Standards of Learning (SOL)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign languages (ACTFL):

National Standards for Foreign Language Education

Virginia Department of Education:

Foreign Language The Standards & SOL-based Instructional Resources

Fairfax County Public School:

Foreign Language Program of Studies (POS)

“ Notre grande erreur est d'essayer d'obtenir de chacun en particulier les vertus qu'il n'a pas, et de négliger de cultiver celles qu'il possède. Our great mistake is trying to get people to focus on virtues they don't possess and neglecting to cultivate those they do.” Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987), Belgian-born French novelist.

Practice activities on your own...

Dictionaries

1. Word Reference (an on-line dictionary in various languages)

Practice Your French

1. Zut! French activities to improve your language

2. Beginning French practice activities

3. Digital games to help your French

4. French Art Puzzles Try a few. A great way to get familiarized with Monet, Matisse, Renoir, Morisot or Delacroix 's work.

5. About French (Lessons and activities)

6. BBC (Learn French using activities from the BBC)

7. www.linguascope.com (This site requires a user-name, but you can access the preview game without this)

8. www.linguaprime.com (This is for early learners)

9. www.linguastars.com (This is for intermediate students but you may also find activities for advanced classes for review)

10. Apprendre le français-TV5

11. Quizlet (then click French, and select the topic you want to practice) and a French Word Game - Free rice - Play French word games and help feed the hungry at the same time

Grammar:

1. French Online Grammar quiz

Practice Your Listening

1. French listening activities with script

2. French slang-l'argot-great practice

Practice Your Verbs

1. Verbcast: practice verbs on your MP3 player

2. French Verbs Conjugation Activities