Intermediate French Listening Resources
Listening exercises and resources for intermediate French students.
French listening tips
It can difficult to figure out the best way to use listening exercises. Should you listen first, and then read the transcript, or is it ok to listen and read at the same time? This article offers ideas on how to make the most of the listening exercises on this site as well as your own audio tools.
It can difficult to figure out the best way to use listening exercises. Should you listen first, and then read the transcript, or is it ok to listen and read at the same time? This article offers ideas on how to make the most of the listening exercises on this site as well as your own audio tools.
À Moi Paris
Listen to this beginning-level audio book online to work on your French listening skills.
Listen to this beginning-level audio book online to work on your French listening skills.
French Numbers
Learning to count in French is one thing, but it's another matter entirely to be able to think of a number without counting up to it, or to understand individual numbers when you hear them. Get better at understanding and using French numbers with long strings of numbers and random number generators.
Learning to count in French is one thing, but it's another matter entirely to be able to think of a number without counting up to it, or to understand individual numbers when you hear them. Get better at understanding and using French numbers with long strings of numbers and random number generators.
Le français des régions
Listening comprehension exercise about dialects vs "standard French," the Dictionary of French Regionalisms, dialects in France and their linguistic status, the French patois from Vendée, and whether dialects reflect differences in mentality.
Listening comprehension exercise about dialects vs "standard French," the Dictionary of French Regionalisms, dialects in France and their linguistic status, the French patois from Vendée, and whether dialects reflect differences in mentality.
Les portes tordues
Les portes tordues is a bilingual audiobook for beginning to intermediate French students. As the book proceeds, the French becomes progressively more difficult.
Les portes tordues is a bilingual audiobook for beginning to intermediate French students. As the book proceeds, the French becomes progressively more difficult.
Provence Podcast
Get some French listening practice with this podcast about a three-week trip to Provence.
Get some French listening practice with this podcast about a three-week trip to Provence.
Une Semaine à Paris - Trip Planning
The first chapter of Une Semaine à Paris, Une discussion entre amis, introduces Thomas and Patrick, who are having lunch and discussing a trip to Paris.
The first chapter of Une Semaine à Paris, Une discussion entre amis, introduces Thomas and Patrick, who are having lunch and discussing a trip to Paris.
Une Semaine à Paris - Parisian Neighborhoods
Quel quartier choisir ? offers a great deal of information about the different neighborhoods in Paris.
Quel quartier choisir ? offers a great deal of information about the different neighborhoods in Paris.
Une Semaine à Paris - Museums in Paris
Chapter 10 of Une Semaine à Paris, Le dimanche, deals with various museums and cultural exhibits in Paris.
Chapter 10 of Une Semaine à Paris, Le dimanche, deals with various museums and cultural exhibits in Paris.
Easy French Poetry Podcast
Easy French Poetry Podcast is a French conversation podcast about poetry. This unique project combines listening practice with an analysis of French poetry and is ideal for high-intermediate French students, though any level student from low-intermediate to advanced can benefit from listening to French poetry read by a native French speaker.
Easy French Poetry Podcast is a French conversation podcast about poetry. This unique project combines listening practice with an analysis of French poetry and is ideal for high-intermediate French students, though any level student from low-intermediate to advanced can benefit from listening to French poetry read by a native French speaker.
French Listening Comprehension
More intermediate-advanced French listening exercises. Each includes a French sound file, study guide, and short quiz. There's also a transcript and a full translation of the audio, which you can use to better understand the sound file.
More intermediate-advanced French listening exercises. Each includes a French sound file, study guide, and short quiz. There's also a transcript and a full translation of the audio, which you can use to better understand the sound file.
120 dictées de français
The publisher of the online audio magazine La Guinguette has launched a new series of intermediate/advanced French audiobooks about contemporary France called Sur le vif (Real Life). The first three are reviewed here.
The publisher of the online audio magazine La Guinguette has launched a new series of intermediate/advanced French audiobooks about contemporary France called Sur le vif (Real Life). The first three are reviewed here.
Champs-Élysées Audiomagazine
Champs-Élysées is an audiomagazine aimed at intermediate and advanced French students, but is versatile enough to be used by independent students, homeschoolers, teachers, travelers, or anyone else interested in regular French listening practice.
Champs-Élysées is an audiomagazine aimed at intermediate and advanced French students, but is versatile enough to be used by independent students, homeschoolers, teachers, travelers, or anyone else interested in regular French listening practice.
Sur le vif French Audio Books
The publisher of the online audio magazine La Guinguette has launched a new series of intermediate/advanced French audiobooks about contemporary France called Sur le vif (Real Life). The first three are reviewed here.
The publisher of the online audio magazine La Guinguette has launched a new series of intermediate/advanced French audiobooks about contemporary France called Sur le vif (Real Life). The first three are reviewed here.
Non-Internet Resources
Reviews of French learning tapes and CDs.
Reviews of French learning tapes and CDs.
Leisure French Online
Intermediate level activities: choose between 4 audio clips and various comprehension exercises.
Intermediate level activities: choose between 4 audio clips and various comprehension exercises.
Make French Your Business
Listen to audio files on greetings, getting around, and introductions, then test your comprehension.
Listen to audio files on greetings, getting around, and introductions, then test your comprehension.
RFI apprendre
French news adapted for French students, with comprehension quizzes.
French news adapted for French students, with comprehension quizzes.