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We created this web site to provide you with games to learn and study French, English, Japanese and very soon Portuguese and Chinese : you can download some free games or order our unique language games with free unlimited copying for your personal use at home or in your language class.
What can you do on this web site ?
 download free games
create your own games
purchase unique language games (online payment with Paypal)
collect alea points and exchange them for our special educational games
To see our new games click on the blue banner at the top of the page.
ALEA : the game workshop for foreign language teachers and learners
Who are these games for?
These games are designed for teachers and learners of French foreign language and French second language. We also carry games to learn English and Japanese.
These games have been created, designed and used by professional French teachers and English instructors teaching in Japan and France.
What kind of games?
The first games we are putting out are vocabulary games but you will soon find the following games to download for your French classes :
language puzzles
grammar games
more vocabulary games
pronunciation games
dice games
board games
card games
and all kinds of other games to learn French, English, Japanese and soon Portuguese.
What are the advantages of buying an ALEA game?
Very inexpensive games : we decided not to print these games into a finished product in order to let you purchase the games at a very decent price : no publishing and printing fees, no conditioning fees and no shipping fees on all downloaded games.
Unlimited copies of the game for your personal use : whether you have 4 students or 60 or more in your class, you can print as many copies of the game as you like. We decided to do this so that language teachers with large classes do not have to buy more material than teachers with small classes.
Free upgrades to come for the game purchased : any upgrade in content (quality or quantity) or design of the game is yours. You can download it again for free and print the upgraded game when it comes out. We'll inform you regularly through the newsletter.
Get new games for free with the advantageous alea point system. Every time you buy a game or have a friend, colleague or other person introduced by you purchase for the first time a game, you collect alea points which you can exchange to get new games for free. We do this because we want you to talk about ALEA games to people you know .
Get one game covering many levels of language learning all packaged in one. These games may be used not only for one particular level but for many. You can then use these games for your beginner, intermediate or advanced classes.
color
code |
CEFR levels |
competency |
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A1 |
discovery |
| green |
A2 |
elementary |
| orange |
B1 |
intermediate |
| red |
B2 |
independent |
| purple |
C1 C2 |
autonomy |
Note : ALEA games do not always cover all levels, sometimes only 2 or 3 different levels depending on the complexity, mechanism and contents of the game.
Games framed and adapted to the official CEFR (Common European Framework Reference). Adapt the game depending on your learners' level. The contents respect the language goals put forward by the CEFR in terms of vocabulary acquisition, grammar, pronunciation, phonetics and other speaking, reading, writing and hearing competencies.
Get free game material : you can download all the free material you find on this site. Under each free product, you will find a link to directly download a pdf or text document for immediate use. You will find free games, free activities, free learning and teaching material and tips, free dice, free pawns and other French language related material for teachers and students of French.
Game material easy, quick and fun to use : game rules are always simple so that the learning goals are clearly set. Rules are in English and French and soon in other languages in order to help foreign learners grasp the rules quickly and get down to playing and learning.
Different game rules allow variety. A learner can even play solitary with the ®Thumbbip method for games exploring idiomatic expressions in French (see Arc-en-Ciel for example)
The mechanics of the game allow for everyone to participate all the time with no dead time and this in order to maximize class-time during French class.
Game time : between 10 to 30 minutes depending on the games. You can also set the time, so that a game can finish within a given time (15 minutes for example). Students count their points or see who has actually gotten farthest on the board game.
Number of players : from 3 to 6 players usually but some games rules allow for more or only 2 players, or even solitary.
Some of these games have been used for classes up to 60 students. You can make copies of the games for your class and have groups of 6 players around tables. A fun way to get everybody involved and active even in the largest classes.
Get the free ALEA newsletter : sign up for the newsletter to get the latest information on new games and upcoming material and special promotions.
How to use ALEA games
Nothing more simple : choose the game you like into your cart, pay, download immediately, print, cut and play. Students are always great about helping cutting the cards and game boards to get the game ready.
For more information on how to print, cut and assemble the games, download the user's manual :
Further links to ALEA games :
Go to the online shop Ateliers-ALEA : French language games
Talk to your friends and colleagues about Ateliers-ALEA and collect alea points
"A lea carte" : free activities to learn French
Your ALEA account
"How to create your ALEA games" (users' manual)
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