Links!
OUTLOOK
This is where you'll find your official school email account, Microsoft word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc., and TEAMS. Microsoft TEAMS is our learning platform for the semester. This means that you'll go there for announcements, assignments, documents, and much more! Remember to use your official school email and TEAMS account for ALL COMMUNICATION WITH ME, Dr. Spires.
QUIZLET
Quizlet: go here for vocabulary lists and games to help learn them
Radio stations from around the world -- I kid you not, click on one of the green dots on this map and the sound is as clear as a bell.
Conversation table for middle school and high school students learning French
Next one is December 9th! Go to the site and register IN ADVANCE.
Forvo
How to pronounce any word! Use this site when you are creating videos, preparing debates, practicing for conversation, etc.
http://www.conjuguemos.com
Conjuguemos.com is an online verb drill site -- it'll help you to learn new conjugations quickly and efficiently.
- Madison: school number = 19648
http://wordreference.com
a free online French/English - English/French and Spanish/English - English/Spanish dictionary. This is the source to use!
http://charlieontravel.com/why-learning-a-foreign-language-makes-you-awesome/
Why does learning a foreign language make you awesome? Click here to find out!
http://www.openculture.com/freelanguagelessons
open culture: the best educational and cultural information on the internet -- scroll down for French, it's a great list!
THINGS FRENCH
Grammaire neutre: everything you need to know to be inclusive as you speak to people who identify as non-binary.
https://lewikidemadame.wikispaces.com/Home
Many links to fun & useful French sites, + powerpoints and other aids
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/gramm.shtml
A web list of grammar sites in French.
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/
My favorite of the French grammar sites: Tex's French Grammar.
http://www.1jour1actu.com/
les actualités (news) pour enfants
http://www.liberation.fr/apps/ptit-libe/
le p'tit libé - the left-leaning paper Libération's site for kids.
http://www.utm.edu/staff/bobp/french/french.html
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links: a huge web list of all things French, developed by Professor Robert Peckham of the University of Tennessee at Martin.
http://www.italki.com/article/253/gender-in-french-the-cheat-sheet#.Vex6g7SprzI
A website to help you learn how you tell if a word is masculine or feminine in French?
http://www.languageguide.org/french/vocabulary/
Here's a vocab site with real people pronouncing basic words in French! Lots of vocab here!
Here's a video that teaches you basic French pronunciation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92aQwVUBAYY
Grammar guide
http://www.languageguide.org/french/grammar/
THINGS SPANISH (Just in case you would like to take Spanish instead)
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/span.shtml
UTM Globe Gate's Spanish links
http://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/#
Professor Enrique Yepes' webpage. Go to the drop-down menu "español," and you'll find an entire online grammar book, interactive exercises, how to type accents on your computer, and much more!