Parallel reading and exercises on zombies. Text, true/false/not mentioned and gap-fill. Answers provided. You could make a booklet of the parallel reading material for independent reading.

For beginners I have added two simple gapped translations into French (My dog and My town). These could be used as follow-up tasks to their equivalent translations into English. These may suit teachers who wish to develop their pupils' translations skills from an early stage.

Video listening for low advanced level (AS level). A 2 minute TV report about working for Les Restos du coeur. Questions in French and "find the French". Answers provided. I wrote this with an eye on the new AQA AS specification from September.

Article and exercises about integration in France. Based on a recent in-depth report, the article looks at how successfully France is integrating migrants and their descendants. Exercises include identifying true sentences, lexical work, translation, questions and oral work.

Two resources for the new AQA GCSE Photo card section of the Speaking test. Photos with questions and model answers for Foundation and Higher tiers (10 each). For teaching from September 2016, but could be used before that.

Reading task with exercises based on reviews of the TV series Les Revenants (the one about zombies). Probably how you're feeling after Christmas and the new year. Six short texts with a range of exercises, including matching, "find the French", vocab completion, gap fill, speaking and writing.

Article and exercise on the historic climate change agreement in Paris. Questions in English with model answers. Available free as a sample on the Free Resources page.

Article and exercises on the first Syrian family to be taken in by a Belgian volunteer. Adapted authentic text, vocabulary to complete, false TL sentences to correct, summary in English and translation. This topical resource would work with a very good Y11 class or an AS level group.

Literary text and exercises for intermediate (GCSE). This is a passage from L'Etranger by Camus. There is some highlighted and glossed vocabulary, questions in English and some simple analysis of character. This could be tackled by a very good intermediate class in class or at home.

Updated parallel texts and exercises on the Islamic State (ISIL) organisation. I have just put in a reference to the recent events in Paris. Don't forget there are many parallel texts from beginner level through to intermediate (GCSE) level.