French: Practice

Websites

Alliance Française: Portland Chapter
Local French conversation groups, films, and other cultural offerings in Portland.

French Together
"French Together™ teaches you the 20% French you need to understand 80% of conversations and speak with confidence." Free lessons in useful daily vocabulary, cultural knowledge needed to both speak French and also act French, and "truly useful" grammar rules. Created by a Frenchman.

French Games for Language Learning
Links to picture dictionaries and assorted online games to practice and learn basic French.

WordReference.com English-French Dictionary
Online English-French dictionary; also has handy phrases and audio clips.

Daily Practice Tools
Ideas for daily practice -- 15 minutes a day.

Culture

Digital Resources for French Language Learning
Links to resources for learning French, including a multitude of ways to listen to French spoken by native French speakers, such as news in French, videos; audio books in French, music, stories, and other resources. The wider the variety of material you engage with, the greater more authentic your understanding of French culture will be. Find something that interests and engages you.

France & French Collections at the Library of Congress
Internet resources selected by the Library of Congress.  Covers culture, government, history, language & literature, travel, and more.

Resources Internets Francophones
Wide variety of topics related to the Francophone world. Also links to resources to help with learning French, French language news online, information about cultural topics.

Library Resources

Radio France