B2 – Upper-Intermediate French

B2 French Lessons and Practice – Upper-Intermediate French

B2 is upper-intermediate French, consisting of conversational language that allows for in-depth discussion, opinions, and spontaneity – learn more.

   

   

Listening Practice

La Négritude

Négritude
The literary and political movement Négritude was created in the mid-1930s by a group of young, intellectual noirs francophones from Africa and the Caribbean. Learn about the birth of this anti-colonial philosophy in a video clip extracted from the movie Le Prix de la Liberté.

   

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Literature

Le mystère de la chambre jaune

Le mystère de la chambre jaune
Ce n'est pas sans une certaine émotion que je commence à raconter ici les aventures extraordinaires de Joseph Rouletabille. Celui-ci, jusqu'à ce jour, s'y était si formellement opposé que j'avais fini par désespérer de ne publier jamais l'histoire policière la plus curieuse de ces quinze dernières années.

   

   

   

   

Literature

Le Rouge et le Noir

Le Rouge et le Noir
Read the first few paragraphs of Stendhal's classic 19th-century novel Le Rouge et le Noir, in French and English.

   

   

   

Grammar Lessons

Lequel – Relative Adjective

French relative adjective lequelRelative adjectives are rare in both French and English, as they are found primarily in legal, administrative, and other very formal language. The French relative pronoun lequel creates a link between a preceding antecedent and a following noun.

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