Open access tools and resources for learning French

Several resources can help you practice and improve your knowledge of French.

Francization reference 

This site offers French learning activities in specific fields of employment:

• French for accounting 
• French for ICT 
• French for patient attendants 
• French for professional cooking and food service 
• French for early childhood education staff 

Online French exercises 

This tool is intended for anyone learning French. It contains more than 900 exercises for all language knowledge levels:

• Conjugation
• Grammar
• Reading
• Pronunciation
• Vocabulary

Webography of Québec’s French language cultural products (in French only) (PDF 432 Kb)

This tool offers a selection of useful resources for learning French and discovering Québec’s sociocultural references.

It is for:

• Those learning French;
• New immigrants;
• The teaching staff of the language school network partnering with the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI).

Vitrine linguistique (in French only) 

This platform provides an overview of the language tools and services  offered by the Office québécois de la langue française. You will find, in particular, a section listing resources for people learning French . That section contains, among other things, vocabularies associated with different professions, consisting of:

• More than a hundred basic terms;
• Illustrations;
• Audio files;
• Examples;
• Language concepts.

The Vitrine linguistique also gives access to:

• Answers to questions about:
  • Grammar;
  • Syntax;
  • Punctuation;
  • Borrowings from English;
  • A number of other writing-related subjects.
• Hundreds of thousands of French terms related to specialized fields, and their corresponding definitions;
• Content to download, such as:
  • Checklists;
  • Model letters and emails;
  • Informative pages on subjects of interest.