French as a Second Language

Teaching with Music

French songs for teaching - A collection of songs suitable for teaching French from nursery to early secondary.

Les couleurs - Youtube songs about colors in French. 

Songs for Teaching: Using Children's Music to Promote Learning - "Creative teachers can use music to teach content across the curriculum to students of all ages. We bring you some of our favorite ideas for using the magic of music in your lesson plans." Un excellent site pour soutenir les enseignants qui cherchent à intégerer la musique dans toutes les matières, y inclus l'enseignement des langues secondes.

Fun avec French – Songs and games on various themes (famille, chiffres, jours de la semaine, mois, saisons, maison et meubles).

Les couleurs - Youtube songs about colors in French.

Authentic Resources for FRENCH – This wiki lists sources of authentic material that can be used for teaching and learning French: Images, texts, sound, videos, comptines et chansons, and more.

Jean Petit qui danse – A song for children to learn parts of the body with YouTube video to watch, FLV video to download, and lyrics.

French Version of Disney Songs on videos: The Bare Necessities – Jungle Book (Le Livre De La Jungle); A Whole New World (Ce rêve bleu) – Aladdin; Hakuna Matata and Circle of Life (Le Roi Lion Hakuna Matata) – The Lion King.

Lyrics Training – Learners view YouTube music videos to write in the missing words of the lyrics appearing below the video. A number of songs are available in French.

Chansons françaises et francophones en cours de FLE / French through Songs and Singing – This multimedia site features streaming MP3s, annotated lyrics, articles and links.

YouTube - 64 comptines et chansons pour enfants – Similar versions can be found here, and here. 

French Tree Parts Song - A little French lesson about trees.

French Music Videos / Clips musique française on Vimeo – A sampling of French music videos with songs from contemporary pop singers.

French Music Blog: Showcasing the best modern French Music for English-speaking Fans – This blog offers background information (in English) on French singers as well as video and audio files of some of their songs.

French Pop Culture Videos – Video files of songs from contemporary pop and rock singers as well as French singers from the 50’s and 60’s. There are also a few videos featuring children’s songs.

French Folk Songs - Folksongs of France sorted by first line of lyric and title, with title in italics.

Great French Songs – This blog presents French songs and albums, gives the text of the songs in French and in English translation and, for each song, provides a French English glossary of some of the terms used.

French Songs for Kids - A collection of French children's songs with lyrics and music.

BBC - Schools - Primary French - Interactive karaoke flash animations focusing on vocabulary with specific themes:

Hello | Numbers 0 - 6 | What's your name? | Numbers 7 - 12 | What's this? | How old are you? | Numbers 13 - 21 | Where do you live? | Can you spell ET? | Today's the day | Numbers 22 - 31 | What colour is it? | My Family | My Pets | What date is it? | Things I like | Numbers 32 - 60 | What time is it? | How's the weather? | Holiday time!

Chansons françaises et francophones en cours de FLE / French through Songs and Singing - “This multimedia site features streaming MP3s, annotated lyrics, articles and links. The recordings are of songs in the public domain plus artists’ originals used with permission. The emphasis is on providing resources for students and teachers of French."