LISTENING ACTIVITY TYPES

Checklist of gap-fill exercise types you could do with listening texts
Checklist of dictation tasks

30 MINUTE INSTANT LISTENING

These tasks are to be read aloud, played or recorded by the teacher. Each one should take no more than 30 minutes, including correction. Select the headphone icon if you would like the ready-made text-to-speech recording (MP3). Or read aloud from the Word doc.

HIGHER TIER

Describing a TV series (Mr Robot)

Online ‘influencers’

Vegetarianism

Personal data protection online

Environment

Volunteering

Poverty in France

Ideal family

Horse-riding

Healthy living

Cinema – describing a film (Interstellar)

Listening and translation bingo game – environment theme
Instructions for the above game

FOUNDATION TIER

Healthy living

The Channel Tunnel

My town
Homework

Cinema – describing a film (Lion)

Describing a holiday

Environment

Describing a family

Describing a house

My school

My pastimes

TV series – Stranger Things

CORRECT THE TRANSCRIPT TASKS

Taylor Swift NEW 15.5.24
How I use social media NEW 15.5.24
Last weekend
Pollution in my city
A night at the cinema
My town: Paris
Healthy living
Typical school day
Poverty in Guadeloupe
My diet
The Tour de France
Next weekend

DICTATION TASKS

Opinions dictation/gap-fill
Greta Thunberg crosses the Atlantic by yacht

STARTERS

See the Y9 page for a collection of starters which may suit Y10-11 as well. They are easily adapted too.

LISTEN AND DRAW

7 images (also on Y9 page as a starter)

AUDIO LISTENING

The worksheets linked to the website Audio Lingua have been moved to the Free Samples page.

PHONICS

A listening and pronunciation task
A listening and pronunciation task (PowerPoint to go with the above)
This resource was given to me by Sarah Shaw.

PAIR LISTENING

Aural gap-fill tasks

VIDEO LISTENING

These sheets link to online videos. Print off the sheet and use in class or provide students with URL and they can work alone. Please do not share frenchteacher login with students.Always check that links work and that videos work on mobile devices.

FRIENDS

Trotro est amoureuxLink checked 10.23

HOME LIFE
Links checked 19.1.25 Note: ARTE have unpublished some ‘portrait d’enfant’ videos from YouTube and their own site, so the worksheets which were here have been removed. I am replacing them with new ones.
Food Peppa Pig – les crêpes
How to make a crêpe
Portrait d’enfant – Prince au Ghana
Portrait d’enfant – Moya en Afghanistan
Portrait d’enfant – Aqui au Bangladesh NEW 12.6.24
Portrait d’enfant – Yayi au Togo
Portrait d’enfant – Mohammed à Pétra
Portrait d’enfant – Astou au Sénégal
Christmas – Peppa Pig – Noël
DIY – Papa Pig accroche une photo
Peppa Pig – une chasse au trésor
Peppa Pig – les avions en papier
Peppa Pig – premier jour de neige
Philippe describes his daily routine

ENVIRONMENT Links checked 19.1.25
Eating meat
Les Séquoias – a song by Pomme
A baby giant panda
What are nuclear power stations?
Fossil fuels (non-renewable energy)
Plastic waste in the ocean
Plastic waste in the ocean (2) – same source as above, different task
Plastic waste in the ocean (3)
Polar bears under threat (see written text on same)
What are fossil fuels?
Zero waste
Climate change explanation (hard!)
Sustainable development

HEALTH AND SPORT Links checked 19.1.25
Roller blading in Paris
Is the sun healthy?
Interview with Kylian Mbappé
What’s in a cigarette?
Papa Pig fait de l’exercice
Reducing cancer risk through organic food?
Olympics 2024 opening ceremony plans
PE/sport in school

HOLIDAYS Links checked 19.1.25
Cycling holiday in the Loire
Perfect tense – silly song Si t’as été à Tahiti
Peppa Pig goes camping
Visit to Venice
Balade à Porquerolles

WORLD OF WORK Links checked 19.1.25
What does an airline pilot do?
Minors working in Quebec
What does a dental assistant do?
A trainee nurse talks
Jobs – cartoon short film

SOCIAL ISSUES Links checked 19.1.25
Animal rights
Bullying in school

FRENCH LIFE Links checked 19.1.25
Cheese exports
The influencer Léna Situations NEW 12.12.2024
The blue jackal (sub-titled)
Film trailer for Bonobos (nice!)
Why learn French?
The French-speaking world
The French-speaking world (2)
Technology – Ariane rocket

LESSON PLANS

Task-based activity – sédentaire ou actif?
An opinion survey on social media use NEW 4.5.24
Task-based activity – find out about Paris
Task-based activity – find out about tourism in France
Task-based activity – find out about F1 driver Charles Leclerc
Task-based activity – find out about rugby player Antoine Dupont
Storytelling pair game (Perfect and Imperfect tenses)
Numbers lesson plan – The Price is Right

DIALOGUES

See the Y8 page for more situational dialogues.
Lesson plan for the dialogues below
TV
TV (alternative version)
Celebrities NEW 20.10.24
Streaming versus vinyl (Higher) NEW 9.11.24
Getting to know you
Environment
Films
Reading
Part-time jobs
Sport
Social networks
Theme parks
Music
Paris
Food
Holiday plans
Buying a house
Talking about a friend
Video games
Talking about your town
School

