Listening: Some links that might be helpful

chepas · 3 Jun 2004, 12:28 PM

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Salut tlm,

J'espère que tout va bien avec vos études. Alors,

Listening is always a horrible thing, and it's always good to get practice in in it and comprehension, so I thought I'd share some sites that I have found helpful:

www.rfi.fr - Radio France International. Has lots of stuff especially on current affairs etc, but also specialty areas that you're bound to find something interesting. Also has 'Les actualités en français facile' which is very handy. They also have questions to this programme sometimes and exercices that you can do to test comprehension.

www.surfmusic.de - Has lists and links to radio stations that have internet streams from all over the world, France, Germany, Québec and all over the Francophonie.

www.sbs.com.au/french - Link to the SBS French programme that airs 5 times a week (1107AM: Tue/Wed/Thur at 11am, Sat at 9pm, Sun at 4pm.) and has archives of certain interviews as well as the last programme 'on demand' to stream.

www.rockdetente.com/bienvenue.asp - My favourite radio station, Radio RockDétente of Québec

Has too much crappy anglo music though sometimes, esp when I usually tune in where the graveyard shift runs full swing.

www.lemonde.fr - That French newspaper's site. It also has various soundbytes and some presentations in French of some stories.

Not a definitive list by any means, I'll add to as I find, and please post your own finds!

Just a thought. Bon travail!
Chépas

Persephone87 · 3 Jun 2004, 1:11 PM

This will be so helpful! I have an A-test on monday at 7am including liistening.

merci mille fois

sugaryblue · 4 Jun 2004, 11:55 AM

j'aime bien

www.radiofrance.fr (la plupart du temps, j'écoute de la station 'Cité Radio de Paris) De plus, je crois qu'on peut télécharger des fiches pour les écouter plus tard

www.rtbf.be (la radio belge)

chepas · 9 Aug 2004, 6:38 AM

Bump......

malkin86 · 31 Aug 2004, 11:00 AM

Um, does anyone have any ideas about the usefulness (or otherwise) of putting on the french soundtrack option on a dvd?

chepas · 31 Aug 2004, 11:27 AM

Yeah I usually do it when I watch DVDs, so I can kid myself that I am doing something constructive

. But yeah, there is a wealth of idiomatic expressions that can be found there sometimes, but how valid these are are a bit vague.

Subtitles are also good, especially if the French goes at 1000km/minute... At least, it give you a bit of accent to listen to and something to which one can mould one's own pronunciation.

Watching French dubbings of animations are funny, because the voices just sound soooo different to the English ones!! It's almost creepy/wrong.

malkin86 · 2 Nov 2004, 6:04 PM

Why don't the HSC papers on the Board's site come with the listening section.. as a listening section (ie. audio format) rather than a transcript and the questions? Do they sell them in their shop somewhere? If so, they're very well hidden.

Or does everyone just borrow/beg/steal off their profs?

Hippy La-Laa · 2 Nov 2004, 6:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by malkin86

steal off their profs

Yes. Stingy board of studies....

k_i_mm_i · 2 Nov 2004, 6:25 PM

A very good listening site: http://french.about.com/library/list...eningindex.htm

have fun francophiles!

But the questions aren't really HSC type...

chepas · 2 Nov 2004, 10:12 PM

Re: Audio w/listening, yeah, your prof should have them, if not they could have/should have ordered them in (or even got them given to them by last years' examiners...). But yeah, putting the audio would make the PDF's sort of massive files, so I supose that's why they don't.

It will be too late for us 04ers but for the 05ers I am going to try and tape some exams onto computer (I can do it with the little recording studio-put-on-to-CD-and-hence-MP3 thing at school), and for next year I hope to get like, a few NAFT and OHS ones up (albeit slightly sur la table... Shhh!). But I come just to receive the exams in the post today (from prof) because Aust Post is the stingiest crappiest f(&^%( piece of shite this side of the sun.

