This is a video listening task based on a 1jour1question video about El Niño. I would play this at 0.75, but it is clear and the transcript is available on the linked page. I have set comprehension questions in English (with ChatGPT) and a 'Find the French' exercise. Level A2. Good for Higher GCSE.
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This is a current affairs video listening task. This is a short France Info report with optional captions. Questions in French with some teacher notes and model answers. Level B1. Not too fast.
Video listening. This is another one in the Portrait d'enfant series from Arte. It's about Gonzalo from Lanzarote, who's into wrestling! This sheet comes with a bilingual vocab glossary, questions in English and answers on a separate sheet. Level A2.
This is a full lesson about climate change which starts with a video listening task with MCQs, followed by gap-fill, a ranking task, paired vocab test and paired questioning. Transcripts and answers provided. Good for Y10-11. The video is called Le climat expliqué aux enfants. Level A2.
Video listening. A Portrait d'enfant video about Tu Naing Kha, a girl from Myanmar (Burma). Multi-choice, gap-fill and translation into French. Level A2.
I have removed an old vocab list on TV and replaced it with a new, more complete bilingual one. The resource includes a self-testing sheet. ChatGPT helped a lot with this. This has way more vocab than on the GCSE syllabus, but is useful anyway and could be used by IB or A-level students. Level A2/B1.
Video listening. This is from the Arte Portrait d'enfant series. It's about Camila from Bolivia. She loves making music! MCQs in French. There is a transcript available on the site. This video will be available until June 2027. Level A2.
Video listening. An interesting captioned video about how French became the official language of France. Part of the heritage topic. Multi-choice and questions in French. Level B1/2.
A current affairs text with questions about the forest fires in the south-west of France. Macron has described them as the biggest disaster since the Second World War. Level B1. I have also updated a battleships game on the Y8 page, adding an easier version.
This is a video listening resource based on a short video from the Arte series Il/Elle a ton âge. It's about a girl from India (Bengal) called Turika. Multiple choice + an oral pair work exercise. Not too hard. Great cultural background, as with the Portrait d'enfant videos. Climate change is relevant to this video. Level A2.