Required+Summer+Work+for+AP+Students


 * Bonjour ! **


 * Required Summer work for AP students **




 * The summer assignment is a means for helping you practice French during the summer break. The idea is to maintain exposure, and use what you know for enjoyable activities that you get to choose yourself. __Spend at least 30 minutes per week exploring/working with any of the sites you find on this page.You may also read books and articles that you locate, yourself, or listen to music that you may find.__ **** You may count conversations with French speaking friends toward required practice time. (The conversation must be totally in French;-) This is an especially great activity if you are chatting online with a native French speaker, or vacationing in a French speaking area, etc. While you may count a limited amount of time speaking in French with a classmate from Finneytown, this should not count toward more than 30-40 minutes, total, of your summer work, and you should indicate with whom you talked, and for how long, on your log sheets. ) **

(same document but in word document if you want to type on it:
 * Log: Download as many of these sheets as you need to complete the summer work. Challenge yourself to at least 30 minutes per week. **
 * Organize the sheets in a way that is easy for me to understand and see what you did. These sheets are due to me on the first day you return to school and completion will count as a major test grade for the first quarter : [[file:French AP summer log.pdf]] **


 * Vary what you use on this site each week. For example, try some games one week, listen to music another week, review some of the grammar and vocabulary activities and games at the bottom of the page during another week, etc. The more variety, the more skills you develop. **

Spending a little time everyday listening to French-language Francophone songs, playing games in French, watching French-language Francophone television shows, cartoons, etc. online, or watching part of a French-language Francophone movie on a regular basis will improve your language skills drastically. You will be able to think in French a little better each day. It is up to you to continue to practice. Language learning is a skill that must be developed frequently and over a long period of time.


 * If you find a link you want to add to this page, send it to me. Indicate the category I should put it in also: sshackelford@finneytown.org **


 * Dictionary and Grammar References: **
 * [|**Word Reference**] ** (an on-line dictionary in various languages) **


 * ** [|Grammar Reference] **

[|APPS Pour le Français] - great variety !


 * Video games **
 * Do you play video games with gamers from other countries that speak French? Maybe this can be part of your weekly time from time to time.


 * Test your proficiency **
 * [|**Test your proficiency level using this survey**]
 * [|Test your proficiency with different categories at different levels:Cours de Français-école de Nice]
 * [|Bite-size French practice tests in reading and listening]

1. [|Test de français] 2. [|BBC French test] 3. [|Grammar practice tests] 4. [|Transparent Language] 5. [|New York Regents exam for French]
 * Practice Tests at all levels **

1. [|Practice 1]
 * AP Practice Exam questions **

1. [|Supersite] for all things French:lots to learn here 2. [|Go Abroad Newsletter] : learn about study abroad, working abroad, travel abroad, volunteer abroad
 * Lots of choices **

Les infos (news)-It is important to be aware of global current events. Your exams ask you to read and/or listen to texts and synthesize the information into a writing or a short response with justification. You will also find links to Francophone music, film, etc. 1. [|RFI infos du jour] 2. [|France-info] 3. [|1 jour 1 actu] 4. [|Info-Jeunes] 5. [|ONU-Radio des Nations Unies] 6. [|Jeune Afrique:les infos] 7. [|TV5 Monde:actualité hebdomadaire-Les 7 jours sur la planète] 8. [|La Banque Mondiale et les défis mondiaux] 9. [|BBC Interactive video theme instruction]
 * Listening/Viewing Practice (Les Infos-news) **
 * 1) [|RFI general] -les infos et la musique
 * 2) [|Frenglish news-] in French and English with audio-good start for practice type of AP exercises
 * 3) [|TV5 Monde Actualités du Jour]
 * 4) [|Les 7 jours sur la planète-les dossiers]
 * 5) [|Radio France]
 * 6) [|News Map in France-cliquez sur "France"]
 * 7) [|Qui est le #1 chef des pâtisseries en France cette année?]
 * 8) [|Québec infos]
 * 9) [|BBC Afrique]
 * 10) [|CultureBox-Fr3-info culturelle en vidéo]
 * 11) [|Les infos-20 minutes.fr]
 * 12) [|TV5Monde]
 * 13) [|France 24] YouTube channel
 * 14) [|BBC Languages-French]
 * 15) [|Coup de Pouce sur la planète]
 * 16) [|Authentic French Listening Resources]
 * 17) [|TV5Monde Afrique]
 * 18) [|Continent Noir]
 * 19) [|Podibus] est un site internet qui a pour vocation de diffuser des contenus culturels nomades. Exemples: Podcasts et guides de châteaux. Good site for AP format with listening and reading-synthesize

