French Language Resources

Here you will find language resources related to French. We have collated a large number of resources which will be useful in helping you improve all areas of your French language learning. Please use the sidebar to navigate these resources.

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Library Resources

To discover all of our Language Lounge materials for French online, go to the University of Liverpool library catalogue here and search for the following "Class Number (Local Collections)":

  • 443 (French dictionaries), 445 (grammars)
  • 448 (general language learning)
  • 449.JOUR (magazines)
  • 843 (short fiction, cartoons and easy readers)
  • VID.FREN (DVDs)

Recommended Hard Copy Resources for Self-Access Language Learning, French:

Category

LEVEL

Title

Class mARK/lOCATION

Comment

Grammar

Beginner - Intermediate

Practising French Grammar (Hawkins, R. et al., 4th ed. 2015)

445.PRA

Easy explanations including grammatical terms. With exercises. Answers at the back.

 

Beginner - Intermediate

English Grammar for Students of French (Morton, J., 1997)

445.ENG

Explanation of grammatical terms based on English language features and comparisons with French.

 

Advanced

Advanced French Grammar (L’Huillier, M., 1999)

445.ADV

Detailed explanations of all grammatical aspects. Includes comparisons with English.

Writing

Advanced

Rédiger: Un resumé un compte rendu une synthèse : activités (Charnet, Claire, 1997)

 

448.RED

 

Advanced

L'expression française écrite et orale: exercices pour étudiants étrangers de niveau avancé. (Abbadie, Christian et al., 1994)

 

445.EXP

 

Speaking

Advanced

Qu'en dira-t-on? Du discours direct au discours rapporté: Livre du professeur (Gauvenet, Hélène et al., 1976)

445.QU