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Fanny et Corrine - Le Sud

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Corrine nous en dit un peu plus sur la riche culture du Sud de la France, et elle y met même de son plus joli accent méridional pour nous!

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Watt’s In - Kendji Girac : Color Gitano Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

On "Watt's In," Kendji tells us how he became the star of the TV show The Voice in France. You will discover how he molded his talent by mixing his family's Gypsy origins with his love for new music. You'll also notice Kendji's southern French accent!

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Jodie Foster x Augustin Trapenard - son premier rôle en français

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Augustin Trapenard interviews Jodie Foster about her first movie in French, Vie privée (A Private Life). She also talks about her career as an actress, what it was like to be a child actor, and many more fascinating aspects of her craft and life.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Ah, les gens, ils me disent que j'ai un accent belge.
Caption 4 [en]: Ah, people tell me I have a Belgian accent.

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Patrice Zana - L'artiste et ses inspirations - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice Zana's Dada-inspired artwork relies heavily on wordplay. In this video he discusses his pieces Caisse à dire ("Talking Box," a pun on qu'est-ce à dire [what does it mean]), Boîte à choses sûres ("Box of Sure Things," a pun on boîte à chaussures [shoe box]), and more.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Vous le reconnaissez, à mon avis à mon accent.
Caption 4 [en]: You recognize it, in my opinion, from my accent.

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Patrice Zana - L'artiste et ses inspirations - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice Zana is a poet-artist inspired by the Dada movement and the concept of détournement (literally, "diversion," "hijacking"). He invented the term bris colisme to describe his practice, which employs fragmentation, collage, and wordplay in a variety of media.

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Caption 59 [en]: It's... it's like we're really putting an accent on the word "revolution" that forms...
Caption 59 [fr]: C'est... c'est comme si on mettait vraiment l'accent sur le mot "révolution" qui forme...

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Micro-Trottoirs - Compliments, à pile ou face

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, people on the street are asked about the best compliments they ever received... and the worst.

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Caption 58 [fr]: Que mon accent anglais ressemblait à l'accent d'Eton.
Caption 58 [en]: That my English accent resembled an Eton accent.

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Lionel - Langue sous hypnose

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel speaks with Pascal, the director of the "Langue Sous Hypnose" (Language Under Hypnosis) school, who explains how hypnosis can help make language learning less daunting. Though Pascal says that "it's not hypnosis that teaches people languages, it's the teacher," he claims that hypnosis can make your brain more receptive to learning a new language.

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Caption 50 [fr]: peur d'avoir... pas avoir le bon accent,
Caption 50 [en]: afraid of having... not having the right accent,

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Questions à la con - Avril 2014

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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In this Questions à la con (Dumb Questions) series, pedestrians are asked to answer some crazy questions about the latest buzzwords, slang terms, and obscure expressions. Do you know what the verb emberlucoquer means? Watch this video to find out, but first take a guess and see if you can outsmart the natives! You'll be surprised by the variety of answers people come up with, some of which are quite hilarious.

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Caption 49 [en]: so it's become a word in Italy, uh... and with the accent it's "emberlucoquer"!
Caption 49 [fr]: donc c'est devenu un mot en Italie, euh... et avec l'accent c'est "emberlucoquer"!

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Le Restaurant "Flam's" - Sa petite histoire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tarte flambée is a specialty of the Alsace region of France that resembles a pizza. Typically made with crème fraîche, onions, and bacon, the traditional tarte flambée has also undergone many variations. Flam’s, a restaurant franchise based in Strasbourg, has dedicated itself to perfecting this Alsatian delicacy.

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Caption 36 [fr]: Euh... des Canadiens aussi qui viennent avec leur petit accent,
Caption 36 [en]: Uh... Canadians also, who come with their cute little accent,

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Allons en France - Pourquoi apprendre le français?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video brought to us by Allons en France, a French government program that encourages students to learn the language and culture of France, young people from all over the world tell us about what learning French means to them.

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Caption 9 [fr]: et qu'on peut aussi pouvoir parler sans accent.
Caption 9 [en]: and to be able to speak without an accent, too.

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Annie Chartrand - Grandir bilingue

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

The lovely singer tells us in franglais about franglais. She discusses her experiences growing up bilingual in Quebec, her international travels, and why it’s not always a good idea to tell someone if you’ve ripped your pants…

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Caption 26 [en]: And uh... Well, besides maybe the accent issue,
Caption 26 [fr]: Et euh... Bon, à part peut-être le problème d'accent,

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