Links

[Seapaddler]

Large multi resource websites:
http://french.about.com/
http://www.frenchpodclass.com/


Online Tutorials and Guides with sound:
http://www.languageguide.org/francais/
http://www.frenchtutorial.com/
http://www.jump-gate.com/languages/french/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/index_flash.shtml Juvenile but helpful still.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/ 2 interactive sections- "French Steps (http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/lj/)" and "Ma France (http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/)"
http://www.eslteachersboard.com/language/french/frenchlesson.htm
http://www.frenchassistant.com Excellent, need to register (http://www.frenchassistant.com/register.asp) a username.



Online Guides and Tutorials without sound
http://www.signiform.com/french/
http://www.wordprof.com/code/frames.asp?wordprof=lessons vocabulary


Online Translators
http://translation2.paralink.com/
http://www.freetranslation.com/
http://www.google.ca/language_tools?hl=en
http://babelfish.altavista.com/


Firefox Translator Extension
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/918/



Online Dictionaries
http://www.wordreference.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html



Text To Speech
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php#top



Tools
http://lepatron.tapor.ualberta.ca/ Note: drop menu bottom right
Verb conjugation - http://perso.orange.fr/herve.echelard/download/dicoverb.zip
Verb conjugation - http://www.verbix.com/windowsverbix/
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/459/ Adds special character drop menu to Firefox http://5sfb.net/images/sommaire/admin/new.gif


French Broadcasts
http://multilingualbooks.com/online-radio-french.html
http://multilingualbooks.com/online-tv-french.html

[Azereus]

Nice. This should be a sticky.

[TurinSZ]

thanks the text to speech is great :)

[Seapaddler]

Added another link.

gTranslate
For those of you using Firefox, there is a nice Translator extension that uses the Google Translator engine. Highlight your text, choose the default language (only has to be done once) if the text is within 25 characters or so the auto translation will appear in your drop menu when you right click on what you have highlighted and you can read it right there. If there is more text extending beyond the context menu you can continue to click and it will open a new tab with your text translated automatically in Google.

Note: there are a few more translator extensions but this one seems to be the most reliable and fuss free.

[CFHollister]

Nice, these are very usefull.

[jaco]

This link might also be useful:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/French/Contents

[aFrenchie]

This link might also be useful:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/French/Contents
Good too. The slang section is funny (quite poor though). The introduction in that slang section ("Foreign speakers") should reply to someone here who wanted to first learn the slang in French (was it Matrix?) :D. More or less the same advice I gave him...

[Twitch]

Didn't notice before but this little correction tool I use wasn't listed. I listed it before but will repost a link here.
http://lepatron.tapor.ualberta.ca/Resources/logo_fr.gif (http://lepatron.tapor.ualberta.ca/)
The interface can be set to French or English, but since it was designed by the University of Alberta to help their students who are learning French it only shows you your mistakes and suggests a correction, but you have to correct them all yourself. It is hoped that by making you do the corrections you will learn more, and so far it has been working for me.

[Seapaddler]

Ah yes I forgot to add that one, I remember you posted it. I added it to the list.

[Seapaddler]

Added another link to the BBC languages section. There is also a section called Cool French for modern slang with a sub section for music.

[Seapaddler]

A few more links.

[brad]

great job seapaddler .. thanks for putting all the time into this, and all of the others that are helping with the great resources.

[jaco]

Another podcast, similar to the one already listed:

http://frenchecole.libsyn.com/

[Zack -Alizee Lover-]

this is old but its just great i should revive this old post :)

[atra201]

this is old but its just great i should revive this old post :)

:eek: :eek: :eek: why would you do that?:confused: :confused: :confused: :blink: :blink: :blink:

[Zack -Alizee Lover-]

:eek: :eek: :eek: why would you do that?:confused: :confused: :confused: :blink: :blink: :blink:

didnt know it was a sticky thread;)

[atra201]

didnt know it was a sticky thread;)

a sticky thread ? huh didn't see thaat

[Twitch]

Here are a couple of links I found that could be useful, just remember that they are supposed to be for demo purposes only and you agree to delete the files after trying them out and buy the program if you intend on using it long term. But for those of you interested in trying Rosetta Stone this is their French level I & II lessons. Because the
images were JPEG compressed to save bandwidth it was possible to fit both lessons onto 1 CD, but everything should be included albeit with a slightly reduced image quality (I haven't seen the uncompressed images so can't tell you if it is a noticeable drop in quality but probably isn't). I randomly tested lessons and they worked but did not go through the entire program to make sure that there weren't any corrupted files.

