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Publicité.avi
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These are very difficult. The pace of the voices is fast, the style informal, the vocabulary often very modern. Note however - they are designed to be easily understandable by native speakers !
ANousRepublique.avi
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Listen carefully to the bit where he says that handicapped people - presumably blind - should be able to right-click on an image to hear an audio account of what the image shows !
Amadeus.avi
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This is very representative of what I'm trying to offer as Level 2 clips. It's reasonably clear, but it doesn't give you every word separately as happens with documentary voiceovers. The brain has to fill in the gaps
Ouvrard.avi
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Although the speed of this patter song makes it a Level 3, notice how clear is the diction of this music hall entertainer !
 

Experiences.avi
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In between the scientific bits from the presenter, the conversations show well what we're trying to get the ear to pick up - the style of idiomatic French. Not easy.

TM091113.avi
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What makes the first half difficult to follow is not just the speed, but also the incoherence of the presentation. Hang on in there, though. By contrast, the second half offers some challenges of vocabulary, like 'qui en fit et ses supports et ses suppôts' !

Zygel.avi
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Anglophones tend to describe the French voice as 'nasal'. Not true, it has the mellow resonance of a cello. Listen to Jean-François Zygel !
PierreBachelet.avi
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PierreBachelet.doc
PierreBachelet.mp3
I don't normally include songs because you can always get the words off the Internet, and they are not very good transcription exercises. So this is just for the pleasure of the songs...
MuseeToulouse.avi
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MuseeToulouse.doc
MuseeToulouse.mp3
Laurence Piquet's diction is perfect. If you have a tendency to 'roll' the French 'r' as if you were permanently in a chanson by Piaf, listen to this lady
Apocalypse.avi
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Apocalypse.doc
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There is considerable linguistic interest in this piece. The presenter speaks very quickly, but very clearly. You often have to pick up the sense of what he says without necessarily catching every word. And the chilling series of  prophecies make for some nice formal French
Art.avi
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As is often the case with surrealist theatre - Ionesco is the great example - the dialogue Level-1. But when the voices speed up ... the we have to work a little.
8Journalistes.avi
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8Journalistes.mp3
You should have no difficulty following this Level-1 extract. I include it because we don't often have examples from television of this well-written formal French
Churchill.avi
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Churchill.doc
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Discussions are very good sources of 'incoherent language', of false starts, repetitions; and also, rapid speech, people speakin g one on top of another. But this one isn't too bad. A Level-2
Barnaby.avi
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Barnaby.doc
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The dialogue is always very clear, but the fast-paced action lends a little difficulty, making it a Level-2
     
     
     

 

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