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French Guide

Books

Title Author Call# Book Cover
Allons-y! Bragger, Jeannette D. PC 2129 .E5B65 1992 Allons-y!
French Grammar Arragon, Jean-Claude PC 2129 .E5.A773 1992 French Grammar
French the Easy Way Kendris, Christopher PC 2129 .E5K43 2007 French the Easy Way
Liaisons Wynne Wong, Stacey Weber-Fève, & Bill VanPatten PC 2129 E5W57 2017 Liaisons
Entre Amis Oates, Michael D. PC 2129 .E5O25 2006 Entre Amis
Grammaire Française Ollivier, Jacqueline PC 2105 .O48 2004 Grammaire Française
Phonetique en Dialogue Martinie, Bruno PC 2135 .M37 2006 Phonetique en Dialogue
Civilisation en Dialogues Intermediate (B1/B2) Grand-Clément, Odile PC 2135 .G73 2008 Civilisation en Dialogues Intermediate (B1/B2)
Pilleurs de Rêves Dimaline, Cherie PS 8607 .I53M3714 2019 Pilleurs de Rêves
La Menace Schtroumpf Peyo PN 6790 .B44S3754 2000 La Menace Schtroumpf
* Want to reserve one of these titles? Email library@alexandercollege.ca with your student # and the book title.

E-Books

These e-Books are available in the online library collection. Click the title to access the resource.

A Reference Grammar of French

Batchelor, R. E. and M. Chebli-Saadi 2011

Handbooks

These handbooks provide information resources about French language theory, and guides for studying and writing in French.

Dictionaries

Both campus Libraries have a selection of French dictionaries for students to borrow. These items provide translations for common words and phrases into French, sometimes with definitions. They are available for 3-hr loan and can be found in the Dictionary section.

Bescherelles

The Burnaby Campus Library has some Bescherelles available for students to borrow. These items provide conjugation of common French verbs and are available for 3-hr loan and can be found in the Dictionary section.

Keywords

When looking for resources related to FREN, try some of these keywords in your searching :

e.g., French AND Grammar

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Resources

Open access resources are resources that are available to everyone for free online. Links here will lead to sites where you can download textbooks or access journals related to French studies.

Français Interactif by Karen Kelton, Nancy Guilloteau, and Carl Blyth

Français Interactif is a open access textbook with classroom activities and homework and is used in French program created by the University of Texas.

Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter by Sylvie Clamageran and Henriette Gezundhajt

Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter is an open source textbook found on BCCampus OpenEd.

Liberté by Gretchen Angelo

Liberté is meant to be a first-year college French textbook and covers communication, culture, and grammar.

Bon Patron

Fee online spelling and grammar checker that requires students to edit their own errors within a sample text.

Linguee

A popular online dictionary for French studies that includes examples of words within phrases from other websites.

Radio-Canada Phare Ouest

A Canadian radio broadcast entirely in French.

Forvo

A site that helps with pronunciation of words. Simply enter the term you are interested in and listen to the pronunciation of that term as well as related terms and phrases.

TV5Monde

A popular French website with videos, learning resources, and much more.

FluentU

French language and culture blog.

RFI SAVOIRS

French news site with articles, audio, and activities for teachers and students.

Goethe Tests

200 tests for French as well as crossword puzzles for free.

Quia

A collection of thousands of activities that can be used as a study aid for French.

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