1. [|BrainPOP Learning Videos] 2. [|Watch French TV] 3. [|Glee en français] 4. [|La France Bis] -some fun topics to read and listen about. 5. [|Courts dialogues avec transcription] 6. [|Lyrics Training] -listen to music video in French and fill in lyrics 7. [|Le chocolat, La Tour Eiffel, La mode:les vidéos] 8. [|La cuisine-vidéos pour préparer les plats] 9. [|La cuisine au Sénégal]
 * Listening/Viewing Practice **
 * 1) [|Les Maths]
 * 2) [|Les Maths #2]
 * 3) [|La magie-card tricks et plus]
 * 4) [|Curiosphere TV5]
 * 5) [|La France Bis authentic listening activities]
 * 6) [|Radio France Facile]

1. [|La France Bis] : current topics-exposés and listening exercises 2. [|Vidéoclips de musique populaire francophone] 3. [|Les chansons-écoutez et essayez les exercises-3 niveaux] 4. [|Lyrics Gap-Fill in the missing word while listening to the French song] 5. [|Revue du film: Les Choristes] 6. [|Stars Parades-Musique en Afrique et aux Antilles] 7. [|Paris-Qu'est-ce qui se passe ce weekend, etc.] 8. [|Listening Practice-daily life] 9. [|MSN video française]
 * Listening Practice (La musique, les films, les exposés etc) **
 * 1) [|French in Action:series of soap opera French instruction videos about the adventures of Robert et Mireille]
 * 2) [|Les bandes-annonces des films et les exercises à lire]
 * 3) [|La Musique #1]
 * 4) [|Universal Musique France]
 * 5) [|La Chanson Française et Francophone]
 * 6) [|Podibus] est un site internet qui a pour vocation de diffuser des contenus culturels nomades. Exemples: Podcasts et guides de châteaux. Good site for AP format with listening and reading-synthesize

1. [|Les journaux] (newspapers in France) 2. [|Afrique-les infos] 3. [|Expédition humanitaire au Sénégal] 4. [|Manger à Flunch] 5. [|INSEE] -les statisques de la vie française, etc. 6. [|Paris pour les jeunes adultes] 7. [|Les Ados] -stories about and teenagers 8. [|Read international newspapers-] Lisez des journaux internationaux 9. [|Les Petits Citoyens]
 * Reading Practice (Lire) **
 * 1) [|Vogue en français-les vêtements]
 * 2) [|La France Bis]
 * 3) [|African stories]
 * 4) [|Culture Blog Français]
 * 5) [|Reader's Digest-Canada]
 * 6) [|Lire: Harry Potter, les animaux, les BD]
 * 7) [|Euronews]
 * 8) [|European Space Agency for Kids]
 * 9) [|lafrancebis] : exercises, lire en ligne (modern topics)
 * 10) [|Conte-moi la francophonie] : Ce centre de ressources du patrimoine oral francophone propose des contes collectés dans différents pays, enregistrés en français et en langue locale, accompagnés d'une fiche pédagogique.
 * 11) [|Gastronomie]
 * 12) [|La Cuisine] -les recettes-gâteaux, pâtisseries, biscuits
 * 13) [|La Cuisine] -les recettes-gâteaux, pâtisseries, biscuits
 * 14) [|Cavilum-Vichy] -series of advanced level themes and activities
 * 15) [|Frenglish News] : read and listen

