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Following are program descriptions and links: for French If you have any problems, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. Jack Star www.jaystar@ix.netcom.com |
Multilingual Links
Illustrated Kid's Dictionary. This is an limited dictionary in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese. These are very basic words, mostly nouns, arranged in alphabetical order. Some of the words are more widely used than others. However, you should be able to develop a 300 to 400 word vocabulary rather quickly. Make your own word lists and flashcards.
Vocabulary Training Exercises in English, German, French and Spanish. This site developed by Rene Kondratsky is in quiz format. It includes 21sets of vocabulary, 3 serts of verb lists and conjugation of tenses in the Present, Imperfect, Past, Present Perfect, Future, Conditional, Present Subjunctive. The words do seem to be missing diacritical marks, so be sure to add them to your flash cards when you look them up in a dictionary. Start witn Basic Words, then Useful Words, then Adjectives 1, General Vocabulary 1, Adjectives 2, and then General Vocabulary 2 and 3. Intersperse a session with Verbs after every two vocabulary session. You can go back periodically to build vocabulary in the other specific topics.
Tourist Vocabulary. This site has basic travel terms in over 70 languages. Each is broken into 7 units with a quiz for each unit and click on audio for pronunciation of all of the words. Multilingual Audio
Many sites let you listen to the spoken language. (You must have Real Audio player software installed. The software is free and you can download it from any of the audio sites you visit.) Most of the sites are news broadcasts and, initially, you will probably not understand most of it. However, as your vocabulary improves, you will begin to follow along better. Listening to the language, even though you may not understand all the words, gives you an idea of language patterns and phrasing.
Deutsche Welle. These broadcasts are delivered in 35 languages. Choose the language from the select menu. This site also has scrolling text of news items, though they are not synchronized with the audio.
VOA (Voice of America) Internet Audio. When you click on one of the links on this page, the selected program will be transmitted to your computer by their RealAudio server in real time.
The MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet. Links to over 8000 radio stations around the world.
BBC Language Education Provides a practical vocabulary with audio files, quizes and other help.
French
Vocabulary/Grammar
The French Tutorial A series of 15 short lessons and review quizes by Dawid Gorski. Complete one or two in each study session.
French Grammer Exercises.14 sets of fill in the blank exercises
Babel Site by David Uhlar. Several languages including French. This is a long page, so be sure to scroll trhough it all. A very condensed but thorough grammar. You will probably want to study this over several study sessions. Be sure to click on Tool Works & Key Expressions for a very long list of common phrases. You will probably want to print this out for review.
French Grammar Central Extensive links broken down by parts of speech. Bilingual
Following is from a whole series of exercises set out by a an instructor who encourages small group learning; but you can try them yourself.
Audio
The French Page, University of Pennsylvania. Starts with the reign of Hugo Capet in 987 A.D. and consists of a series of 20 slides with a paragraph of explanatory text in French. Click on the audio icon to hear a native speaker reading the same paragraph (Plays for about 30 seconds - downloads in a little over a minute with a 56K modem). Can be repeated over and over. Make flash cards of new words.
Prof. Jane Lippmann's Web site Click on Links and then on --- Radio-Locator for streaming audio.
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