.

Still, spose it'll be good for the 04ers - we can come back to do these papers 6 months later to see if we still have the knack hehe

.

malkin86 · 3 Nov 2004, 9:25 AM

I have a couple of mp3s.. but alas no webspace.

yrtherenonames · 7 May 2005, 11:57 AM

Wow I'm really surprised THIS website hasn't come up in your discourses, it has heaps of listening and grammar stuff. Enjoy!
http://www.lepointdufle.net/

mizbe · 20 Mar 2006, 4:49 PM

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/index.html

great french grammar site by the university of texas (or something?), worksheets with the grammar pages, audio dialogue and also click on --- > tools from the main page to practice verb conjucations... its awesome

and they even got a storyline - much excitement!

Milou31 · 7 Nov 2007, 9:45 AM

Try
www.ecoutezbien.com
especially if you are in VCE

yennie B · 30 Mar 2008, 3:11 PM

THANKS GUYS!

listening is my worst ^.^

3 Jun 2004, 12:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
chepas Magniloquent Member HSC: 2004 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,774 Last Activity: 9 Sep 2007, 2:01 PM	Listening: Some links that might be helpful You can hide this advertisement by registering. Salut tlm, J'espère que tout va bien avec vos études. Alors, Listening is always a horrible thing, and it's always good to get practice in in it and comprehension, so I thought I'd share some sites that I have found helpful: www.rfi.fr - Radio France International. Has lots of stuff especially on current affairs etc, but also specialty areas that you're bound to find something interesting. Also has 'Les actualités en français facile' which is very handy. They also have questions to this programme sometimes and exercices that you can do to test comprehension. www.surfmusic.de - Has lists and links to radio stations that have internet streams from all over the world, France, Germany, Québec and all over the Francophonie. www.sbs.com.au/french - Link to the SBS French programme that airs 5 times a week (1107AM: Tue/Wed/Thur at 11am, Sat at 9pm, Sun at 4pm.) and has archives of certain interviews as well as the last programme 'on demand' to stream. www.rockdetente.com/bienvenue.asp - My favourite radio station, Radio RockDétente of Québec Has too much crappy anglo music though sometimes, esp when I usually tune in where the graveyard shift runs full swing. www.lemonde.fr - That French newspaper's site. It also has various soundbytes and some presentations in French of some stories. Not a definitive list by any means, I'll add to as I find, and please post your own finds! Just a thought. Bon travail! Chépas __________________ Bachelor of Arts (Languages), Year 3 \|\| University of Sydney, Conservatorium of Music \|\| Music and French major; German On exchange in Lyon!!! Last edited by chepas; 3 Jun 2004 at 12:33 PM.

3 Jun 2004, 1:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Persephone87 Parlez Francais! HSC: 2003 Gender: Undisclosed Location: Lost in Translation... Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 892 Last Activity: 5 Nov 2005, 11:34 PM	This will be so helpful! I have an A-test on monday at 7am including liistening. merci mille fois __________________ Bachelor of Liberal Studies at USYD Class of 2004 UAI: 91.65

4 Jun 2004, 11:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
sugaryblue Living on deficit HSC: 2003 Gender: Female Location: Around the globe Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,273 Last Activity: 6 Oct 2006, 6:39 AM	j'aime bien www.radiofrance.fr (la plupart du temps, j'écoute de la station 'Cité Radio de Paris) De plus, je crois qu'on peut télécharger des fiches pour les écouter plus tard www.rtbf.be (la radio belge) __________________ Dreaming skywards at... http://www.xanga.com/sugaryblue Travel Diary If you don't have faith in yourself, have faith in the Mighty God

9 Aug 2004, 6:38 AM	#4 (permalink)
chepas Magniloquent Member HSC: 2004 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,774 Last Activity: 9 Sep 2007, 2:01 PM	Bump...... __________________ Bachelor of Arts (Languages), Year 3 \|\| University of Sydney, Conservatorium of Music \|\| Music and French major; German On exchange in Lyon!!!

