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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
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Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...les grands boulevards parisiens qu’a eu lieu la première projection publique du cinématographe, l’invention des frères Lumière qui allait révolutionner le XXe siècle. Aujourd’hui, que l’on soit adepte des multiplexes, des salles « d’art et d’essai » ou encore du téléchargement de films en ligne ou du « streaming », le cinéma fait partie de notre...
Intermediate French: 14 July
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Intermediate French: 14 July

...Le quatorze juillet - The French national holiday on 14 July commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison (la prise de la Bastille) in 1789. The rioters’ victory, at the end of a day-long siege, marked the beginning of the Revolution. The day is celebrated with a variety of events, large and small, across the country: défilés militaires (military parades),...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Beginners’ French: food and drink
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Beginners’ French: food and drink

...Le foie gras du sud-ouest Activité 1 Task 1 Can you work out what the following French food items are? Drag the English words against the French terms they correspond to. vegetables les légumes ice cream la glace cheese le fromage red meat la viande rouge pineapple l’ananas sea food les fruits de mer white wine le vin blanc fish le poisson raw ......
Intermediate French: Holiday plans
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Intermediate French: Holiday plans

...les Nantais), namely the beaches around La Baule on the Atlantic coast to the west of the city. Like all coastal areas of France, this one has a name: la Côte d'Amour. The opening video sequence uses archive and contemporary footage to show some of the ways in which the coast is used for leisure activities. It also traces a little of the history of holiday-making in...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Getting started with Italian 2
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Getting started with Italian 2

...le diciotto e trentacinque. It’s eighteen thirty-five. Sono le quindici e ventidue. It’s fifteen twenty-two. È l’una. It’s one o’clock. Note that in Italian, as in English, we do not use the expressions un quarto, mezza/mezzo and tre quarti when telling the time with the 24-hour clock. Instead, we use numbers: quindici, trenta and quarantacinque...Week 2:...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What does Marine LePen plan for France?
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What does Marine LePen plan for France?

...Le Pen’s has issued a 144-point manifesto on her ambitions for government, pledging to make France “free, safe, prosperous, fair, proud, powerful, and sustainable”. Not many people will have the inclination to read the lot, but I did. And what I discovered was a candidate who plans not so much to take France out of Europe as cut it free of the whole continent. The...
French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?
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French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?

...Le Pen. For a while it seemed as though a dead heat were on the cards but, in the end, Macron took first place, with nearly 24%, ahead of Le Pen at just under 22%. [The Conversation] Republican candidate François Fillon and far-left contender Jean-Luc Mélenchon followed close behind, with Socialist Benoît Hamon trailing badly. Despite coming second, for Le Pen and her...
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
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Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...le cours Jean Jaurès. Framboise (Christine) Et la mairie? Valérie l’Hôtel de ville ? C’est au bout de la rue de la République, sur la place de l’Horloge. Framboise (Christine) Oui, je vois! Et le musée Calvet, c’est où? Valérie C’est rue Joseph Vernet, à droite, après le boulevard Raspail. Framboise (Christine) Ah oui, très bien ! Je cherche aussi le...