Video listening. A report from France TV about the popluarity of historical cartoon books. From the annual Festival d'Angoulême. This is a simple 'find the French' translation task. Lots of intensive listening and repeats needed! CEFR B2.

A third 'Spot the Differences' listening task. This one is on the topic holday plans. CEFR A2. Remember that the two texts can be repurposed as an information gap oral/listening task, but this would be harder.

A second 'Spot the Differences' listening task. Topic: last weekend. Easy Higher GCSE, or maybe Foundation. CEFR A2.

A new type of listening activity on the site. The teacher reads two short texts aloud (two or three times each text). Students take notes (in English or French). Then in pairs they can compare notes and the teacher elicits their findings. The first example I created is the well-word daily routine topic. CEFR A2. By the way, the texts could also be used for an information gap task if you want a bigger focus on communication and speaking.

I have checking through links to videos on the Y12-13 page. I have also updated the document about French politics to take account of the new(ish) prime minister François Bayrou.

A current affairs resource (video + reading and translation). About the awful floods in Brittany. Of interest to adult learners too. CEFR Level B2.

This is a whole lesson resource for Y9 (or easy Y10 or fast Y8). A 'disappearing text'-based lesson with slides containing an increasing number of gaps, true/false, sentence completion and sentences to write. Mainly easy perfect tense, first and third person. CEFR A1/2. Look in the Lesson Plans section on the Y9 page.

A narrow reading sheet on the topic of the environment. Four teenagers talk about what they do to protect the environment. They are so keen! Lots of recycling of chunks. There is vocab to find, a 'Who said..?', sentence completion and written task. In the EPI vein. Chat GPT was useful for the text creation. Level A1/2.

Two short texts in past tenses. Maxime and Clara describe their summer holidays. A 'Who said..?' task, comprehension questions, translation into French and a writing task. Suitable for Higher GCSE, probably Y10. CEFR A2.

Two short texts about favourite celebrities. Followed by a 'Who said...?' task, comprehension questions, translation into French and a writing task. Higher GCSE. CEFR level A2.