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Listening comprehension exercise with tips on improving reading comprehension.

Listening Practice

Arc de Triomphe

Visit the famous Arc de Triomphe in this video with interactive subtitles.

Current Events

Paris's Arc de Triomphe has been entirely wrapped in fabric as a temporary artwork created by (deceased) artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Learn about the mixed feelings of spectators in this video with interactive subtitles.

Food and Drink

Au supermarché

Practice your French listening comprehension while grocery shopping in this intermediate audio exercise.

Linguistics

Birth of French Language

Learn about the birth of the French language in this bilingual article. (part 1 of 5)

Holidays and Celebrations

Bonne fête du Premier mai !

In France, May 1st is la Fête du Travail as well as la Fête du Muguet. What's the connection between these two seemingly unrelated holidays? #1erMai

Listening Practice

Chanson du subjonctif

Do you have trouble with the French subjunctive? Maybe this song will helps - it's a tribute to Jeanne d'Arc filled with verbs and expressions that require the subjunctive.

Listening Practice

Chapeaux en France

Très prisé en France entre les années 20 et 60, le chapeau fait un retour en force et accompagne joliment les tenues élégantes ou décontractées, à la plage comme à la ville.

Listening Practice

Châteaux et sites hantés

Si vous êtes féru de contes fantomatiques ou de récits à glacer le sang, la visite des plus célèbres sites hantés de France ou lieux de tragédies énigmatiques pourrait vous fasciner et ... vous faire frissonner d'horreur.

Food and Drink

Chefs cuisiniers célèbres

Learn about the history of French cuisine and some of the most famous chefs.

Listening Practice

Coluche

Learn about the French comedian Coluche in this cute animated video. Click any phrase in the transcript for grammar notes and English translation.

Listening Practice

Comme d’habitude, de Claude François

Did you know that Frank Sinatra's song "My Way" is a cover? Here's the original: Comme d'habitude, by Claude François.

Holidays and Celebrations

Comment fabriquer une piñata d’Halloween

Listen to these instructions for making a Halloween piñata while practicing your French listening comprehension.

Food and Drink

Cuisine française

Discover why the French are so proud of their cuisine in this animated video with transcript and translation.

Listening Practice

Cultures qui ont façonné le Québec

Work on your French listening comprehension while learning about the many cultures that helped to create Québec's unique culture.

Listening Practice

Daft Punk n’est plus

The famous French electronic music duo has announced the end of their 28-year collaboration. Learn more in this video with interactive subtitles.

Listening Practice

De l’importance de dire « bonjour »

En France il est vital de toujours dire bonjour, en premier, avant de dire quoi que ce soit d’autre.

Listening Practice

Départ en vacances – Dictée

Practice your French listening comprehension with this intermediate-level dictée:

Départ en vacances

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless French account to do this exercise. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

Fun with French

Dictées

Dictées are a classic way to practice French, even for native speakers. For them, dictées are a test of grammar (particularly agreement) and spelling - sort of like super-charged spelling bees. For French students, dictées are an excellent form of combined listening and writing practice.

Listening Practice

Dictées at PwLF

Practice French listening comprehension, writing, and spelling at the same time with dictées from Progress with Lawless French.

Fun with French

Donjons et Dragons – Dictée

Practice your French listening comprehension while playing D+D in this intermediate-level dictée:

Donjons et Dragons

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless French account to do this exercise. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

Listening Practice

Drapeau bleu, blanc, rouge

Why is the French flag blue, white, and red? Find out in this animated video.

Current Events

Emmanuel Macron

Video of French President-elect Emmanuel Macron's victory speech with transcript and translation, plus grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation notes.

Linguistics

Facts about French

Learn some interesting facts about the French language while practicing your listening comprehension in this bilingual article.

Current Events

Festival de Cannes

Short video summarizing the 2017 Cannes film festival.

Listening Practice

Fête surprise !

Practice your French listening comprehension as Cyril's friends organize his surprise birthday party.

Listening Practice

First Names

Did you know that there are laws regulating acceptable French first names? Learn about them in this bilingual article.

Listening Practice

FluentU – French Videos

French learners are always looking for new sources of French listening practice, and FluentU is one of the best. This subscription site offers videos for all levels of French, enhanced with quizzes, spaced repetition, and other tools to help you practice what you know and learn at your own pace.

Linguistics

Français au Canada

Dans quelles provinces canadiennes parle-t-on le français ? La question en elle-même peut être source de confusion.

