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Interviews à Central Park - Discussion politique

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 2:13     Accent: French

We’re back in Central Park! This time, French teens Barbara and Lorraine discuss politics, including the recent controversial Contrat Première Embauche and President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Love him or leave him? The girls don’t quite agree…)

Le Journal - Le BAC

Difficulty: advanced French     Length: 3:54     Accent: French

Students taking the baccalaureate exam must complete an essay, choosing amongst several possible philosophical and political themes. France 2 talks with some students about the experience, and asks some prominent politicians what they might have written if presented with the same task.

Le Journal - Le Baccalauréat - Part 1

Difficulty: advanced French     Length: 0:00     Accent: French

Meet a group of students as they prepare to take their baccalaureate test, a rite of passage for young French people on the cusp of adulthood. It can be a stressful time, but the students are pacing themselves well.

Le Journal - Le Baccalauréat - Part 2

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:49     Accent: French

Like the SATs for Americans, or A level exams in the UK, the Baccalauréat exam, or “Le Bac”, induces more than its fair share of stress in students finishing up their secondary school careers.

Le Journal - Baisers interdits dans les couloirs!

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:33     Accent: French

As a gift to journalists looking for a tongue-in-cheek story, French schools have banned kissing. Students ask, “Where’s the harm?”

Le Journal - École de pilotage

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 0:00     Accent: French

Ten months of training go into learning to fly a helicopter, but less time is being spent aloft. More and more flight hours are logged in a hyper-realistic simulator that allows young pilots to hone their skills without ever leaving the earth.

Le Journal - L'enseignement du chinois au lycée

Difficulty: intermediate French     Length: 1:45     Accent: French

The number of French students interested in studying Chinese has soared in French high schools in the last ten years. Though it is currently offered mostly by elite schools, the French government hopes to make it more accessible to all schools in years to come.