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First Listening Practice (A1)
Short, slow, everyday recordings to start understanding spoken French.
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Listening B1: Radio & Interviews
Follow a radio report, an interview and an opinion.
Move on to longer recordings: a radio news item, an interview with a professional, a person giving their opinion. Learn to identify the main idea, the details and the speaker’s attitude, and to keep up with natural speed.
Lessons
- 1
Radio news items
Identify the topic, the main fact and the figures of a short news report.
- 2
Following an interview
Understand questions and answers in an interview with a professional, and pick out the details.
- 3
Recognising opinions and attitudes
Is the speaker for, against, hesitant, ironic? Learn the words and the tone that reveal it.
Final assessment
Ten questions drawn from the whole course. Score 70% or more to earn your certificate.
What you will be able to do
- 01Identify the main idea of a radio report
- 02Pick out details in an interview
- 03Recognise the speaker’s opinion and attitude
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