31 Aug 2004, 11:27 AM	#6 (permalink)
chepas Magniloquent Member HSC: 2004 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,774 Last Activity: 9 Sep 2007, 2:01 PM	Yeah I usually do it when I watch DVDs, so I can kid myself that I am doing something constructive . But yeah, there is a wealth of idiomatic expressions that can be found there sometimes, but how valid these are are a bit vague. Subtitles are also good, especially if the French goes at 1000km/minute... At least, it give you a bit of accent to listen to and something to which one can mould one's own pronunciation. Watching French dubbings of animations are funny, because the voices just sound soooo different to the English ones!! It's almost creepy/wrong. __________________ Bachelor of Arts (Languages), Year 3 \|\| University of Sydney, Conservatorium of Music \|\| Music and French major; German On exchange in Lyon!!!

2 Nov 2004, 6:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
k_i_mm_i Assistant Member HSC: 2004 Gender: Female Location: Public Toilet #4319 Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 88 Last Activity: 12 May 2005, 7:15 AM	A very good listening site: http://french.about.com/library/list...eningindex.htm have fun francophiles! But the questions aren't really HSC type... __________________ ---Kono 6 nen kan ni, tanoshii koto mo tsurai koto mo isshoni keiken shita tomodachi wa, watashi no takara mono ni natekimashita---

2 Nov 2004, 10:12 PM	#10 (permalink)
chepas Magniloquent Member HSC: 2004 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,774 Last Activity: 9 Sep 2007, 2:01 PM	Re: Audio w/listening, yeah, your prof should have them, if not they could have/should have ordered them in (or even got them given to them by last years' examiners...). But yeah, putting the audio would make the PDF's sort of massive files, so I supose that's why they don't. It will be too late for us 04ers but for the 05ers I am going to try and tape some exams onto computer (I can do it with the little recording studio-put-on-to-CD-and-hence-MP3 thing at school), and for next year I hope to get like, a few NAFT and OHS ones up (albeit slightly sur la table... Shhh!). But I come just to receive the exams in the post today (from prof) because Aust Post is the stingiest crappiest f(&^%( piece of shite this side of the sun. . Still, spose it'll be good for the 04ers - we can come back to do these papers 6 months later to see if we still have the knack hehe . __________________ Bachelor of Arts (Languages), Year 3 \|\| University of Sydney, Conservatorium of Music \|\| Music and French major; German On exchange in Lyon!!!

7 May 2005, 11:57 AM	#12 (permalink)
yrtherenonames Member HSC: 2005 Gender: Male Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 154 Last Activity: 17 Nov 2007, 2:00 PM	http://www.lepointdufle.net/ Wow I'm really surprised THIS website hasn't come up in your discourses, it has heaps of listening and grammar stuff. Enjoy! http://www.lepointdufle.net/

20 Mar 2006, 4:49 PM	#13 (permalink)
mizbe New Member HSC: 2006 Gender: Female Location: Sydney Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 14 Last Activity: 15 Jan 2007, 10:02 AM	Re: Listening: Some links that might be helpful http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/index.html great french grammar site by the university of texas (or something?), worksheets with the grammar pages, audio dialogue and also click on --- > tools from the main page to practice verb conjucations... its awesome and they even got a storyline - much excitement!

7 Nov 2007, 9:45 AM	#14 (permalink)
Milou31 New Member HSC: N/A Gender: Undisclosed Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4 Last Activity: 22 Aug 2009, 4:20 PM	Re: Listening: Some links that might be helpful Try www.ecoutezbien.com especially if you are in VCE

30 Mar 2008, 3:11 PM	#15 (permalink)
yennie B Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 136 Last Activity: 11 Nov 2008, 7:41 PM	Re: Listening: Some links that might be helpful THANKS GUYS! listening is my worst ^.^ __________________ its how i like it.

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