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.

Article and exercises on changing meat eating habits in France. Text, pre-reading questions, questions, lexical recycling work, gap fill and translation. Low advanced level.

Two new PowerPoint presentations on the new GCSE and A-level courses (all modern languages). Teachers in England may find these useful for presenting to colleagues, for example. They were made for a training day I did with trainee teachers at York University. They are freely available on the Samples page. Feel free to download and use them.

Short article and exercises on favourite foods in France. Questions in French, pair work and translation.

Video listening for advanced level. An introduction to terrorism from the 1jour1question series. Short and quite easy for this level. Pre-listening and questions in French.

I have uploaded a complete, indexed booklet of the parallel texts with exercises for primary/Y7. This would be useful if you wanted to use the resource to hand out for independent work, or just keep as a standby for class work.

Advanced level video listening. This is a sheet linked to a short video in the 1jour1question series. It would fit in well with a unit of work on education. The exercise is to retranslate a set of sentences using the exact language from the video. This would suit lower advanced students (AS-level). Teacher's answers provided.

A-level video listening. This is a BFM TV report on the Alan Kurdi, the poor young Syrian boy whose body was found washed up on a Mediterranean beach. It is only short, at 1m 40s. There are pre-listening questions, questions and retranslation sentences. Also posted on the Adults page and on my blog.

Text and exercises for low advanced level (AS) on how younger drivers seem to be getting better in France. Article, vocabulary to complete, questions in French and pair work exercises. Would work with an excellent Y11 class.