Learning to speak French

Theme : Health

You will find links (following the icon) below to various activities. Please have a go, and tell us what you think. Each link opens in a new page and, in most cases, it will include links to other online resources, so take the chance to explore.

As a goal, aim to spend a minimum of 20 minutes each day: little and often is the rule!

    Tasks for Everyone

    To begin with we have a couple of exercises for everybody.

    Remember to make listening part of your routine.

  1. Listening

    2. The first is an assessment exercise to help you establish your current level of comprehension. (This is one to come back to every so often to check your progress) Check your Level

  2. Daily News

    3. We’re also going to include links to topical and news sites. Try to make listening to something like this part of your daily routine – it doesn’t matter how much you understand; it’s all about absorbing the sound and feel of a language RFI: Journal en Français

    The following links are divided into two levels: Beginners and Advanced. Don’t worry too much about these levels - choose the activities that you enjoy doing. Have a go at everything if you have the time.

    This week’s theme is Food.

    Tasks for Level A
  3. Santé

    4. Some vocabulary. Parle de sa santé

  4. An Essential Document

    5. Study this for when or if an emergency occurs. SAMU 16. You should print this document and keep it by your phone so it is easy to find (this scheme only works in Charente 16).

  5. Listening Test

    6. Pick the Picture which suits the words you hear. Pick a Picture

    Tasks for Level B
  6. A Thai salad

    7. Learn as much as you can. La santé et la médicine

  7. Covid 19

    8. Unfortunately we cannot have a health week without Covid-19. Listen to the video and check the questions. Attention aux potions magiques contre le Covid-19

  8. Quiz on Healthy Living

    9. A Listening Quiz: this one is a bit tougher - stick with it! Les Français et la forme physique.

    And finally a couple of regular tasks for everyone.

  9. Conversation

    10. Each week, we hope to be able to organise a group meeting where everyone has:

    1. the opportunity to practice their fluency
    2. ask questions arising from the weeks tasks
    3. chat generally - in French

  10. Review

    11. It is important in any learning exercise to review what you have covered during the week; this is a critical part of helping you remember what you have learned: So set aside some time to review all the tasks you have completed this week and make some notes. Taking notes is a really useful trick to help you recollect - just the very act of writing down a few words can be enough!

That’s at least 7 activities for everyone. Try to do one task every day, and, after you’ve done them all, go back and revise just to consolidate the learning. Meanwhile absorb the sound of the language – listen to French people speaking, put the French TV or radio on. It all helps.