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, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Video listening. This is a recent report from France Info about housing the homeless in public buildings in Paris. Questions in French. Answers given. Perfect for Year 2 of the A-level course.

, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Intermediate video listening (Higher GCSE). This is a hard one for very good classes. It's an explanation of climate change with gap-fill (with options) and questions in English.

, Y10-11 (Intermediate), FREE

I have added to the Teacher's Guide pages of the site an article about teaching with written texts. It is a step-by-step beginner's guide for teaching an intermediate level written text. It's one approach of many, but a sequence which can work very well ans is adaptable to different groups and levels. Do check out the Teacher's Guide pages for lots more advice for MFL teachers.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Video listening. A news report about the Front national changing its name to Rassemblement national. Gap-fill with options. Nice verb used at one point: dédiaboliser (to detoxify). It won't work.

, Y9 (Low intermediate)

Three tenses crossword - past, present and future. Get the right verb form. Could be used in Y10.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Advanced article and exercises about a journalist living as a homeless person on the streets. Two versions, one of which I have written in the style of an Irish leaving certificate exam. The other is in my usual style: vocab, questions, oral work, gap-fill, lexical work, summary and translation.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Advanced level text and exercises on the decline of marriage. I have written this resource in the style of an Irish leaving Certificate (Higher) exam paper (with questions and short pieces of written production). I shall be doing a few more like this. They work well for A-level too.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Advanced audio listening on the right to strike in France. A short, one minute extract from France Info Junior with gap-fill, summary and translation. To go with the AQA A-level sub-theme.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Video listening. A video from Le Monde on YouTube about whether it's worth pursuing your studies at school and university. This short video has sub-titles. The task is to translate a passage into French with the aid of the video. Better for Y13 (second year of A-level). Vocab glossary and model answer provided.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Video listening. A report from Le Monde about how to interpret unemployment figures in France. Vocabulary gloss and questions in French to answer. Oral summary too.