Listening Practice

French Fluency Club

From Yabla, with their huge selection of authentic videos, comes a terrific new daily study feature called Fluency Club. Every day, you listen to a short video clip and then do a set of exercises, including a dictation and speaking.

Food and Drink

Fromage Quiz

Test your knowledge of French cheeses while practicing your intermediate listening comprehension with this fun quiz.

Food and Drink

Galette des rois

Listen and/or read to learn about the delicious galette des rois and its traditional early January celebration.

Listening Practice

Guignol

La marionnette « Guignol » fait partie des souvenirs d'enfance de tous les petits lyonnais. Mais Guignol est bien plus qu'une simple marionnette qui les amuse et les fait rire. Ce personnage est le symbole de Lyon et incarne l'identité lyonnaise.

Holidays and Celebrations

Histoire de la Fête de la musique

Learn how 21 June became an annual music festival in France and around the world.

Listening Practice

Histoire du Tour de France

Learn a bit about the history of the Tour de France, an annual bike race and test of endurance, in this bilingual audio article.

Listening Practice

Il y a un monstre sous mon lit !

Practice your French listening comprehension with this conversation between a scared little boy and his dad.

Listening Practice

Inventions françaises

Hundreds if not thousands of products you use every day started out as nothing more than an idea – and many of those ideas were originally French. Learn about some in this bilingual article.

Fun with French

J’ai vu maman embrasser le père Noël

Listen to J'ai vu maman embrasser le père Noël, the French version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." They are sung to the same tune, but the lyrics are somewhat different.

Listening Practice

Jardin d’hiver, de Keren Ann

Practise your intermediate French listening and reading comprehension with this wintery song.

Francophone Countries

Journée internationale de la Francophonie

Celebrate the International Day of Francophonie on 20 March by learning about a few of the dozens of French-speaking countries.

Listening Practice

La bise en France

Video introduction to la bise, that oh-so-French way of saying hello, with transcript and translation.

Holidays and Celebrations

La Fête du Citron

Go behind the scenes of Menton's annual lemon festival while practicing your French listening comprehension with this colorful video.

Listening Practice

Langua AI Chatbot

No matter what your level or how shy you are, you can practice speaking French any time of day or night with a human-like, non-judgmental AI chatbot: Langua.

Food and Drink

Le petit-déjeuner

Learn about a typical French family's breakfast in this video with interactive subtitles. (Lawless French Immersion subscription required)

Listening Practice

Le tournoi de Roland-Garros

Learn about Roland-Garros, aka the French Open, as you improve your intermediate-level French listening comprehension.

Holidays and Celebrations

Leap Day, Leap Year

Leap Day (Journée bissextile) and Leap Year (Année bissextile) come around only every four years, but important things can happen. Listen and learn about this special holiday in French and English.

Holidays and Celebrations

Les Fêtes Johanniques de Reims

Discover some French history with Reims's annual celebration of Charles VII's 1429 coronation in this intermediate-level listening exercise.

Listening Practice

Les îles de la Méditerranée

Get a taste of France's Mediterranean islands in this teaser video with interactive subtitles.

Listening Practice

Les Outre-mer

Did you know there's a lot more to France than the roughly hexagonal country in Europe? Learn about les Outre-mer in this cartoon video.

Listening Practice

LingQ

Learn and practice French vocabulary and listening at any level with LingQ, an online learning system and language community.

Listening Practice

Listening Tips

Understanding spoken French is harder for some students than others. But unlike speaking, listening can be done on your own - whenever and wherever you like. Even so, the best way to practice isn't always obvious - here are some tips.

Listening Practice

Maillots du Tour de France

When watching the Tour de France, you might wonder what the different jerseys mean. Find out in this audio article with bilingual transcript.

Listening Practice

Monsieur Grognon

Practice your French listening comprehension and negation skills with this audio article about a grouchy old man.

Listening Practice

Numéros spéciaux

This cute video offers useful information about French phone numbers.

Francophone Countries

Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)

Learn about the organization that promotes the French language as well as political, educational, economic, and cultural cooperation among its 88 member countries in this informative video.

Holidays and Celebrations

Origine du Carnaval

Learn about Carnaval and Mardi gras in this cute, animated video.

Listening Practice

Palais de l’Élysée

Introduction to the seat of French presidential power, the Élysée Palace.

Listening Practice

Polynésie française

La Polynésie française, qui signifie littéralement « îles nombreuses », est un pays d'outre-mer de la République française composé de cinq archipels fourmillant d'îles et d'atolls.