Just download both parts and unpack the RAR archive and then mount or burn the image. You can then run it off the CD or install the program on the computer but you will still need the CD to access the lessons. More info can be found in the Docs folder on the CD where lessons and manuals are to be found. The Program interface does support Spanish, French, and German but I have not checked to see if they work. This ISO is setup for windows, the Application software, I think, is different for Mac's but I have had no way to check to see if this one works for Mac's or not.

This is not meant as a replacement for the lessons but a supplement to them, the program's goal is to give you a working knowledge of a language quickly but it doesn't teach you all of the grammar and other things you need to be completely fluent. And remember this is for evaluation purposes only please delete it after trying it and purchase the program if you like it. Thanks.

Part 1 Warned you I was going to delete them.
Part 2 PM if you still need the 2nd link to finish your download.

EDIT: Just thought I would let you know that this is the full version of the program and contains all the lessons, so if you wanted to give, what most of you have said is the best program for learning a new language, a try I download this because the links expire after 7 days of inactivity, so that means tomorrow if nobody has used them. But it has been a week so I will delete this post after tomorrow because this is not the forum for trading software, I just posted this because I have really enjoyed using the Italian version so far and thought others could use this French version.

[Zarose]

Here's a great little game demo for learning all sorts of languages, this is from a video series that my high school French teacher introduced us to:

http://www.dmpbbc.com/en/demo/language_select.html

[Solaris]

www.livemocha.com Its friggin awsome and free!!!! Im using it now so send me a friend request so we can study french together!!!

[Toc De Mac]

www.livemocha.com Its friggin awsome and free!!!! Im using it now so send me a friend request so we can study french together!!!

Wow, that's really neat!

I've signed up and have begun learning German using the site's German 101 course. It's very cool to correct people who are learning as well as to have feedback from native speakers.

:cool:

[i_luv_alizee]

The livemocha link looks really cool. :D But I do have one gripe. I took the French test and I got 9 out of 10 correct. Then it told me that I should start with French 202. Say what??? I think the test was too easy. I think it assumes that just because you know some words that you can go to the next level. I mean, I did take some French but that was a long time ago. But I remembered enough of the words for the livemocha test to be fairly easy. That doesn't mean I know the language though.

[Toc De Mac]

The livemocha link looks really cool. :D But I do have one gripe. I took the French test and I got 9 out of 10 correct. Then it told me that I should start with French 202. Say what??? I think the test was too easy. I think it assumes that just because you know some words that you can go to the next level. I mean, I did take some French but that was a long time ago. But I remembered enough of the words for the livemocha test to be fairly easy. That doesn't mean I know the language though.

Haha, yeah... I think that they're there just to give you a rough idea of what you know. It just goes to show that they can be false indicators. ;)

I really am enjoying this site, even though it does sometimes take a while to receive feedback (to speed up the process, I've made friends with several native German speakers).

[nomdeplume]

I have a few links I'd like to share, too! I see someone already mentioned Livemocha...I think it's a pretty good site to start with. Like people mentioned, it has it's imperfections, but they have a site for you to voice complaints on, too, if any one is interested.
http://livemocha.uservoice.com/pages/2163-features

LingQ. com is pretty good. They have an interesting system with lots of free podcasts. I feel rather lost sometimes because it has no grammar guides or anything...the concept is that you kind of figure stuff out for yourself as you go along.
http://www.lingq.com/

Podcast Français Facile (Easy/Simple French Podcasts, if I'm not mistaken) is another site...the title is kind of self explanatory.
http://www.podcastfrancaisfacile.com/

I don't think anyone has already posted those, if so, my apologies, they are here again :D

[user472884]

I downloaded for free (i dont know how or what it's called, something with "torrents") all three levels of Rosetta Stone: French

I haven't gotten far enough along to really say it's value, but I know how to say things like "Les enfants boivent du lait" "dix tasses sont blancs, cinq sont bleus, mais tout sont petits" and little things like that