Web Resources for French

Listen @ Surrey

Listen to French @ Surrey is series of web information pages for advanced learners, which gives practice in the skill of listening. It is specially designed for students of GCE AS level, but the texts and exercises may be used at higher or lower levels, depending on the ability of the learner.

Read @ Surrey

Read French @ Surrey is series of web information pages for advanced learners, which gives practice in the skill of reading. It is specially designed for students of GCE AS level, but the texts and exercises may be used at higher or lower levels, depending on the ability of the learner.

  • Find your level on the Linguanet site and explore new ways of learning French
  • Polar FLE helps you to learn and practice French while you're engaged in solving a mystery. You can select your level at each step of the investigation. Best for pre-intermediate (A2) to advanced (C1) level.

BoB (Box of Broadcasts)

The Box of Broadcasts (also known as BoB) is the University of Surrey's media archive service which allows you to search and watch programmes from the archive. The link below will take you to a playlist of programmes which have been recorded on BoB. Watching these programmes is a great way of improving your listening skills. 

When you click on a video it will ask you to log in to BoB. You can use your Surrey username and password to log in and watch the programme.

French language, culture and film on BoB

French Podcasts

Some useful starting points for internet research in French

  • INSEE: institute national de la statistique et des études économiques
  • TNS Sofres opinion surveys – many recent surveys on family issue
The following three sites all give links for a range of information on France and Francophonie:

Current affairs

French Politics

Francophonie

  • ClicNet, un site culturel et littéraire francophone.
  • LIMAG: Littératures du Maghreb

TV and Radio

Going to France

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