Video listening tasks on frenchteacher.net

 This is an update about all the video listening tasks I have for French classes on frenchteacher.net. I'm happy to be able to share such a large range of interesting and sometime fun listening resources based on online videos I have chosen for:

- Interest

- Relevance to syllabuses

- Clarity (being able to slow the audio is an advantage)

- Length (generally no more than 3 minutes)

The fact that there is a visual element makes the listening more palatable and interesting, I think. I found classes were very attentive when I ran lessons with video. As always, I favour intensive listening — getting students to listen carefully several times over so that they can really process what they are hearing. Stuents can either listen individually or the teacher can play the video from the front. I quite like the second solution as you can supplement the content, adjust the pace to the class. It's more fun for the teacher too.

Exercise types I use are nothing revolutionary and depend on the nature of the material and copyright issues, to some extent. I typically use:

- Questions in French

- Questions in English

- Multi-choice (easier now with AI)

- Gap-fill

- Matching (starts and ends of sentences)

- Sentence completion

- True/false (sometimes with 'not mentioned')

- 'Find the French'

- Note-taking and summary

- Follow-up conversation

So this is what I have. Warning! It's a long list!

Y7 (A1)

• Beginner conversation
• My bedroom – Alain Le Lait video with exercises
• Trotro fait un gâteau
• Trotro joue à cache-cache
• Classroom vocabulary
• Ma chambre – video listening sing-along

Y8 (A1)

• School – from YouTube
• Daily routine – from YouTube
• What is your favourite sport? – from YouTube
• Passé composé song – from Alain Le Lait
• Petit Ours Brun et le bébé – from YouTube
• Petit Ours Brun joue à la dînette – from YouTube
• Petit Ours Brun se lève tôt – from YouTube
• Petit Ours Brun a perdu son doudou – from YouTube
• Petit Ours Brun fait de la luge – from YouTube
• Trotro fait un bonhomme de neige – from YouTube
• Trotro a un beau cartable – from YouTube
• Daily routine – from YouTube
• Peppa pig fait les courses – from YouTube
• Buying groceries – from YouTube

Y9 (A2)

• Oumou – portrait of a child in Mali (Facebook link)
• The five major rivers in France
• Louis describes his new school 
• Clémence talks about her five favourite objects (use of ce/cette/ces)
• Clémence talks about her future journey to Cambodia (use of near future)
• Clémence talks about her future journey to Belgium (use of future)
• People talking about their pastimes
• People talking about favourite sports
• When were you born? (dates/numbers)
• Peppa Pig – Les vacances de Polly
• Peppa Pig – La soirée pyjama
• Peppa – La fête de l’école
• Peppa Pig – Maman travaille
• Peppa Pig – A la plage
• Peppa Pig – Le grand aquarium
• Trotro – Trotro fait de la peinture
• Trotro – Trotro part en vacances
• Guided tour of Lyon
• Describing a film – DekiruFrench/Youtube
• Funny talking animals

Y10-11 (A2/B1)

• HOME LIFE
• 
  
• Food Peppa Pig – les crêpes
• How to make a crêpe
• My last weekend
• Early morning routine
• Daily routine
• Portrait d’enfant – Aqui au Bangladesh
• Portrait d’enfant – Merveille en Centrafrique
• Portrait d’enfant – Camila au Cap vert
• Portrait d’enfant – Camila en Bolivie NEW 3.8.26
• Il a ton âge – Carlo Manuel au Suriname NEW 24.7.26
• Portrait d’enfant – Tu Naing Kha en Birmanie NEW 3.8.26
• Portrait d’enfant – Gabriellu en Corse NEW 5.8.26
• Portrait d’enfant – Gonzalo à Lanzarote NEW 12.8.26
• Elle a ton âge – Turika en Inde NEW 24.7.26
• Christmas – Peppa Pig – Noël
• DIY – Papa Pig accroche une photo
• Peppa Pig – une chasse au trésor
• Peppa Pig – les avions en papier
• Peppa Pig – premier jour de neige
• Philippe describes his daily routine
• 
  