VOCABULARY

Climb the wall listening game – sport
Climb the wall listening game – pastimes
Climb the wall listening game – TV NEW 15.10.24
Handout: expressions with ‘bon’ and ‘bonne(s)’
Environment vocab

Men’s clothes vocab – web task

Environment crossword
Answers to the above
Environment crossword (2)
Town vocab

Reading – vocab

Car vocab

Car vocab (2)

Car vocab crossword

Airport vocab crossword

Transport vocab

Transport vocab crossword

Sport definitions crossword

Rugby terminology crossword

Time expressions crossword

TV and radio vocab

TV programme types

TV in France

Cinema vocab

School vocab

At school

School crossword

Computing terms crossword

Easy Fr-Eng translations on food

Countries and nationalities – code breaker

Countries and continents crossword

Nationalities and languages crossword

Countryside vocab crossword

Holidays crossword

In town – code breaker

Clothes crossword

Furniture crossword

Expressing opinions

Household chores – for display

Household chores – sondage

Lost property

Vocab list for silent customer game (see Games that Work)

Find the cheapest product at But – web task

Pairwork task on “argot”

Household objects – pairwork games

Baccalaureat vocab game

Personality adjectives – code breaker

Personality adjectives – crossword

Christmas presents

EDEXCEL IGCSE

Set of 10 Question 8 grammar practice questions Updated, Merci Séverine

GCSE from 2018

See the Adult Students page for set of situational dialogues + vocabulary. These can support your work on role-plays.

Foundation Tier

Knowledge organiser (for speaking and writing)

Knowledge organiser (for speaking and writing) – alternative version

A booklet of 17 sentence builders for speaking and writing revision

AQA-style role-plays

AQA-style photo card conversations

Photo card conversations

Photo card conversations (2)

AQA GCSE general conversation questions

AQA conversation questions as boardgames

100 translation sentences into French(with answers)

Reading exam (1)

Reading exam (2)

Reading exam (3)

Reading exam (4)

10 Foundation Tier translations into English (with answers)

How to write a good Foundation Tier essay (ppt)

How to write a good Foundation Tier essay (Word)

Higher Tier

Listening revision booklet

Knowledge organiser (for speaking and writing)

A booklet of 17 sentence builders for speaking and writing revision

AQA-style GCSE 2016 role-plays

AQA-style photo card conversations (Higher tier)

AQA-style GCSE photo card conversations (Higher tier) (2)

AQA general conversation questions

AQA conversation questions booklet in pairwork format
Edexcel conversation questions booklet in pairwork format
WJEC conversation questions booklet in pairwork format
AQA conversation questions as board games

20 Higher Tier translations into French (with answers)

10 Higher Tier translations into English (with answers)

A reading to writing task for essay writing (holidays)

Reading exam (Higher tier)

How to write a good Higher Tier essay (ppt)

Stick-in writing strips

How to write a good Higher Tier essay (Word)

Help sheet for developing range in essays

Set of 10 reading comp gapfills for GCSE/IGCSE.

Further set of 10 gapfills for GCSE/IGCSE (different format).

Higher GCSE style gapfill tasks Identifying attitudes – 100 statements.

Reading tasks for GCSE revision

Common written errors at GCSE

GCSE FIRST TEACHING 2024

My GCSE French Workbooks written with Gianfranco Conti are here and here.
Foundation
10 reading aloud passages
AQA-style Reading paper
8 AQA-style role-plays to read and adapt
AQA photo-card conversation booklet NEW 4.1.25
Knowledge Organiser based on AQA topics NEW 4.11.24
8 Edexcel-style role-plays to read and adapt
10 Edexcel-style photo card/conversation tasks
10 AQA-style photo card/conversation tasks
6 photo cards for display, modelling and practice (Foundation). NEW 4.4.24
AQA Writing model – 90 words NEW 12.1.24
Edexcel Writing model – 80-90 words NEW 12.1.24
Reading paper (any board) NEW 7.4.23
Higher
AQA Writing model – 150 words
Edexcel Writing model – 130-150 words
10 reading aloud passages
AQA-style Reading paper
Pearson-Edexcel-style Reading paper
8 AQA-style role-plays to read and adapt
AQA photo-card conversation booklet NEW 4.1.25
8 Edexcel-style role-plays to read and adapt
10 AQA-style photo card/conversation tasks
10 Edexcel-style photo card/conversation tasks

Other resources

50 French signs to explain- low intermediate to intermediate (Y9-11) (Word doc) (1).

50 French signs to explain – low intermediate to intermediate (Y9-11)(Word doc) (2).

50 French signs to explain (3) – low intermediate to intermediate (Y9-11)(Word doc).

50 French signs to explain (4) – low intermediate to intermediate (Y9-11)(Word doc).

50 French signs to explain (5)- low intermediate to intermediate (Y9-11)(Word doc).

Signs dominoes game

Powerpoint(1) of the second set of 50 signs.

Powerpoint (2) of another 50 signs.

Powerpoint (3) of another 50 signs.

Powerpoint (4) of another 50 signs.

Powerpoint (5) of yet another 50 signs.

Conversation game (thanks to MGS online)

Listening tasks based on Encore Tricolore 4

Help sheet for developing range in written CAs

GCSE written error checking exercise

Record and Self Evaluation sheet for British teachers (edit online)

Easy guide to writing a basic exam essay

Tips for GCSE Writing – stick in sheet

DOMINOES

Healthy living

Holidays Free time