1. [|Walk, talk and learn-] grammar by walks through Paris-super cool! (scroll down page) 2. Les verbes 3. [|Les verbes 2] 4. [|Bon Voyage text: series of activities to help practice your French] 5. [|Grammaire et conjugasion] 6. [|French 3, 4, 5 grammar] 7. [|French 3 grammar] 8. [|French Placement test] -advanced level 9. [|Français Interactif] Students explore French language and culture by following the lives of real UT students who have participated in the UT Summer Program in Lyon, France. Online curriculum includes over 320 videos, vocabulary and phonetics audio, online grammar reference with self-correcting exercises and audio dialogues, verb conjugation and practice tools, diagnostic grammar quizzes (//testez-vous//), a workbook of classroom activities and homework assignments, online polls, and Internet writing activities.
 * Grammar Practice (Grammaire) **
 * 1) [|The Languages Resources Website: French resources-check A level for more advanced thematic topics]

1. [|Series of voicethreads made by many with different topics in French.] 2. [|BBC French situations in French] 3. [|Les jeux de vocabulaire-jouez bien] 4. [|French slang] -l'argot-great practice 5. [|Word Reference]
 * Vocabulary Practice (Vocabulaire) **

1. [|La Culture:The four levels of cultural awareness] : Lisez avec les détails et après il faut que vous preniez l'interrro. 2.Maintenant continez à [|Ethnocentrism to ethnorelativitism] 3. [|Le Patrimoine Français] -French national heritage sites 4. __ Le Centre des monuments nationaux de France--très impressionant __ 5. [|Lots of French cultural links] 6. [|Afrique TV5 Monde] 7. [|CultureBox-Fr3-info culturelle en vidéo] 8. [|Les infos-20 minutes.fr] 9. __ The people-in-france Daily __
 * Cultural Knowledge (Culture) **
 * 1) [|Understand France-Intercultural perspectives]
 * 2) [|Les 25 chansons les plus grandes en ce moment]

1. [|Les apps pour Paris]
 * La Technologie **


 * __ La Littérature __**
 * [|Lit Gloss] : This site has a connection to original selections of literature in many different languages. Also included is the context of the piece and additional resources to better understand it.
 * [|Audio-Vidéo Littérature] : listen or see authors' works
 * [|Littérature audio]
 * [|Littérature Archive audio] -beaucoup de poètes
 * [|Audiocité]
 * [|Littérature-audio et vidéo]
 * [|La Litteratureaudio]


 * L'Art **
 * [|Visiter Le Louvre]
 * [|La gargouille qui parle à Notre Dame]


 * __ Les Jeux __**
 * __ Le Crime-un jeu __ -Un meurtre a été commis à Trouville. L’inspecteur Roger Duflair mène l’enquête. Il doit retrouver le coupable, son mobile et les circonstances du crime. Vous êtes son assistant. Pour accomplir votre mission, vous devez choisir votre niveau (débutant, élémentaire, intermédiaire ou avancé) et faire toutes les rubriques dans l’ordre.
 * [|Les Jeux de Charlotte]
 * [|Jeu de l'environnement: Ecoville]
 * [|African geography games]
 * [|European geography games]
 * [|The Traveler IQ Challenge]
 * [|Sudoku-jouez]
 * [|Encore des jeux]
 * [|Translationzilla-Compare your language skills with your friends game]
 * [|Connais-tu l'anatomie-la science]
 * [|Allô Prof-les jeux]
 * [|Canal-rêve-les jeux]
 * [|Bravo jeux]
 * [|Les jeux de vocabulaire-jouez bien]


