Le Carnaval et le mardi Gras, le zydeco et les fais-dodo, les beignets et le bayou. Le Chateau Frontenac et la ville souterraine, le hockey et le fer forgé. L'Amérique francophone nous chante.

Go to Cool Cultural Stuff and send Madame Franklin an e-card. Write en français, bien sûr! 

Go to this phonetics site and practice the alphabet, vowel sounds and other topics. E-mail your impressions of your progress using the site to Madame Franklin. 

Listen to French radio for ten minutes using Radio France International.Then e-mail your impressions of what you heard, in English or French.

Ten 30-minute visits to the Language Center (AA 160)  will earn you ten quiz points.

Learn something about Québec at this site and write a short paragraph about the role of the French language in Canadian history and society.

Do one of the activities under the Télécommande at this site: Canal Rêve.

Visit Professor Janice Paulsen's excellent site to find a French-speaking keypal.  Forums, chats, etc. Cafe electronique du Quartier francais

Get an e-mail partner through the Tandem network. Tandem Server Bochum
Press English or Français when you  get to the site and find out how to get an e-pal. Once established, report on your conversations with your e-pal for bonus points.

Visit Madame Franklin's web site on French writers and French writing, Lettres. Go to Primary Texts and write a report on the various resources you can find on this site. Comment on an authentic literary text that you find in your research, a poem, novel extract or other work.

Join MERLOT at (www.merlot.org) and search for web sites in French language or literature. Once you find something useful to your students, post a Membber comment on MERLOT, explaining why it is useful to students of French.

Faites la Chasse au Trésor à la page Album Parisien.

Go to Radio France International and listen to the weekly news en français facile. Once on this page, click on rfi langue française, apprendre. You will need Real Audio to hear the news. There is also a written transcript for you there.