Created in 1945, the Centre international d'études pédagogiques (CIEP) is known for its expertise in international projects and for its pedagogical work to promote French globally. With countless centers in over 165 countries worldwide, the CIEP makes every effort to diffuse knowledge and educational resources. Paramount among these efforts are its educational and foreign language teaching publications and its seven free e-newsletters, including the Lettre du CIEP, which provides helpful information on classroom projects and other resources four times per year.

The Canal Academie is a web radio show linked to the Institut de France. Their show is supplemented by a newsletter and investigates countless academic topics in such heterogeneous fields of study as History, Literature, Art, Economy, Sciences, etc.

An offshoot of the OIF, the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, Franc-Parler is a website devoted to aiding teachers and instructors with the promotion of French. It includes resources for teachers and students alike, including handouts, articles, and worksheets, and its frequent cultural updates help enliven and enrich French classrooms around the world.

Ulyces is a website that publishes articles written in French by international authors daily. Discover French journalism on a variety of topics by purchasing individual articles or by subscribing to the website.

La Petite Souris is a helpful tool for teachers seeking to further the reading, prononciation, orthography, and grammatical skills of their students. With countless nursery rhymes, songs, images, and ideas for games and activities, this website is sure to make language learning fun for children of all ages!

The Projet Chansons et Gestes, a website run by the president of the AATF chapter in Western Massachussets Johanna Gardner, offers teachers a database of songs, lullabies and dances that can be used in the classroom to teach French. Each song comes with its own pedagogical resources and ideas to enliven your French class!

Chateaubriand Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS) is a fellowship program offered by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. It targets outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities who seek to engage in research in France, in any discipline of the Humanities and Social Sciences. HSS Chateaubriand fellows are selected through a merit-based competition via a binational collaborative process involving expert evaluators from both countries.

This travel grant aims at giving students enrolled in an American University an opportunity to discover France. It is open to sophomore, junior & senior students who are enrolled in a double major, including one major in French and one major in another discipline. Consideration will also be given to students enrolled in a minor/certificate in French and majoring in another subject.

The Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques invites you to submit a project on mobility in the setting of its mobility program for researchers in the Americas. Take this opportunity to communicate your reserach in French outside of your home region while benefitting from a $2000 scholarship stipend!

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, along with ARTE, a prominent Franco-German cultural T.V. channel, are thrilled to offer ARTE Docs USA, a list of documentaries for American universities, non-profit institutions, schools, and Alliances Françaises.

A new selection of movies is now available at the IF Cinema! Teachers (K-12, colleges, universities and Alliances Françaises) can access the platform of the Institut Français for educational purposes. More than 300 royalty-free films are available along with over 50 educational kits.

To have access to the films, teachers must register and have their educational project validated.

The Discovery Selection offers a variety of recent French films not yet released in the United States to American colleges and universities. This selection, made by French sales agents and producers, represents the impressive diversity of contemporary French cinema. These films are available on DVD or blu-ray for screening in classes, film festivals, or special events, for a very small fee.

Bertrand Laurence has been playing and teaching guitar for more than 25 years. He has developed a dynamic and creative music session for French language learners, where students and classes have the opportunity to collaborate on writing and analyzing an original work in French. Technical voice work is included as part of the lesson, and the end result is the creation of an original song and the option of a mini recital.

The Museum of Work & Culture, in combination with the Rhode Island Historical Society, presents its "Taste of Quebec" Tour in French. This tour, which includes a guided visit followed by a traditional Québecois meal, recounts the fascinating history of the countless Québecois farmers who came to work in New England textile factories around the turn of the twentieth century.

For more information, please contact information Anne Conway at (401) 769-9675 or aconway@rihs.org

For the ninth edition of this annual contest, the challenge is to explore the hospitality of French language and its reception of foreign words. The competition is open to all levels of secondary classes, and it consists of producing literary works with artistic dimensions on one or many of the selected words. This year's words are: amalgame, bravo, cibler, grigri (ou gris-gris), inuit(e), kermesse, kitsch, sérendipité, wiki, zénitude. Allez-y !

"Des mots pour voir, histoires de l'histoire de l'art", offers to use the same ten words (Dis-moi dix mots, article above) and associate them with important landmarks of art history. Young francophones between the ages of 13 and 20 can submit written creations and win prizes! For more information, please click here.

The Francophone community at Clermont Université is hosting its second annual "Croquons la francophonie" art and essay competition, intended for francophone students enrolled in a higher education establishment worldwide.

Please see the contest's rules, and READ MORE to find out how to participate. 

French for Adults Open House: click here

Fête des enfants: click here

Les P'tits Poètes: click here

Winter 2015 Children's Courses: click here

Winter 2015 Adult Courses: click here

A variety of Francophone book clubs are available and looking for new members all throughout New England. At the Alliance Française de Providence, RI, a friendly book club meets monthly to discuss francophone literature. The Alliance Française de Burlington, VT's book club will be recommencing in January. Housed at the French Cultural Center, the Alliance Française de Boston offers both a structured, instructor-led book club and an informal discussion group every month. Finally, Schoenhof's Foreign Book Sellers in Cambridge hosts meetings the first Thursday of the month from 6:15 to 8 p.m. in the fall and spring seasons. Bonne lecture!