French Listening Resources

First announcement on TGV train from Annecy to Paris

Carole shows us around her house (furniture vocabulary)

Carole explains the types of food eaten for family dinners

Carole talks about her likes and dislikes

Stores in France where you can buy furniture, clothes and groceries

Description of clothing

Fast food restaurants in France

Drinks that you can order in France

Carole telling us about her family

Mélina feeding her doll

Mélina coloring and drawing on Fabian's cast and counting to ten in English!

A clip from the sea lion show at the Safari de Peaugres wildlife park in Ardeche, France, from July 2011.

Views of lake Annecy and the Imperial Palace hotel, with a short explanation of its history.

Fabian is cutting the birthday cake while Mélina is "helping" him.

An explanation of the competitive exams to become a civil servant in France

An overview of the healthcare system in France

What is PACS? How to get PACSed in France

How is the national holiday celebrated in France?

What household chores need to be done everyday or every week?

Quasi-eavesdropping on a discussion of the movie Mon Idole

An explanation about the legal age to buy alcohol in France (even French people don't know the legal age!)

André tells us about the countries he has visited or would like to visit

André tells us about French cuisine, and what he ate when he lived in Provence, plus the specialty of the Alps (CHEESE!)

Buying a ticket and taking the TGV in France

What would you do if you won the lottery? (Good practice of the conditional tense!)

Liliane talks about her favorite TV shows. Transcript and cloze exercise available at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Liliane talks about herself - her name, her age, her children. Transcript and cloze exercise available at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Christmas traditions in France. Transcript and cloze exercise available at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Talking about your family members. Transcript and cloze exercise available at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Describing the climate and weather in the Alps region of France. Transcript and cloze exercise available at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Singing Joyeux Anniversaire for a birthday with some eavesdropping

Description of the school system in France. Transcript and cloze exercise will be available soon at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Cédric tells us about immigrating to Quebec from France. Transcript and cloze exercise will be available soon at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Locations of the DOM-TOMs - departments and territories of France. Transcript and cloze exercise available at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Talking about the culture of strikes in France, and yet another strike on October 12 against the retirement reforms. Transcript and cloze exercise available at www.ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

This mp3 is slightly different from the others - it is once again eavesdropping, but this time it is only one side of a conversation, with pauses deleted. In fact, it is not much of a conversation, but just some online chatting while playing a game.

Eavesdropping: talking about Easter bell or bunny, and the name of the holiday in French and English

David's great-grandparents came from Bassano del Grappa and Solagna in Italy

David helping Melina eat peach-flavored applesauce

Last part of the interview with Mamie on life in Annecy during WWII

Mamie talks about the countryside of Annecy during WWII, where the Germans practiced shooting, and life in the city center, which continued on as usual despite the war

Mamie talks about her parents' jobs and taking care of their 7 children, and what they did when Annecy was bombed

Mamie talks about never meeting her family left behind in Italy

Mamie tells us about her family's decision to leave Italy and life in Annecy during WWII

Easier eavesdropping resource, with Mélina eating cake and talking about shoes (I think!)

An example of a conversation in French on various subjects, without speakers' knowledge that they were being recorded (permission granted afterwards, of course!)

Explanation of how sales are regulated by the government in France. Transcript available at www.ielanguages.com/listen_soldes.html

Talking about a favorite vacation. Transcript available at www.ielanguages.com/listen_vacances.html

Talking about a daily routine. Transcript available at www.ielanguages.com/listen_routine.html

Describing a person's physical features. Transcript available at www.ielanguages.com/listen_apparence.html