A video listening activity based on an Arte video. True/false. In addition students must identify which questions are asked from a list. Input + culture! Higher Tier GCSE. CEFR A2.

Another video listening based on a 'portrait d'enfant' video from Arte. This is about a 13 year-old girl called Astou from Senegal. Questions in English. Best played with captions and at 0.75 speed for most classes. Answers given. CEFR A2.

A lesson plan consisting of a short, very simple text and questions. Topic: my home. A possible teaching sequence is described. CEFR A1.

A beginner text with exercises titled Sandrine parle de ses animaux familiers. For intensive exploitation, through correcting false sentences and answering questions with prompts. I would do choral reading aloud with this too. Provides lots of repetitions. Students can then describe their own pets, or those of other students. CEFR A1.

Two translation board games (dice needed) using reflexive verbs in the perfect tense. Mainly first person, common verbs (daily routines). Could be used in Y10-11. CEFR A2.

Another video listening based on a 'portrait d'enfant' video from Arte. This is about a boy called Sreehari in India. The task is to correct faulty sentences. The video is best played at 0.75 speed. CEFR A2.

Another 'portrait d'enfant' video, this one about a little boy from Corsica. We learn about his family's life as chestnut growers. I've put this one in the A-level section, under the heading heritage, Regions etc. Sentences to complete. Some chestnut-related specialist vocab in this one! this would suit Y12, but a very good Y11 class could handle it. CEFR B1.

Another video listening worksheet based on an Arte 'portrait d'enfant' video. This is Mohammed in Petra. Lots of camels and goats! Sentences to complete with options given. CEFR A2.

Intermediate video listening. This is a 'portrait d'enfant' video from Arte. Yayi in Togo. The task is to complete sentences with missing words. A box of options is provided, though you could omit these with really fast classes. Another glimpse of a culture alien to most learners. The stilt dancing is amazing! CEFR A2.

Video listening. A report about people who cannot easily use the internet - 'illectronisme'. A short report, questions in French to answer. Good for AQA topic of cyber-society. Answers given CEFR B1/2.