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Advanced video listening: bullying at school

Below is a listening resource from the A-level page of frenchteacher.net, one of many based on online video clips. I use various questioning formats, some of which I listed in my last blog post. This is a simple QA format. One advantage of questions in the target language is  that you can focus on specific structures. For example, in Question 2 below students must understand and use 'depuis' with the present tense. Question 12 draws attention to the conditional perfect tense, which not be regularly seen or used by students.

The clip is below 2 minutes long, which is good for this level and the video source is accessible enough. I would use this with a confident Y12 or a Y13 class. In terms of A-level themes it matches with cyber-society an education, each of which is part of popular exam board specs. Follow the link to view the video.

Harcèlement scolaire – une victime témoigne  1m 54

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/education/harcelement-a-l-ecole/harcelement-scolaire-un-pere-de-famille-temoigne_6069882.html

A.    Répondez

1.     De quoi s’agit-il dans ce reportage ?

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2.     Depuis quand est-ce que Jeanne fait sa scolarité à la maison ?

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3.     Pourquoi est-ce que le père a retiré sa fille de son collège ? Qu’est-ce qu’il redoute (fear) ?

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4.     Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé il y a quatre ans ?

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5.     Qu’est-ce que Baptiste (le père) a fait cinq fois ?

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6.     Quel document a-t-il utilisé pour soutenir (support) sa demande ?

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7.     Quelle a été la réponse du rectorat (education authority) ?

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8.     Comment est-ce que le rectorat a justifié sa décision ?

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9.     Que dit Baptiste concernant la justification du rectorat ?

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10.  Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé après plusieurs mois ?

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11.  Quel incident a pu influencer cette décision ?

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12.  Selon Baptiste, qu’est-ce qui se serait passé (would have happened) sans cet incident ?

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B.   Notez par écrit dix nouveaux mots ou expressions que vous avez entendus. Discussion: en faisant attention aux sensibilités des autres, connaissez-vous des exemples de harcèlement scolaire? Comment est-ce que les écoles devraient gérer ces situations?


Réponses

 

2.     Une fille qui a été retirée de son collège car son père avait peur qu’elle soit harcelée.

3.     Depuis la rentrée (le début de l’année scolaire).

4.     Il redoute qu’elle soit harcelée

5.     Le frère de Jeanne a été harcelé.

6.     Il a demandé cinq fois au rectorat de trouver un autre collège pour sa fille.

7.     Une attestation d’un psychologue.

8.     Ils ont refusé de lui trouver un autre collège.

9.     Il a cité un manque de places.

10.  Il dit que ce n’est pas vrai qu’il y a un manque de places.

11.  Il a changé d’avis (changed its mind).

12.  Le suicide d’un adolescent à Poissy qui avait été harcelé.

13.   Le rectorat n’aurait pas accepté sa requête (request).

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