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Voyage en France (45 episodes 101 videos)

Explore the hidden (and not so hidden) corners of France with master tour guide Daniel Benchimol.

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 10. Amerigo Vespucci - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It's back to the past, with the Once Upon a Time series. How did America get its name? Take a trip back to Renaissance Italy in this first episode of The Explorers to find out.

Warmup Workout

Claudine Thibout Pivert - 2ème Salon du livre et des vieux papiers Mazamet

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claudine Thibout Pivert, a prolific poet, musician, and artist, talks about her latest books and the source of her inspiration, her childhood spent in the beautiful Anjou region of France.

Warmup Workout

Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sandra gives Marie some pointers on how to draw a leaf. And Marie shares some surprising information about the painter Henri Rousseau.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In addition to its saltworks, the town of Marsal boasts some interesting artwork, such as the bovine statue by the Hungarian artist Sandor Kiss. And Michel will explain the town's connection with Loui...

Warmup Workout

Le saviez-vous? - "À une passante" de Charles Baudelaire

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia reads "À une passante" (To a Passerby), a classic poem from Charles Baudelaire's collection Les Fleurs du mal (The Flowers of Evil).

Warmup Workout

Le saviez-vous? - Maxime Duveau expose à Nice

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Maxime Duveau held a solo exhibition at the Espace à Vendre gallery in Nice. The show included large-scale drawings in charcoal based on photos that he took in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Warmup Workout

TV8 Mont Blanc - Le Parc archéologique des Lozes à Aussois

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In an archaeological park in Aussois, you can find some fascinating, mysterious rock engravings dating from sometime between the Neolithic Period and the Iron Age. Do the "armed dances" carved in the ...

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 10. Amerigo Vespucci - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Vespuccia or America? In the last episode of this fun cartoon, we find out how the name of the new continent now known as "America" came about.

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Le saviez-vous? - La Marseillaise - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia discusses the history of the the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise," explaining how the song traveled from the Rhine region to Marseille, where it earned its final name. She even sings a few lines of the song for us!

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Caption 21 [fr]: Après avoir été créé à Strasbourg par Rouget de Lisle, ce chant a voyagé en France,
Caption 21 [en]: After being created in Strasbourg by Rouget de Lisle, this song traveled in France,

Warmup Workout

Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

In part 6 of Le Québec parle aux Français, the interviewees compare and contrast the immigrant situation in France and Quebec. France, being a smaller country, creates additional pressure for immigrants, while in Quebec, immigrants do rather well. Later, Olivier treats us to a little song he wrote himself.

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Caption 1 [fr]: En France y a... y a des problèmes sérieux qui sont dus, euh...
Caption 1 [en]: In France there are... there are some serious problems that are due, uh...

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Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 27

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sandra has to end her painting lessons with Marie because she has to go back to Switzerland. But the ladies have developed a great friendship and are planning to see each other again.

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Caption 73 [fr]: de m'organiser pour un voyage en Suisse.
Caption 73 [en]: to arrange a trip to Switzerland.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to the Salt Museum in Marsal, dedicated to the history of the town's saltworks. He introduces us to Michel, president of the Friends of the Museum, and to Juliette, who is starting her first day on the job.

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Caption 41 [fr]: C'est une grande école en France spécialisée
Caption 41 [en]: It's a major school in France specializing

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

One might think that the push to remove anglicisms from the French language would be stronger in France, but the larger movement to "purify" French is actually happening in Quebec. Many Québécois worry that the French language is endangered in Canada, and the Quebec government has taken measures to preserve it by inventing new words instead of borrowing from English. That's why an email is still un email in France, but un courriel in Quebec.

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Caption 39 [fr]: Je dirais que... inconsciemment en France on la maltraite par snobisme
Caption 39 [en]: I would say that... in France they unconsciously mistreat it [the language] by snobbery,

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Le saviez-vous? - La pratique de dessin de Maxime Duveau

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Maxime Duveau explains his art at his solo exhibition, which is based on photographs he took in San Fransciso and Los Angeles. He uses an interesting charcoal drawing technique he calls "masking."

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Caption 46 [fr]: autour du dessin et de ce voyage en... en Californie
Caption 46 [en]: around drawing and this trip to... to California

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