• ENVIRONMENT 
• Eating meat
• What is el Niño? NEW 15.8.26
• Les Séquoias – a song by Pomme
• A baby giant panda
• What are nuclear power stations?
• Fossil fuels (non-renewable energy)
• Plastic waste in the ocean
• Plastic waste in the ocean (2) – same source as above, different task
• Plastic waste in the ocean (3)
• Polar bears under threat (see written text on same)
• What are fossil fuels?
• Zero waste
• Climate change explanation (hard!)
• Sustainable development
• 
  
• HEALTH AND SPORT 
• Roller blading in Paris
• Is the sun healthy?
• Interview with Kylian Mbappé
• What’s in a cigarette?
• Papa Pig fait de l’exercice
• Reducing cancer risk through organic food?
• PE/sport in school
• HOLIDAYS Links checked 19.1.25
• Cycling holiday in the Loire
• Why is travel important?
• Perfect tense – silly song Si t’as été à Tahiti
• Peppa Pig goes camping
• Visit to Venice
• Balade à Porquerolles
• 
  
• WORLD OF WORK 
• What does an airline pilot do?
• Minors working in Quebec
• What does a dental assistant do?
• A trainee nurse talks
• Jobs – cartoon short film
• 
  
• SOCIAL ISSUES 
• Animal rights
• Bullying in school
• Toxic masculinity
• 
  
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
• Marie Curie
• 
  
• FRENCH LIFE 
• Cheese exports
• The influencer Léna Situations
• The blue jackal (sub-titled)
• Film trailer for Bonobos (nice!)
• Why learn French?
• The French-speaking world
• The French-speaking world (2)
• Technology – Ariane rocket

A-level/IB (B1/B2)

• FAMILY
• Links checked 27.1.25
• Reconstituted/blended families figures (AS)
• Daily life of a single mum (AS)
• Family benefits in Belgium (AS/A) NEW 1.12.25
• Interviews about love and marriage – from Le Français Interactif (Texas Uni) (AS)
• Law changes for single parent families (A)
• Single parent families faced with the cost of living crisis (A)
• Paternity leave – from 1jour1question (AS)
• Equal marriage – from YouTube/1jour1question (AS/A)
• Te ressembler by Francis Cabrel (2020)- listen and translate (AS)
• 
  
• EDUCATION
• Links checked 27.1.25
• Emmanuel Macron talks about bullying at school – from YouTube/Huffington Post (AS/A)
• A girl removed from school for fear of bullying – from France TV Infos (AS/A)
• Student poverty (also part of poverty and volunteering themes)(A)
• Bullying at school – from Youtube/1jour1question (AS)
• A ‘collège militaire’ – from YouTube/France Télévisions (AS/A)
• NSU (National Service) – from YouTube/1jour1question (A)
• Home schooling – from Brut/France Info (AS)
• The bac exam – from 1jour1question (2018) (AS)
• Why continue with your education? – from Le Monde/YouTube (A)
• Bullying at school – from Agircontreleharcelementalecole.gouv.fr (AS)
• Interview with former military school student – from YouTube (A)
• 
  
• ADOLESCENCE
• Links checked 27.1.25
• A teenager at school in Montreal – from YouTube (AS)
• Banning social media – from AFP/YouTube (AS) NEW 21.5.26
• Phones and teen anxiety – from YouTube (AS)
• Who decides which clothes are fashionable? – from Milanpresse/Vimeo (AS)
• Tattoos – from Nicematin.com Updated 2023 (AS)
• 
  
• CINEMA
• Links checked 27.1.25 (2 resources removed)
• History of the Cannes Film Festival – from Lumni/YouTube (AS/A)
• Lumière brothers – invention of cinema – from ijour1question (AS)
• Analysis of La Haine – from YouTube (A)
• The job of réalisateur – from YouTube (AS)
• Two students talking about films (AS)
• Introduction to the nouvelle vague (AS/A)
• Review of La Haine (gap-fill) (AS/A)
• 
  
