French

Open Textbooks

• CITOYEN.NE.S: Conversation en Français
  This book supports “a French-language method for the conversation class at the intermediate/advanced level. Content and activities are built around the concepts of diversity, inclusivity and equity, and engage students to practice French while questioning and participating in the world they live in – to be full citizens whatever their background, their race or their gender identity.
• French bookshelf at LibreTexts
• French textbooks in the Pressbooks Directory
• Le Littéraire dans le quotidien
  This open textbook “represents a new pedagogical approach to reading and writing at the lower levels and is applicable to all languages.”
• Let’s Chat! Interpersonal Speaking Activities for the French Classroom (The Pathways Project)
• Liberté
  This textbook is for students new to the French language.
• Sons & Lettres: A pronunciation method for intermediate-level French
  This book “provides a set of classroom materials to train students to hear and produce the sounds of French and to recognize the regular spellings used to represent those sounds in print.”
• Tout un Monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Intermediate French
  “This book is intended for use with intermediate level college French classes. Its multidisciplinary approach introduces students to topics and vocabulary associated with fields such as medicine, advertising, travel, business, agriculture, and relationships.”

Additional Open and Zero-cost Resources

• Français interactif
  This website and associated textbook were developed at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of French and Italian.
• GLOSS
  These freely accessible language lessons at the Global Language Online Support System are from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Click the button next to “French” before searching to access French-language materials.
• MERLOT Materials for French
  These materials for French-language instruction are from MERLOT’s World Languages Collection.
• French Ancillary Activities and OER Materials (The Pathways Project)
  This project, “an initiative from the Department of World Languages at Boise State University, is a collaborative network of open educational resources (OER) including instructional language teaching materials and professional development created by and uniquely for Idaho’s K-16 language teachers and students.”
• French resources from COERLL
  This collection of open French materials is from the U.S. Department of Education–funded Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL).