Video listening. A lovely short report from the Ministère des Solidarités in France about 9 year-old Marius more than coping with a physical disability. Questions in French. Conversation. Optional captions and 0.75 playback speed, but this is short and not that hard. A really good Y11 class could cope. Level B1.
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An easy text with exercises about F1 driver Lando Norris. Text, multi-choice questions, gapped sentences and questions in French. Answers given. Level A2.
Another portrait d'enfant video listening task. 10 year-old Camila in Cape Verde. Gap-fill with options. Answers given. Another eye opener for students. Level A2. Can be played with captions and at 0.75 speed, depending on the class.
Another new Portrait d'enfant video listening worsheet. Merveille en Centrafrqiue. This is a 10 year-old blind boy. False statements to correct and questions in English. Level A2. This would work with a fast Y9 or a Y10 class, I suggest. Another eye-opener for pupils.
This is a 'portrait d'enfant' video listening task. Alas, I had to delete four other worksheets like this as the video links had gone dead. So, this is a new one with a gap-fill exercise. I really like these videos for opening pupils' eyes to other lives. Level A2.
Video listening + reading. A captioned video about how to claim family allowances in Belgium. False statements to correct, vocab to find, discussion and extra vocab provided. Answers given. Level B1. Good for a strong Y12 or Y13.
This is a current affairs listening/reading task. Macron's speech announcing the new voluntary military service. Video with captions, questions in English and a written summary to read. This could be exploited further. Level B1/2.
Texts with exercises based on four short film reviews. Four texts, a matching task, true/false, scrambled sentences to re-order, oral and written tasks, a fluency task and vocab test. Level B1. Good for Y12, cinema theme.
A set of 15 simple questions in the perfect tense with être. Guidance is given on how you might use them for listening and speaking practice. Level A2.
A set of 15 questions to practise using the perfect tense with avoir. Suggestions for how to use the sheet are given, including turning the questions into a listening task. Level A2.