource for teachers - websites are available by looking at regions or subjects using key words. Lists of available services are listed by categories and by region. One can find news items, make announcements, or make requests via the web.
Website: www.urec.cnrs.fr/annuaire
Email: webmaster@urec.cnrs.frYahoo! France
Lists of Web Sites, resources and information available. More than 28 categories ranging from news to entertainment, sports, travel, and real estate.
Website: fr.yahoo.comTennessee Bob’s - French Links
Lots of francophone web sites on topics such as art, literature, t.v., music, travel information, subway maps, and more.
Website: www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html
Email: bobp@utm.eduLe Serveur France
Created by the Ministère des Affaires Etrangères - current news, addresses for embassies, and more. In English, French, German and Spanish.
Website: www.france.diplomatie.frARTFL Project
A project for American and French research of the treasury of the French language.
Website: humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/
Email: mark@barkov.uchicago.eduThe French Connection
Many links to French themes.
Website: www.anu.edu.au/french/french.html
French Embassy
French embassy in Washington, D.C.
Website: www.ambafrance-us.orgLe Monde from Paris: Daily Newspaper
Website: www.lemonde.frLiberation: Daily Newspaper
Website: www.liberation.frParis Match Magazine
Website: www.parismatch.comRadio/TV FRANCE
Website: globegate.utm.edu/french/topics/tv.and.radio.html
Email: davagatw@mars.utm.edu
Other Multimedia Resources
BBC Languages
Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/University of Minnesota Language Center
The University of Minnesota’s Language Center has a web site devoted to a language software database for both Mac’s and PC’s. A link can be found on this page: languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/index.php?page=instructor (under “Materials Libraries”).Champs Elysées audio-magazine
Monthly, hour-long program on audiocassette packed with news, features, and interviews from France. Subscribe for 5 months or 1 year. Study supplements are also available. Programs also available in German, Spanish, and Italian.
Website: www.champs-elysees.com
E-mail: usorders@champs-elysees.com
Phone: 1-800-824-0829SCOLA (Satellite Communications for Learning)
SCOLA is an internationally-based non-profit consortium of educational institutions. It transmits international television programs for schools.
Website: www.scola.org
E-mail: scola@scola.org
Phone: 712-566-2202Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Website: www.cbc.caTV5 Consortium de télévision Québec-Canada
Website: www.tv5.org/quecanTV Hebdo
Website: www.tvhebdo.com