• MUSIC
• Links checked 27.1.25
• Si jamais j’oublie (Song by Zaz) from YouTube (AS)
• Who is Aya Nakamura? From 1jour1question (AS)
• Sans toi (Song by Pomme) from YouTube (AS/A)
• La terre est ronde (Song by Orelsan) from YouTube (AS)
• Johnny Halliday from 1jour1question (AS)
• The Elrow festival of electronic music from France 3/YouTube (AS)
• Je ne regrette rien (Song by Edith Piaf) from Youtube (AS)
• Derniers Baisers – holidays topic (Song by Laurent Voulzy) from YouTube (AS)
• Savoir aimer (song by Florent Pagny) – from YouTube (AS)
• Hors saison (song by Francis Cabrel) – from YouTube (AS)
• Te ressembler (song by Francis Cabrel) – from YouTube (A)
• Frontières – song by Yannick Noah from YouTube (AS)
• Aux Arbres Citoyens by Yannick Noah – from Vevo/Youtube (AS/A)
• Bonne et heureuse année – from YouTube (AS)
• 
  
• VOLUNTEERING
• Links checked 29.1.25
• Restos du coeur – from YouTube (AS)
• Young people and volunteering – from YouTube (AS) NEW 15.5.26
• Becoming a volunteer firefighter – from Youtube (AS)
• Les épiciers de l’estuaire – from France Info TV (AS)
• Share Ami – from Oldyssey/YouTube (AS)
• A charity which collects and redistributes food waste from markets – from France Info TV (A)
• Restos du coeur (2) – from 1jour1question/YouTube (AS)
• Restos du coeur (3) – from TV8Clermont/YouTube/ (AS)
• Voluntary work – from Youtube (A)
• An app to help the homeless Youtube (AS/A) (Replaces the Elodie sheet, video deleted)
• Interview with a young volunteer – from Youtube (AS)
• La Ligue contre le cancer – from La Ligue contre le cancer/Youtube (AS)
• An app for linking volunteers with the elderly in Paris – from CNews/YouTube (A)
• 
  
• INTERNET AND TECH
• Links checked 29.1.25
• Threat to ban TikTok 2.4.26 (AS/A)
  Société connectée – a system for detecting falls in a residence for the elderly – from F3/YouTube (A)
  AI and robots – from C dans l’air/YouTube short (AS/A) NEW 17.5.26
  Banning social media for under 15s in France – from YouTube (AS/A)
  Fraudulent marketing by influencers- from Lumni/YouTube (AS/A) NEW 6.11.25
  Internet safety – from YouTube (AS)
  Digital illiteracy – from YouTube (A)
  Actress Marion Séclin talks about cyber-bullying – from YouTube (A)
• Société connectée – a system for detecting falls in a residence for the elderly – from F3/YouTube (A)
• AI and robots – from C dans l’air/YouTube short (AS/A) NEW 17.5.26
• Banning social media for under 15s in France – from YouTube (AS/A)
• Fraudulent marketing by influencers- from Lumni/YouTube (AS/A) NEW 6.11.25
• Internet safety – from YouTube (AS)
• Digital illiteracy – from YouTube (A)
• Actress Marion Séclin talks about cyber-bullying – from YouTube (A)
• Social media: a failed democratic tool? – from from France Télévisions/YouTube (A)
• 
  
• HERITAGE, FESTIVALS, REGIONS, TRADITIONS
• Links checked 29.1.25
• The 10 most popular dishes in France 2022(AS/A)
• How French became the official language of France(AS/A) NEW 3.8.26
• The Mont-St-Michel(A)
• Festival d’Angoulême: success of historical BDs(A)
• Portrait d’enfant: Gabriellu en Corse(AS)
• The baguette recognised by UNESCO(AS)
• The 50th festival of cartoon books in Angoulême – from France 24/YouTube (A)
• The Dunkerque carnival – from France Info (AS/A)
• Physical heritage (buildings)(A)
• How are projects carried out in regional natural parks?(A)
• Buildings financed by slavery (Elysée Palace)(AS/A)
• House price boom in Brittany(AS)
• Olympics 2024 opening ceremony plans(AS)
• Notre-Dame – from 1jour1question(AS/A)
• The festival of Aïd (A)
• The Eiffel Tower – from YouTube/Tout Paris en Vidéo (AS)
• The musée de l’Homme in Paris – from France 24/YouTube/ (A)
• The perfume industry in Grasse – from France 24/YouTube/ (A)
• The Elixir rock festival – from YouTube/ (A)
• Mémorial de Caen – from France 4/YouTube (A)
• The tour Saint-Jacques in Paris – from YouTube/BFM TV (A)
• The Cannes Film Festival – from YouTube/Le Monde (AS)
• Christmas in France – from YouTube/Nottingham High School (AS)
• 
  