 * __ Les Sports __**
 * __ Abdelaziz Barrada Paris Saint Germain-un intervue avec ce joueur de foot __
 * [|Le golf]
 * [|Conféderation Africain du Football]
 * [|La Fedération de Polo sur éléphant]
 * [|Le Tour de France exercise]


 * __ Les voyages __**
 * [|Visitez cet hôtel (ce ryad) au Maroc]
 * [|Visitez la région de Québec]
 * [|Un parc d'attraction très simple]
 * [|Visitez L'Ile de Gorée près du Sénégal]


 * Technology and Language fun-Try some of these tools and make things in French **
 * Go to [|Voki.com] -register and make a talking Voki avatar. Introduce yourself in French. Talk for one minute in French about the weather, what you are doing, what you are going to do and what you did. Tell me about family and friends, activities, movies, foods you ate, etc. Send me the link to your voki: sshackelford@finneytown.org
 * [|Cultural gaffes and faux-pas] -list all the cultural gaffes you learned about. Reflect and give your views. What might someone who visited the United States might make a mistake with?
 * [|Google Sketch-up] -download and create a French house, the Eiffel Tower, etc. in 3D
 * [|Votez pour Miss Glace Flunch:] écoutez les candidats et puis votez
 * [|Texting en français-Les textos français]
 * [|Le laboratoire] : Venez jouer, découvrir et bricoler avec les sciences.
 * [|Mr. Picasso head] -art, then describe yourself. Find some new adjectives
 * [|Face in Hole site] Click on the art pix. Find a piece of art, upload your photo-et voilà!
 * [|Buildyourselfwild] : animal and body parts-to make a picture.
 * [|Blabberize] :Make a talking picture in French


 * AP Test Format **

Here is a wiki made by teachers all over the world to help with AP French practice [|Check out the format of the test and a practice test]

Print Texts || 30 questions  || 50% || Approx. 40 minutes || Print and Audio Texts (combined) || 35 questions  ||^   || Approx. 55 minutes || Audio Texts ||^  ||^   ||^   ||
 * ** Section ** || ** Number of Questions ** || ** Percent of Final Score ** || ** Time ** ||
 * ** Section I: Multiple Choice ** || ** Approx. 95 minutes ** ||
 * Part A || Interpretive Communication:
 * Part B || Interpretive Communication:
 * ^  || Interpretive Communication:
 * ** Section II: Free Response ** || ** Approx. 85 minutes ** ||
 * Interpersonal Writing: E-mail Reply || 1 prompt || 50% || 15 minutes ||
 * Presentational Writing: Persuasive Essay || 1 prompt ||^  || Approx. 55 minutes ||
 * Interpersonal Speaking: Conversation || 5 prompts ||^  || 20 seconds for each response ||
 * Presentational Speaking: Cultural comparison || 1 prompt ||^  || 2 minutes to respond ||

French language search engines


 * ** French Google **

Google offers dozens of country-specific search engines; here are the ones for francophone countries. Note that for multilingual countries, you may need to click "français" under the search box to go to the French interface: ||
 * * [|Google Algérie]
 * [|Google Belgique]
 * [|Google Bénin]
 * [|Google Burkina Faso]
 * [|Google Burundi]
 * [|Google Cameroun]
 * [|Google Canada]
 * [|Google Centrafrique]
 * [|Google Côte d'Ivoire]
 * [|Google France]
 * [|Google Gabon]
 * [|Google Guadeloupe]
 * [|Google Haïti]
 * [|Google Île Maurice]
 * [|Google Liban]
 * [|Google Luxembourg]
 * [|Google Mali]
 * [|Google Maroc]
 * [|Google Niger]
 * [|Google Rép. Dém. du Congo]
 * [|Google République du Congo]
 * [|Google Rwanda]
 * [|Google Sénégal]
 * [|Google Suisse]
 * [|Google Togo]
 * [|Google Trinité-et-Tobago]
 * [|Google Vanuatu]
 * [|Google Vietnam] ||  ||   ||