BBC French Experience Beginners
BBC French Experience 2 Intermediate French
Concorde French - produce french learning magazines and tapes
Online Games (mots crois�s etc)
Learn French Online
French Learning Sites Discussions/Newsgroups Translations Radio Television News in french Accents Guernesey en web fran�ais
These are not necessarily the best sites, just some that I've found.
Visit French Websites - use French Search Engines
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BBC French Experience 2 Intermediate French |
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Concorde French - produce french learning magazines and tapes |
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Online Games (mots crois�s etc) |
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French language discussions/newsgroups
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la Mairie at LivingFrance.com (click on 'conferences' for many other forums) |
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alt.french - via your newsreader or via your browser at google.com |
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alt.languages.french - via your newsreader or via your browser at google.com |
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alt.france - via your newsreader or via your browser at google.com |
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k12.lang.francais - via your newsreader or via browser at google.com |
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fr.lettres.langues.francaise - via your newsreader or via browser at google.com or foorum.fr |
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Access discussion groups via a french site, using your browser - foorum.fr or news.voila.fr |
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There are also discussion groups at many of the french learning websites |
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Windows Media Radio Tuner - many french stations online |
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Yahoo.fr - French Radio Online - Diffusion sur internet |
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For the Channel Islands - simply scan through your radio frequencies - you'll find several french stations! |
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Saint Tropez (Teen TV soap - broadcast on BBC Knowledge every Thursday) |
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Thursday BBC Knowledge schedule - Look for the French Fix programmes, Saint Tropez, and the foreign language film (late night) which is often in French |
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French TV online Click on the links to watch french TV news etc |
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Channel Television (ITV Channel Islands) broadcast Telejournal and Rendezvous Dimanche at Sunday lunchtimes |
French TV reception Guernesey en web fran�ais
It is also possible to receive french TV broadcasts in Guernsey. If you live on the East coast, and (on a fine day!) can see the coast of France, then you should be able to receive french TV broadcasts via a conventional aerial (if it's pointing the right way!)
If you don't live within sight of France, you will require a satellite dish and receiver (applies to the rest of the British Isles too)
Whether you opt for terrestrial or satellite reception - you will also need a multi-standard TV set, as France broadcasts in SECAM, rather than PAL. It's possible to receive programmes on an ordinary set, but they'll be in B&W, not colour.
Sarnia Radio / Audiovision is the company in Guernsey who specialise in french TV reception - both via aerial and via statellite. They also supply the multi-standard TV sets (All Thomson sets, and some Grundig)
I have satellite reception, and receive 6 channels - TV1, France 2, France 3, Canal+ (also often scrambled, but available "en clair" for several hours a day), La Cinquieme/ARTE (broadcast on the same channel at different times) and M6. They are all free-to-air via the Telecom 2B satellite. (Subcription is necessary to be able to view the scrambled channels on Canal+)
Few programmes are broadcast with (french) subtitles, although almost all films are - on TV1, France 2, France 3 and ARTE. Most evenings, there are at least 2 films starting between 8.30 and 9pm (french time)
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What's on this evening? (first 6 channels in list) |
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What's on now? (first 6 channels in list) |
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TV5 is now available via Sky Digital on channel 825
Home pages of the main french TV stations
Some of the sites have news stories and excerpts from programmes, available on video online
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TV5 Sky Digital channel 825 |
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For more information about receiving french language television, see this discussion forum |
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Typing Accents etc
It's possible to set up your computer to enable you to type french accents, circumflex, cedilla etc. There are several options to do this. One is to use the character map within the application such as Word - but fiddly and time consuming. Another is to set up an additional keyboard language. The obvious choice would be French. However, using the french keyboard adds complications - the Q and A keys are reversed for example. I use the French (Canadian) keyboard. The letter keys remain unchanged, but you have access to the various accents etc.
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How to set up windows for French (Canadian) keyboard (ignore section titled 'Setting up Collect') |
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Some people prefer to use ASCII number codes for each character. Make sure that Number Lock is turned on, then hold down the ALT key, and type in number codes (using number pad on right of keyboard) to use the various accents etc See this page for number codes or here |
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Working in French with Microsoft Word (applies to all windows programmes) |
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Miscellaneous
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Maison de la France - le site officiel du tourisme Fran�ais |
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learn french resources at Attica - books, cd-roms, video, tapes etc |
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Britline - Credit Agricole's english-speaking banking service |
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