• WORLD OF WORK and STRIKES
• Links checked 30.1.25
• May 68 – from Euronews (A)
• Daily life of a farmer (AS/A)
• Interview with a social worker(AS) NEW 20.3.26
• Home care assistants – from YouTube (A)
• What is a strike? (AS)
• Seasonal jobs on the Ile de Ré (AS)
• Strikes (harder than above) (AS/A)
• Racial discrimination in the workplace (A)
• Unemployment figures – from Le Monde/YouTube (A/AS)
• Béatrice talks about her job – from Dailymotion (AS)
• Wage inequalities – from FranceTV Education/YouTube (A)
• Forensic pathology – from Universcience.tv (AS)
• 
  
• HOW CRIMINALS ARE TREATED
• Links checked 30.1.25
• Prisons in France (A) (France 24/YouTube) (A)
• A Belgian prison guard explains her job (SPF Justice/YouTube) (AS/A)
• Electronic tags (A)
• Daily life of a prison warder (A)
• Overcrowding at St Brieuc prison (A)
• Prison reform – one initiative (A)
• 
  
• INTEGRATION, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
• Links checked 30.1.25
• Attack on a gay man – from YouTube/France Info (A)
• Stereotypes – from Vimeo/1jour1actu (AS)
• French lessons for new immigrants to Quebec (AS/A)
• What is antisemitism? – from 1jour1question (A)
• A young woman defends her right to wear a full veil in public – from YouTube (A)
• National stereotypes – from cédric-villain.info/YouTube (AS)
• Overcoming disability – from Ministère des Solidarités/YouTube (AS/A) NEW 8.12.25
• Homophobia – from GrandLille TV/YouTube (A)
• 
  
• POVERTY AND EXCLUSION
• Links checked 30.1.25
• What is mixité sociale? – from 1jour1question(A)
• Elvis –from Arte(A)VIDEO DELECTED BY ARTE
• Helping the poorest feed themselves – from France Info(A)
• Poor housing for low paid workers – from France Info/Envoyé Spécial(A)
• Solidarity – from 1jour1actu (A)
• Housing the homeless in Paris from France Info(A)
• Helping young homeless back to work France Info (A)
• Châtelet Les Halles – song by Florent Pagny – life in suburbs (A)
• Madame X – song about poverty by Francis Cabrel (AS)
• Asylum seekers in Montreal unable to find accommodation (A)
• C’est quoi, être pauvre? – from Vimeo/1jour1actu/France TV (A)
• Un SDF raconte – from Youtube/BFM TV (A)
• 
  
• WW2, OCCUPATION AND RESISTANCE
• Links checked 30.1.25
• What is the resistance?(A)
• Children in the Resistance(AS/A) NEW 20.3.26
• The D-Day landings in Normandy(A)
• The D-Day landings in Normandy(AS)
• Objects of the occupation(AS/A) NEW 28.2.26
• Two elderly Americans get married during D-Day commemorations Lovely! (A)
• Origins of the armed resistance(A)
• Why is de Gaulle considered a hero?(A)
• De Gaulle’s June 18th call for resistance(A)
• A female resistance member’s story(A)
• Lucie Aubrac – heroine of the Resistance(A)
• The massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane(A)
• Brief history of the Résistance(AS/A)
• 
  
• POLITICS AND IMMIGRATION
• Links checked 1.6.25
• Migrants: the Alpine route- from France TV Info (A)
• Who are immigrants in France? Introduction from 1jour1question (A)
• What is fascism? – from Lumni/YouTube (A) NEW 3.7.25
• Laïcité explained in 3 minutes – from YouTube (A)
• The right to vote (A)
• Parliamentary elections in France (A)
• Young people’s political engagement – from Radio France/YouTube (A)
• Young people’s views on politics – from YouTube (A)
• Brexit (A)
• Racial discrimination at night club doors in Brussels- from RTBR.BE/Youtube (A)
• Violence at demonstrations- from France 24/Youtube (A)
• The National Front changes its name- from Euronews/Youtube (A)
• What are extreme political parties? from 1jour1question (A)
• Front (Rassemblement) national – from 1jour1question/YouTube (A)
• Introduction to politcs – from 1jour1question(A)
• Role of the president – from 1jour1question(A)
• What is laïcité? – from LCP/Youtube(A)
• What is jihad? – from 1jour1question/YouTube (A)
• Terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo – from Euronews/YouTube (A)
• Freedom of expression (after Charlie hebdo attack) – from 1jour1actu (A)
• Terrorism – from 1jour1question/Vimeo/(A)
• 
  
