If you're interested in the French and their language, why not explore what else the Open University has to offer?

From the Open University

OpenLearn offers free, online modern language learning resources, including French: Ouverture and Le Quatorze Julliet.

Action In French - a one week language summer school in France.

French courses with the OU.

Modern Languages at the OU

Forum Pedagogique - The OU French team's forum and collected resources.

Study packs, books & CD-ROMS

Préludes - Getting ready for French
An Open University study pack including a book and a BBC-produced audiotape - a perfect way to brush up your French skills.

En France en Francais
A CD-ROM include a drama, grammar explanations, activities, recording and playback facilities, notepad and vocabulary list with translations. [Requires Windows 98 or more recent Microsoft operating system]

Success With Languages
Stella Hurd and Linda Murphy; Routledge in association with the Open University

Developing Writing Skills in French
Graham Bishop and Bernard Haezewindt; Routledge in association with the Open University

Elsewhere on the web

There's a trove of additional language resources on the Language, Linguistics Area Studies web portal.

You can also find out much more about learning and teaching of languages on the website of CiLT, the National Centre for Languages.

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