This French listening comprehension activity the market and travelling to France includes differentiated activities including MP4 video, MP3 audio and student activity pages. This is a perfect lesson to have your students practice their listening comprehension skills and le marché vocabulary.

French Food Unit: Allons au Marché

This is a narration in which a French man invites his American friend to come see him and takes him to the market. Scroll down to read excerpts from the narration and to see all of the grammar points that are covered.

The slow speaking pace is just perfect for providing your students with a challenge that they can achieve, and they'll feel very proud of their accomplishment! There are 3 versions of the audio, one on a video file so it's easier to understand and two audio files. One is very slow and the other slightly faster.

Included with this resource:

► Comprehensive lesson plan that makes it easy for you to carry out this activity with your students - See details in the preview

► MP4 video lecture - 12.5 minutes

► Slow MP3 audio lecture - 15 minutes

► Faster MP3 audio lecture - 10 minutes

► Transcript with important vocabulary highlighted and footnoted in English and French - 4 pages

► Quizlet study set to practice and master over 90 vocabulary words from the lecture

► PDF of 20 listening comprehension questions + answer key

► MP3 audio lecture of 20 listening comprehension questions without answers

► MP3 audio lecture of 20 listening comprehension questions with answers

► PDF of 20 vrai ou faux listening comprehension questions + answer key

► MP3 audio lecture of 20 vrai ou faux statements without answers

► MP3 audio lecture of 20 vrai ou faux statements with answers

► PDF to print and record extra new vocabulary learned during the lesson

Teachers and students appreciate:

⭐ Clarity of speech and slower pace

⭐ Formative assessment

⭐ Sense of pride and accomplishment

⭐ Many opportunities for differentiation

⭐ Video AND audio experiences with the same text

⭐ A fun and unique way to introduce a travel unit

⭐ An authentic resource about traveling to France

⭐ A real life connection to what’s being taught in the classroom

Tenses used in the narration:

► Présent

► Futur Proche

► Passé Composé

► Imparfait

► Subjonctif following il faut que

Other grammar topics covered in the narration:

⭐  Reflexive Verbs

⭐  Descriptive Adjectives

⭐ Regular & irregular verbs

⭐ Demonstrative adjectives

⭐ Simple negation

⭐ Adjective «tout»

⭐ Il faut que + subjunctive

⭐ Indirect object pronouns

⭐  Possessive adjectives

⭐  Direct object pronouns

⭐ Interrogative words

⭐ Common adverbs

⭐ Pronoun Y

⭐ Gerund

⭐ Pronoun EN

⭐ Definite, indefinite, partitive articles

Excerpts from the narration:

"Aujourd’hui je vais vous raconter la visite de mon ami américain Josh qui est venu me voir cet hiver, et sa découverte du marché qui a lieu tous les vendredis juste à côté de chez moi".

"Josh est arrivé en France en novembre et est resté chez moi pendant trois semaines. Nous sommes allés au marché le lendemain de son arrivée".

"Josh a du mal à se lever à cause du décalage horaire. Nous prenons donc le café et un petit déjeuner avant d’y aller".

"Le marché de ma ville est sur une grande place, en face de la médiathèque. Tu peux tout acheter ou presque sur le marché, même des poules et des lapins vivants" !

"Nous nous dirigeons vers un autre producteur, ou maraîcher, à qui j’aime bien acheter des salades, des herbes aromatiques, des oignons, des brocolis, des carottes"...

"Quand tu achètes tes produits au marché, tu dois mettre ce que tu achètes dans des paniers pour que le vendeur puisse peser les marchandises"

"Il nous faut cinq-cent grammes de viande de bœuf haché pour faire un hachis parmentier, c’est une recette française très simple que je veux faire goûter à Josh".

Planning for student success begins with a well designed lesson plan!

► Students and teachers understand the goals of an instructional module

► The teacher translates the curriculum into learning activities

► The instructional materials align with the assessment

► The assessment aligns with the learning goal

► Assures that the needed instructional materials are available

► Teachers thoughtfully address individual learning needs among students

Check out my comprehensive lesson plan in the preview.

What teachers are saying about a similar AUDIO lesson about the airport :

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "The students appreciated the clarity and slower speech. It was a great activity to provide some formative assessment for my students."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was an awesome resource that was perfect for what I needed. Students felt a little overwhelmed at first but they got the hang of it and did great. They felt very accomplished at the end. I used the dictation and gave it to students who were struggling and I gave the challenging listening to students who need a little challenge - so it was GREAT for differentiation."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "What a wonderful listening comprehension activity/test! Loved having the questions read and the choice of using short answer or T/F! "

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A great activity that we don't get to do (practice) very often. Unique and helpful."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "The pace of the speaking in these activities is perfect for my students!!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "It's difficult to find authentic resources like this. Thank you for providing one!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Kids found this very challenging but it was so practical and a great real life connection."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. "Good authentic listening activity for my travel unit!"

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