You can use the clips below to improve your listening comprehension in French. Each clip contains a transcription in French if you need help following along.
Try to listen to the clips more than once. Here’s just one way you can go about things (but do whatever works best for you):
The first time, listen without referring to the text. The second time, listen and follow along with the text if necessary. All times after that, try listening without the text, only referring to it as necessary. The first time you listen without referring to the text, make a mental note of how well you felt you understood. Then after you’ve listened… oh, say… a thousand more times, compare how you feel about your understanding to your first impression. Do you feel that you made at least a little improvement compared to the first time?
Little improvements will get you to where you want to be in French. Keep letting them add up.
You can also use these clips to improve your pronunciation. After you have become very familiar with the content of the clip in question, model yourself on the speaker by repeating aloud what he or she says as it’s said. Do your best to reproduce the rhythm and intonation used by the speaker, as well as the pronunciation of individual words themselves.
This page has the following sub pages.
- Magic trick explained in French: La pièce dans la boîte
- Magic trick explained in French: Le crayon au travers de la serviette
- Magic trick explained in French: La grille magique
- Magic trick explained in French: La cuillère pliée
- Magic trick explained in French: Faire un noeud dans une corde
- Magic trick explained in French: La disparition impossible
- TV ad in Quebec French: Tranches de vie
- TV ad in Quebec French: Familiprix
- Hear informal Quebec French with this clip from “Remyx”
- Listen to beauty tips in French: Whitening your teeth
- Hear French spoken by Québécoise Isabelle Boulay
- Listen to a description of the Nephila spider in French
- Hear Ricardo speak with a Quebec French accent
- Listen to Quebec French spoken by Stage Lacroix
- Une artiste-maquilleuse thanks her fans in French
- Listen to hockey talk in Quebec French: Checking into the boards
- Listen to hockey talk in Quebec French: Maintaining balance
- Sing along in French to “Postérité” by Stage Lacroix
- Listen to hockey talk in Quebec French: Turning your back
- Humour in French with Québécois comedian Martin Matte
- Watch a short video in French about a suitcase mix-up
- Watch scenes from “Minuit, le soir” with French subtitles
- Watch a short clip from the TV show “Les Invincibles”
- Québécois singer Vincent Vallières talks about Félix Leclerc
- Listen to a description of the Monarch butterfly in French
- Watch a funny short film in French called “Maudite chanceuse”
- Julie Payette talks in French about her role as an astronaut
- Listen to different kinds of music described in French
- Listen to a clip in French from a science show
- Wash that raw chicken off your hands, Ricardo
- ¡Arrrrriba! Cristián esquive… ¡un taureau!
- Cynthia applies her strict minimum of make-up
- Watch a short film in Quebec French: Dandurand Cinquième
- Listen to a description of a stretching exercise in French 1
- Listen to a description of a stretching exercise in French 2
