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BBC-SOS Teacher
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/sosteacher/browse/browse_ks4.shtml
Search the BBC archives for answers to thousands of homework or revision questions, from Key Stage 2 to A level.


BBC-Onion Street
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/
An essential study area which offers revision based live chat,daily chatrooms, interactive quizzes and study tips/advice pieces.

BBC Languages-French
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/french/index.shtml
A definitive site for learning about French Language and culture. Students can use the "French Experience" on-line courses to improve upon their language skills or familiarise themselves with French news, society and even street slang.

BBCi-French steps
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/french/lj/
An on-line beginners course, covering essential topics from booking train ticket to ordering a meal in a restaurant.

Francais Interactive
http://www.lamc.utexas.edu/fi/index.html
Most suitable for those who intensive revision from scratch-vocabulary, sound files,grammar, interviews, video clips and transcripts.

French Tutorial
http://www.helio.org/education/french/
A good starting point for newcomers to French grammar. Grammar points are simply explained in short units.

Bonjour!
http://www.bonjour.org.uk/
A bright, interactive and relevant site for students learning French from key stage 3, through GCSE. As well as learning vocabulary, testing language knowledge and listening to pronunciation, students can also read Bart Simpson's lines!

Digital Brain: French
http://www.digitalbrain.com/digitalbrain/web/subjects/2.%20secondary/ks4fre/su1/?verb=view
Practise talking about home, school, the media, health and food. There are exercises to work on writing and reading skills, and help with preparing and practising language for questions in the oral examination.

French Cyberbook
http://faculty1.caryacademy.pvt.k12.nc.us/fabienne_gerard/cyberbook/default.htm
From 'Novice' to 'Intermediate High', students can work their way through the activities, vocabulary and grammar books to obtain a basic understanding of the workings of the language.

French Revision
http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk/
Whether you're revising for key stage 3, GCSE or A level French, this site has exercises, past papers and advice on all-important grammar for you. There are listening, speaking, reading and writing tests too.

Planete FRIENDS
http://www.planete-friends.com/
For devotees of the TV series 'Friends' who are also learning French for GCSE, this is a dream site. Practise your language skills with a look at biographies and filomographies of the stars, and programme scripts.

Premiere France
http://www.premiere.fr/
A French version of the film and cinema magazine, this site provides a valuable way of introducing students to contemporary and colloquial French.

The Paris Pages
http://www.paris.org/parisF.html
Tour Paris with this site in English and French. View shops, museums and transport. Useful for students interested in French culture.

The World Press.com
http://www.theworldpress.com/index.htm
Read the main newspapers from around the world. This site enables you to access 1296 newspapers, from 192 countries, around the globe.