CPF FRENCH INTERNET ADDRESS LIST
NOTE: The internet addresses listed here do not reflect CPF's views or opinions. CPF is not responsible for the content of any of the internet addresses and does not endorse the provider of the internet address site or any product it offers.
0010. Background Information
CPF Internet Resource Reviewer’s List of French Internet Addresses – BACKGROUND – Nov. 10, 2000
CPF is Canadian Parents for French educational opportunities, a non-profit volunteer based organization. I am the volunteer CPF Internet Resource Reviewer. CPF's web site is http://www.cpf.ca
Recently, the availability of French computer software and French on
the Internet has been expanding. In 1997 in response to
requests from parents of French Immersion and Core French students
for help in these areas, we began to keep lists of popular
French software and French Internet addresses.
We have been sharing our list of French Internet Addresses with and
gathering some information from three electronic mailing
lists (listservs) in particular, which we were invited to join. The
lists are:
immersion-fr@sfu.ca - An e-mail mailing
list, begun by Professor André Obadia, of the Education Department
at
Simon Fraser University, for French immersion teachers
and those with a related interest.
french-connection - An e-mail mailing
list, begun by Elizabeth Murphy, a
French immersion Principal. This list is for French
as a 2nd language teachers. Ended 2003.
lim-a@tc.umn.edu - An e-mailing list, begun by The
Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
at The University of Minnesota, to meet the needs
of parents, teachers, administrators, researchers, and others involved
with language immersion education in North, South,
and Central America (covers all target languages).
We have also been gathering information from the CPF National newsletter
where advertisers sometimes include web sites of
interest.
Please excuse that the CPF lists are not in a polished professional
format, but rather are a volunteer work in progress. The CPF
French Internet Address list includes general information related to
the Internet.
Prior to the updated CPF French Internet Address List being on the Internet
(Sep. 1998) it was sent regularly to all CPF
Directors and provincial Branches with e-mail and less frequently to
others. At the request of the non CPF e-mail mailing lists
we began, in Feb. 1998, sending a version of the update with only the
changes. Since 1999 all CPF provincial Branches have
Internet access to the List and only updates of special interest are
sent.
At intervals, Internet addresses from the CPF Internet Address List
are recommended for addition to the CPF web site as
links.
French software and Internet addresses with audio are of particular
interest to French Immersion and Core French students as
they provide an opportunity to listen to a French speaker.
Any assistance that might be provided regarding these lists would be very much appreciated.
L. Wright B.Sc., M.Sc.(Bus.Admin.)
CPF Volunteer Internet Resource Reviewer
If you would like to receive e-mail notification of updates to the CPF French Internet Address List or have suggestions for this list, contact us by e-mail: cpf99@shaw.ca
'CPF French Software and Internet Address Lists' at
http://members.shaw/cpf99
is linked to from
http://www.cpf.ca/English/resources/Resources/resources.htm
(click on 'CPF French Software and Internet Address List' )
Also, the tables from 'CPF French Software and Internet Address Lists'
are linked to from
http://www.cpf.ca/English/Students/index.htm
(as instructed, click on 'Resources' tab,
then click on 'CPF French Software and Internet Address List',
then click on 'CPF FRENCH INTERNET ADDRESS LIST',
then click on 'TABLES OF LINKS'
- it has been suggested that there be a direct link as well)
Note that these tables can also be used from a school web site, for
example,
they are linked to from
http://quilchena.vsb.bc.ca
(click on 'Web Resources (French)' and click on i.e.
'Moteurs ...')
Link to notice about CPF French software and Internet resources