Online French Language Games

Online French language games provide anyone learning French with fun, interactive ways to practice language acquisition skills. From memorizing vocabulary to understanding parts of speech, online French language games come in an amazing variety of themes, topics and styles. While many games online must be played while online, many can also be downloaded and printed to play offline too, making them useful handouts for teachers to use in the classroom.

Puzzles are great ways to practice French vocabulary.

The Internet is a big place and there are hundreds of websites promising online French language games. Before choosing a game to play, think about what types of games appeal to you in English. Chances are, if you like to do crossword puzzles in English, crossword puzzles in French will be a fun learning diversion. Conversely, if you get easily frustrated trying to unscramble words, avoid French word jumble puzzles.

Like their English counterparts, French crossword puzzles feature clues. Place the words answering the clues into the squares in the grid.

• Advanced puzzles: Advanced students of the French language may find it intriguing to pit their crossword puzzle skills against Mots Croises. Le Festival Des Mots Croises is actually the website of the annual French crossword puzzle championship, attracting native speakers to put their intelligence against the puzzles. See how you stack up and try your hand at what they have posted online.
• Beginner and intermediate puzzles: For students at beginner or intermediate levels, the puzzles at Language Games provide simple puzzles using basic French vocabulary. French Linguistics opens to a PDF with simple puzzles you can do online or print and distribute to the class if you are a teacher. Alcester includes crossword puzzles for many different levels too.

While crossword puzzles are perennial favorites, there are many other types of puzzles for beginning or intermediate French speakers. These include:

• Hangman: The popular children's game of hangman consists of drawing spaces for letters and a scaffold. The player guesses letters. For each correct guess, the letter is placed into the appropriate spot on the grid. But look out – if you guess incorrectly, the other player draws a bit onto the stick figure of a person being hanged. When the figure is completed, the player is "out" and has lost the game. If the player guesses the letters correctly before the figure is completed, the player has won. Parlez includes many hangman games arranged according to theme. If you're practicing vocabulary for food, there's a hangman puzzle for food, as well as ones for clothing, the human body and more. Clueword provides a clue in English but the answer is in French. This interactive puzzle changes every time you reload your web browser, giving you lots to practice.
• Word searches: Word search puzzles pit your eye for vocabulary against a confusing array of letters. Words are hidden among miscellaneous letters. You're given a list of words to find. They may be horizontal, vertical, across or even backwards. It's more challenging than you think! Try Ann Fox word searches in French, each at a challenging level from beginner to intermediate student.

There are many other places to find online French language games. Sybum lists several English to French translation games. The University of Northern Iowa page lists dozens upon dozens of French game websites as well as resources for students. From dictionaries to facts about France, Canada and other places where French is spoken, this is website worth bookmarking.

While this is not a game, one site is a "must visit" for anyone who is a fan of the television series The Simpsons. NicoSimpson is a fan site for the hit cartoon, and all in French. So test your knowledge of Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie, and all the denizens of Springfield, in French. It's sure to bring a smile onto any student's face as they learn French!

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