Play a game, binge a drama, or listen to a podcast with these free interactive tools that make learning French entertaining.
Language Portal of Canada
Access free tools to improve your knowledge of French, polish your writing skills with quizzes, and explore a selection related resources and links.
Mauril
Created by CBC/Radio-Canada, Mauril is designed to help you build confidence using French through learning tools that make use of Radio-Canada' massive collection of audio and video content.
TV5Monde Learn French
A free and interactive website for learning French from videos and news reports. Choose from more than 4000 online exercises, from beginner to advanced level.
Québec's Vitrine linguistique
Get answers to all your questions about the French language. Obtain information on linguistic topics and hundreds of thousands of terms and definitions.
CCDMD Learning Resources
Québec's publisher of teaching materials for higher education provides online and printable exersises and games to practice French on your own time.
Forvo
Forvo isn't just any dictionary, it's a dictionary that allows its users to listen to, playback, and request to hear words, terms, phrases, and sayings as they're pronounced by native French speakers.
Le Point du FLE
A central portal for learning French, Le Point du FLE contains over 16,000 links to resources on topics such as oral comprehension, writing and grammar, situational conversation, and vocabulary.
Espace Français
Looking to read in French but aren't fully comfortable yet? Espace Français has hundreds of reading materials about French history and culture that are written for French language learners in mind.
Recommended audio and podcasts
Tune into these great podcasts and more to improve your comprehension and expand your vocabulary. You can also find free French audiobooks through the library via Overdrive.
News in Slow French
- Beginner, Intermediate
News streaming and cultural programming at multiple speeds and difficulty levels, so you can find the pace that's just right for you.
French with Frederic
- Intermediate
This podcast helps you learn le Français Québecois while exploring all the amazing things la belle province has to offer.
LanguaTalk French
- Beginner, Intermediate
Try this free podcast with interactive transcripts to improve your French while learning about Francophone cultures.
Radio-Canada OHdio
- Intermediate, Advanced
Enjoy podcasts, live radio, and audiobooks from Radio-Canada's entire collection on their audio service, OHdio.
Inner French
- Intermediate
Choose from hundreds of free, fun, and informative podcasts created specifically to help students who are learning French as a second language.
Le Radiojournal
- Intermediate, Advanced
Canada's leading French-language daily newscast is a great place to build your vocabulary while keeping up with current events.
French language media networks to explore
Check out the selected resources below and find more on Press Reader, which gives you free access to a huge selection of newspapers and magazines from around the world with your McGill login.
Le Délit
An independent newspaper produced by McGill students in the fall and winter semesters, Le Délit is your French language hub for everything happening in our community.
Radio-Canada
As the French language equivalent to the CBC, Radio-Canada provides tons of free original Canadian content. Choose from news, drama, comedy, lifestyle programming, radio, and more.
RFI Français Facile
Learn French through international news clips from France's international broadcaster. Filter videos by your level of French, listen to podcasts, and complete free online exercises.
La Presse
This daily French-language newspaper, published in Montreal since 1884, covers Quebec and international news, politics, and culture.
Québec Science
This popular science magazine brings research to the people, exploring questions in science and technology and examining current issues through a scientific lens.
Fugues
The only French-language LGBTQ+ magazine in Canada, Fugues highlights news, culture, and community stories from here and abroad.
Find French movies and shows
Check out these great streaming resources for free online content! You can also find lots of French options on mainstream streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
ICI TOU.TV
Enjoy French and Québécois (French Canadian) movies and series through Radio-Canada's free streaming service.
TV5 Unis
Stream original shows, movies, and news broadcasts from Canadian French-language channels TV5 and Unis via their website.
NFB-ONF
The award-winning National Film Board of Canada has original French-language shows and movies available for free on their website—no account or login necessary!
Kanopy
From cinema classics to new releases, filter by language to find French movies and shows on Kanopy, offered for free through the McGill Libraries.
Criterion-on-Demand
Get free online access to feature films with French audio and captions on Criterion-on-Demand through the McGill Libraries. Connect to the McGill VPN for off-campus use.
Docuseek
Available for free through the McGill Libraries, filter by language to find hundreds of independent, social-issue, and environmental films in French on Docuseek.
TERMIUM Plus
This Government of Canada database includes French terms across every field, including definitions, acronyms, and official titles.
Professional vocabularies
These profession-specific vocab lists from the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) include accounting, law, engineering, and health care terms.
Lexicons by theme
These themed vocabulary lists from the OQLF cover fields from the arts to computer science and new technologies.
DataFranca
This site includes 5 cutting-edge lexicons: artificial intelligence, photonics, quantum science, statistics, and cybersecurity.
Management Terminology
A bilingual glossary from McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management alongside French business and management resources.
LexiConcordia
Thousands of specialized terms from aerospace, environmental, and systems engineering to biology, management, computer science, and cognitive science.