Fun with French

Pourquoi on fait des poissons d’avril ?

Find out where France's tradition of poissons d'avril came from in this cute video.

Holidays and Celebrations

Prise de la Bastille

Bien que de nombreuses personnes aient une connaissance sommaire de la prise de la Bastille de 1789, la plupart d'entre elles ont été faussement amenées à croire que l'opération avait pour but de libérer les prisonniers qui y étaient retenus captifs.

Holidays and Celebrations

Prise de la Bastille, partie 2

La fête nationale est aujourd'hui célébrée en grandes pompes en France chaque été le 14 juillet. Il s'agit d'une date historique importante, tout comme l'est le jour de l'Indépendance aux États-Unis.

Holidays and Celebrations

Profiter des marchés de Noël

Practice your French listening comprehension while learning how to make the most of traditional Christmas markets in France. Click any French phrase for related grammar lessons as well as the English translation.

Holidays and Celebrations

Quatorze Juillet

Les anglophones utilisent souvent le terme « Bastille Day » pour désigner le 14 juillet, mais il se trouve qu'en France on n'utilise pas ce terme, on dit plutôt « le 14 juillet » ou bien « la fête nationale ».

Current Events

Regions of France

There used to be 22 regions in Metropolitan France, now there are only 13. Learn about the newly combined and renamed French regions in this bilingual audio article.

Holidays and Celebrations

Repas de Noël en France

Main courses, cheeses, and desserts enjoyed at a typical French Christmas dinner.

Listening Practice

Rêve de vacances – Dictée

Practice your French listening comprehension with this intermediate-level dictée:

Rêve de vacances

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless French account to do this exercise. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

Listening Practice

Riquewihr

Situé en Alsace, dans le Haut-Rhin, Riquewihr est l'un des villages les plus connus et les plus visités de l'est de la France.

Holidays and Celebrations

Rosh Hashanah

What do apples and honey have to do with the Jewish New Year? Find out in this video about Rosh Hashanah. Shanah tovah!

Holidays and Celebrations

Saint-Sylvestre et jour de l’An

On dit le Nouvel An ou la Saint-Sylvestre, parce que le premier janvier, c'est le jour de Saint-Sylvestre. C'est aussi la fête des amis - les adultes vont festoyer avec leurs amis, et les adolescents vont faire leurs fêtes entre eux.

Food and Drink

Saint-Vincent

Listen and learn about the festival of Saint Vincent and wine makers in France.

Food and Drink

Salon du Chocolat

Visit Paris's annual Salon du Chocolat for a delicious exploration of this tasty treat.

Current Events

Salon international de l’Agriculture à Paris

Discover Paris's annual agricultural show and trade fair while practicing your intermediate listening comprehension.

Listening Practice

Scribe – Dictées

Dictées, or dictation exercises, are excellent for working on your French listening comprehension as well as spelling, vocabulary, and grammar all at the same time. Scribe is a very sophisticated program that provides real-time feedback as you listen and type.

Listening Practice

Septembre chez mes grands-parents

Practice your French listening comprehension with this audio article about visiting grandparents in the fall.

Food and Drink

Spécialités de Bretagne

Learn about some tasty specialities from the French region of Brittany (Bretagne) in these listening exercises. Bon appétit !

Holidays and Celebrations

Toussaint

Exercice de compréhension orale sur la Toussaint et le Halloween en France.

Holidays and Celebrations

Traditions de Noël françaises

Learn how Christmas is celebrated in France as you work on your French listening comprehension.

Listening Practice

Traditions liées à la rentrée

Contrairement aux écoles nord-américaines, qui démarrent généralement l'année scolaire lors de la première semaine de classe de septembre, en France « la Rentrée » se prépare dès le printemps précédant.

Holidays and Celebrations

Un conte de Noël – A Christmas Carol

"A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, features the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge in a wonderful holiday story. This excerpt has been adapted and translated for French students and includes audio.

Listening Practice

Vacances à la mer

Reminisce about childhood seaside vacations while practicing your French listening comprehension.

Listening Practice

Vacances aux sports d’hiver

Practice your intermediate French listening skills while learning some vocabulary related to skiing and snowboarding.

Listening Practice

Vacances de ski au Québec

Bien que le sud du Québec soit situé à peu près à la même latitude que la ville de Bordeaux en France, la province bénéficie en hiver de courants subarctiques venus directement du Grand Nord qui lui valent entre trois cents et quatre cents centimètres de neige à chaque saison.

Listening Practice