Watch, practice, and learn French
Eager for a new way to work on your French listening comprehension? Take a look at Yabla French, a subscription site with a massive collection of original videos featuring native speakers to help you learn and practice French at any level.
Averaging 2 to 4 minutes each, these short videos are easy to fit into a busy schedule and cover a wide range of topics. The Yabla video player’s flexible options let learners at all levels choose how much or how little assistance they need. The "slow" button makes it possible to hear each individual word pronounced, and you can click any to add them to your personal flash card list for later review.
Alternatively, you can disable the captions and/or translations can be disabled if you don’t need them.
Each video also includes several games to test listening comprehension and vocabulary:
- Multiple choice – listen and choose the missing word
- Fill-in-the-blank – listen and type the missing word
- Scribe dictation – listen and type everything
- Vocabulary – match the word to its translation
For a huge variety of French videos on just about any topic you can think of, visit Yabla French or try one of these sample videos:
| CEFR | Yabla Level | Sample Video | Topic |
| A1 | Newbie | Corneille, Comme un fils | Music |
| A2 | Beginner | La tour Eiffel | Travel |
| B1 | Intermediate | Fanny & Corrine parlent de la mode | Fashion |
| B2 | Adv-Intermediate | Lionel L – Loi travail | News |
| C1 | Advanced | Le Québec parle aux Français | Documentary |
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The French lessons and comprehension exercises on this site are ranked according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), which describes six levels of language proficiency.
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