French
Things to read ...
Borrow some French reading scheme books from the MFL Library (ask your teacher). Could you read a different book which is on the A Level syllabus?
Find an article or series to watch from tv5monde
Find an article on a ccurrent affairs topic from 20minutes.fr
Things to listen to ...
Find a podcast to listen to from the French radio statio RTL
Find an article or series to watch from tv5monde
Listen to French speaking radio from around the world for at least 10 min
Listen to French news once a week here
Join Facebook and ask to join MFL Clips with audio and subtitles group for current affairs from around the French speaking world
Listen to a TedTalk about how to learn a new language
Things to listen to ...
If you have Netflix, look for French series, there are many available and good quality!
Borrow some French films from the MFL Library (ask your teacher). Could you watch a different film which is on the A Level syllabus?
Watch French series from BBCiplayer and Walter Presents
Organise your work experience visit in France: see link here
Consider a visit to the Institut Français de Londres
Careers
Activities
Work through the theme based task from zut.org to practise exam skills
Year 11 into 12 summer term activities
French resources on YouTube
Audible - À écouter en français
Audible offers free audiobooks in French, from books for young children through to classics such as Les trois mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas
Reading
L’Etranger – Albert Camus (modern classic)
Calligrammes – Apollinaire (poetry)
Le Père Goriot – Honoré de Balzac (classic)
Contes de la Bécasse – Guy de Maupassant (short stories)
Newspapers and Magazines
Le Monde – great for seeing how the French press approach global topics, very high level of French! www.lemonde.fr
Le Figaro – news magazine, www.lefigaro.fr
L’Express – news magazine, www.lexpress.fr
Paris Match – news/gossip, www.parismatch.com
News in slow French - www.Newsinslowfrench.com
L’Obs – weekly news magazine, www.nouvelobs.com
Puzzles and wordsearches www.notretemps.com
Wider, outdoor magazine, www.widermag.com
Onze Mondial, football magazine, www.onzemondial.com
Sport & Vie, general sports, www.sport-et-vie.com
Elle, fashion magazine, www.elle.fr
GQ, fashion magazine, www.gqmagazine.fr
TV and Radio
TV
France 24: https://www.france24.com/fr/
TV5: www.tv5.org
France 2: www.france2.fr
TF1: www.tf1.fr
M6 replay – can be found on web, it has most of M6 channel programmes on repeat
Netflix – type “French” into search engine and a large number of programmes are available, alternatively you can choose your favourite show and change the audio to French
Canal Plus – Lots of their shows are available online. Watch Le Petit Journal, Le Zapping, Les Guignols, Le Grand Journal.
Radio
France Info : news programme, www.france-info.com
RFM : www.rfm.fr
NRJ: www.nrj.fr
modern_language_resources_for_schools_26.07.21.pdfModern Language Resources for Schools
From Balliol College, Oxford.