• WOMEN
• Beauty pageants for girls – from BFMTV/YouTube(A)
• History of women’s rights – from Lumni/YouTube(A)
• Wage inequality between men and women from France 24/YouTube (A)
• International Women’s day – from YouTube
• 
  
• ENVIRONMENT
• Fracking – from TV5Monde/YouTube
• Greenwashing – environment song from Vevo/Youtube
• Air pollution – the science – from AFP/Youtube (A)
• 
  
• MISCELLANEOUS
• Stag night style tradition – from Le FLE avec les Media (AS)
• Selling mis-shapen fruit and veg – from YouTube
• What is cana…is? – from Vimeo/Milan Presse
• Why learn French? – from YouTube
• Dangers of e-cigarettes – from RTBR.be
• Talking about a sport from France Bienvenue
• Talking about weight training from France Bienvenue
• What’s the point of sport? from 1jour1question
• Holiday in Corsica – from France Bienvenue
• Holiday plans – from France Bienvenue
• Animal rights – from Canal+/Youtube
• Humanoid robots – from Universcience.tv
• Genetic Modification – from F3/YouTube
• International Space Station – from AFP/YouTube
• Short film – passé composé – from Vimeo
• Economic growth explained – from Vimeo/1jour1actu/France TV
• Food waste – from Youtube/France TV

Adults (B1/B2) (some of these overlap with A-level videos)

• The 10 most popular dishes in France 2022 – from YouTube
• Notre-Dame restored – from YouTube NEW 26.2.26
• The Eiffel Tower – from YouTube/Tout Paris en Vidéo
• The tour Saint-Jacques in Paris – from YouTube/BFM TV
• House price boom in Brittany – from YouTube
• The Cannes Film Festival – from YouTube/Le Monde
• Mémorial de Caen museum – from YouTube/France 4
• Brexit – from F2/YouTube
• What is laïcité? – from LCP/YouTube
• Role of the president – from 1jour1question/YouTube
• Corsican food – from Audio-Lingua (audio only)
• A stag night style tradition – from Le FLE par les media
• Environmental results of eating meat – from Energivores.tv
• Cheese exports – from France 24
• The reopened Zoo de Vincennes – from BFMTV/Youtube
• Cycling in the Loire – from YouTube
• The ISS – from AFP/YouTube
• Terrorist attck on Charlie Hebdo – from Euronews/YouTube
• Greenwashing – environment song – from Vevo/YouTube
• Wage inequality between men and women from France 24/Youtube
• Selling mis-shapen fruit and veg – YouTube
• Food waste – – Youtube/France TV
• Voluntary work – France Bienvenue
• Béatrice talks about her job – from Dailymotion
• Air pollution – from AFP/Youtube
• Monet’s garden in Giverny – from YouTube
• Boeuf bourguignon recipe – from 750 grammes/Youtube
• Comté salad recipe – from Auchan/YouTube
• Appetiser recipe – from LeChefTV/YouTube
• La Ligue contre le cancer – from La Ligue contre le cancer/YouTube
• Dangers of e-cigarettes – from RTBR.be
• National stereotypes – from cédric-villain.info/Youtube
• Je ne regrette rien (Song by Edith Piaf) from Youtube
• Derniers Baisers – holidays topic (Song by Laurent Voulzy) from YouTube
• Châtelet Les Halles – song by Florent Pagny – life in suburbs?
• Beauty pageants for girls – from BFM TV/YouTube
• Fracking – from TV5Monde/YouTube
• Extreme weather and climate change – from Arte/YouTube
• Restos du coeur – from TV8Clermont/Youtube/