Alliance Française de DuPage - P.O.Box 3992 - Naperville, IL 60567 - USA
Virtual French Cinema
The Federation of Alliances Françaises USA has partnered with the Los Angeles-based COLCOA Film Festival to provide a platform of 150+ recent French films and documentaries, available for streaming in the USA. Prices start at $2.99 per rental.
Visit https://colcoa.org/virtual-cinema/ for the full listing of available movies.
Régions de France
Régions de France mini-course, for intermediate- and advanced-level students, will be held on third Saturdays, 10:30 AM to noon, with Mme Gigi Olmstead.
Travel virtually to France and explore the highlights of three regions. Meet local experts who will speak to you about their locale. Discuss in French the regional traditions and local culture with these French natives.
Session I classes will be held on September 18, October 16 and November 20. $45 for AFduNS and AF DuPage members; $60 for nonmembers. Please submit your registration by September 15.
Click here https://www.afnorthshore.org/coursesregions.htm to go to the website page for the course description and to register and pay online.
Brush Up Your French
Brush Up Your French, for intermediate students, is held on Wednesdays, 4:30-6 PM.
Mme Ann Koller offers three 10-week sessions. Session I will run from September 15 through November 17, 2021. $150 for AFduNS and AF DuPage members; $165 for nonmembers. Please submit your registration by September 10.
Click here: http://www.afnorthshore.org/courses.htm to go to our website for the course description and to register online.
Questions? Write to education@AFnorthshore.org.
Conversation Avancée
Conversation Avancée, for those who speak French at an advanced level, is held on Tuesdays, 5-6:30 PM.
Mme Domitille Nicolescou offers three 10-week sessions. Session I will run from September 14 through November 16, 2021. $150 for AFduNS and AF DuPage members; $165 for nonmembers. Please submit your registration by September 9.
Click here https://www.afnorthshore.org/courses.htm to go to the website page for the course description and to register online.
Questions? Write to education@AFnorthshore.org.
College of DuPage - Spring 2021 French Classes Online
Elementary French, Intermediate French, and Conversation & Composition II courses are being offered online at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL.
Tuition rates for these classes are now the same for in-district and out-of-district students.
Contact program chairperson Mirta Pagnucci at pagnuccim@cod.edu for more information.
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Online resources for continuing to study French while practicing social isolation:
My French Film Festival: https://www.myfrenchfilmfestival.com
High Five French: https://rlneducation.com
Duolingo Podcast: https://podcast.duolingo.com/french
Lawless French: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/
News in Slow French: https://www.newsinslowfrench.com/
Tex's French Grammar: https://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/index.html
Coffee Break French: https://radiolingua.com/coffeebreakfrench/
Comme une Francaise: https://www.commeunefrancaise.com/
BBC Languages - French: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/
French Today: https://www.frenchtoday.com/featured-blog-articles/
Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/enroll/fr/en/Learn-French
Yabla: https://french.yabla.com/ (free for 15 days)
Frantastique: https://www.gymglish.com/en/frantastique
Franceinfo: https://www.francetvinfo.fr/
Les Petits Citoyens: https://lespetitscitoyens.com/ (aimed at children but good for beginner-intermediate learners)
Put a Little French in Your Life
French Streams: A weekly selection of the best of French cinema: https://telescopefilm.com//frenchstreams
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy has put together a list of the best of recent online French cultural offerings: https://frenchculture.org/books-and-ideas/11279-immerse-yourself-french-culture
Five ways to take a virtual trip around France: https://www.thelocal.fr/20200326/five-ways-to-take-a-virtual-trip-around-france
Tons of art books from the Guggenheim museum:
https://archive.org/details/guggenheimmuseum?&sort=-downloads&page=3
A whole bunch of free e-books provided by FNAC:
https://bit.ly/2QNWWrX
More e-Books en français at Project Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/fr
Bunch of free movies:
http://www.openculture.com/freemoviesonline
Philharmonie de Paris online:
https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/la-philharmonie-s-invite-chez-vous
A bunch of concerts everyone is missing out on right now:
https://www.arte.tv/fr/arte-concert/
And to bring a little brightness to your day, here is a YouTube playlist of some of Charles Coulon's favorite French songs. Check back often for new songs.