French Studies Guide - Internet Resources

The purpose of this guide is indicate relevant sites relating to French studies on the Internet. It is not a comprehensive guide nor a gateway but rather a starting point for information in the area.
Information about other sites which could be include in this guide should be sent to Peter McNiece: p.mcniece@library.usyd.edu.au

Key Sites

Académie française
Fondée en 1635, l'Académie est une des plus anciennes institutions de la France.
url:http://www.academie-francaise.fr/

French as a foreign language in France:
Language courses, teacher-training courses, university diplomas, and preparation for the DELF, and the DALF.
url:http://www.fle.fr/

HAPAX French resources on the Web
Links to French-related resources on the Web of interest to university level teachers and students.
url:http://hapax.be.sbc.edu/

Le ministère de la culture de France
Guide de l'Internet culturel.
url:http://www.culture.fr/

PARIS
The Paris pages - a collection of pages about the city and its culture, and tourist information.
url:http://www.paris.org/

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Teaching Resources

AATF: American Association of Teachers of French
A comprehensive site with many teaching resources.
url:http://www.frenchteachers.org/

La Porte des Lettres
Les sites educatifs en francais - Litterature et ecrivains, Dictionnaires et lexiques, Enseignement et pedagogie
url:http://www.portail.lettres.net

VOLTERRE-FR
Dictionaries and other francophone resources
url:http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/francophone.html

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Book Shops

Abebooks.fr
url:http://www.abebooks.fr/

Alapage
A useful site for finding books, disques, magazines and videos.
url:http://www.alapage.com/

L'Ex-Libris
Livres anciens et d'occasion.
url:http://www.lexlibris.com/

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French Search Engines

Francite
url:http://www.francite.com/

Nomade
url:http://www.google.fr/

Voila
url:http://www.voila.fr/

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