A-level audio listening. This is a worksheet linked to an Audio Lingua authentic recording. Topic: national heritage days. Exercises are questions in French and translation/transcription from the recording. Expect more of these worksheets linked to Audio Lingua.

Two new listening resources for GCSE. These are worksheets linked to short audio recordings on Audio Lingua (from the Académie de Versailles). The two topics are daily routine and holidays. The first is Foundation level, the second Foundation/Higher. Expect to see more like this. As with video listening sheets these can be done in class or at home.

A-level listening, lecture style. This is a talk about impressionism. The aim is to practise listening and develop cultural knowledge for the AO4 objective of the A-level specifications. There is a growing collection of such instant listening tasks on the A-level page.

Three new A-level resources:
(1) Video listening: what is the role of the president in France? Source: 1jour1question/Milan Presse/Youtube. Transcription task with an opportunity for oral summary. You could just do a straightforward summary in 90 words as per A-level.
(2) Text and questions in English about the rise of Emmanuel Macron.
(3) 30 minute instant listening (lecture format) on the Front national.

Instant 30 minute listening on the topic of living alone (under sub-theme contemporary family structures). To be read or recorded by the teacher. True/false/not mentioned and gap-fill. Designed for the second year of A-level.

A-level lecture format listening about the musician Stromae. Yesterday's new resource was a written text and exercises on Stromae. The former suits A-level, the latter AS-level.

Text and exercises about the musician Stromae. Vocab to complete, questions, gap-fill, translation two ways (sounds like Masterchef!), paraphrase and various oral activities. A nice written homework task included. Good cultural input for A-level spec. Enjoy!

Paired re-ordering dictation. Each partner has 5 sets of jumbled words to read out. The other partner has to re-order them to make a correct sentence. Grammar focus: present tense.

Five passages for dictation or translation. These are for adult or A-level students. The theme is places of cultural or historical interest. There are texts on the Musée d'Orsay, the Millau Viaduct, the Eiffel Tower and Monet's garden and house in Giverny.

DON'T FORGET MY VERY SHORT SURVEY! - see link on the left. The above resource was prompted by some survey feedback I received.

Paired dictation task for Y9 (or above). Grammar focus: perfect tense, avoir and être verbs.

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