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, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Video listening, with captions. This is a short Trotro cartoon. Trotro is in love. The task is to just to find vocabulary, with hints given. Good for a y10 or fast Y9 group. Answers provided. CEFR A2.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

A text with exercises about screen usage in France by very young children. This is a longitudinal study begun in 2011, just published. Vocab to find, morphology practice, questions to answer. Answers given. Good for Y12, perhaps a weaker Y13. Topics: TV, education, cyber society. CEFR B1.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Three passages + exercises. Three women describe how they cope on low incomes with insecure work. Vocab to find and a matching task. Good for Y12. CEFR B1.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Video listening. This is a captioned video in which a Belgian woman describes her job as a prison warder. There are questions to answer in French and vocab to find. Answers are given. This fits well with the AQA A-level sub-theme of how criminals are treated. CEFR B1.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

I have been removing outdated texts from the Immigration and Integration section of the A-level page. I have also been updating other texts from the same section, including adding answers.

, Y7 (Beginner)

A very simple bingo game for complete beginners learning how to understand basic teacher instructions. A grid with 12 items in English. Teacher reads aloud French, students tick off the right phrase. Editable, of course, if you want to make it harder. A1.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

Two texts, one describing the advantages of AI, the other the dangers. Vocab to find, bullet-point notes to take in English, then oral/written French summary of those points. Good for a confident Y12 class, or Y13. CEFR B1. The texts were written by ChatGPT, then lightly edited by me.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

A text with exercises about the recent demonstrations about pension reform. This is actually a heavily rewritten version of an older text about demonstrations. Text, vocab to find, true/false/not mentioned, summary, lexical work, translation and paired vocab test. Good for Y13. CEFR B2.

, Y12-13 (Advanced)

I have rewritten an older text on the A level page about the laws in France concerning underweight fashion models. Text, vocab to find, questions, bullet point notes to take, oral/written summary, discussion questions.

, Y10-11 (Intermediate)

Video listening (with French captions). A short 2m 45 video. What does being woke mean? Vocab given to help, questions in English. Quite hard, so good for a high-attaining Y11 class, or even A-level. The captions help a lot. CEFR A2/B1.