Les transports
Station announcements are fast, but they always contain the same four pieces of information. Know the frame and you only need to catch the details.
Part of your national curriculum
- Listening: Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately
Key learning points
- • Getting around
- • At the station
- • Listening for the four facts
This lesson at a glance
- 25 minutes
- 20 parts to scroll through
- 4 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Visual introductionPicture this
Les transports
Station announcements are fast, but they always contain the same four pieces of information. Know the frame and you only need to catch the details.
In a nutshell
Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 1 of 2
Part 1 · Getting around
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
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Learn
Getting around
Je vais au collège en bus / en voiture / en train / à pied (on foot) / à vélo. Note the two little words: en for things you get inside, à for things you sit on or use with your body.
Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Explore the idea
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Learn
At the station
un aller simple (single), un aller-retour (return), le quai (platform), le départ / l'arrivée, le billet (ticket), en retard (late), à l'heure (on time). 'Le train à destination de Lille part du quai numéro trois.'
Quick check
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Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
That's sitting 2 of 5 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Learning cycle
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Learning cycle 2 of 2
Part 2 · Listening for the four facts
A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.
Explore the idea
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Learn
Listening for the four facts
Announcements give destination, time, platform and status. Write four boxes before you listen and fill them in as you hear them, rather than trying to translate the whole sentence as it goes past.
Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
That's sitting 3 of 5 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
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Explore the idea
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Worked example
Worked listening
Announcement: 'Le train de quatorze heures dix à destination de Bordeaux partira du quai numéro cinq avec un retard de dix minutes.' Destination: Bordeaux. Time: 14:10. Platform: 5. Status: ten minutes late.
Challenge round
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Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Reset break
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Pause
That's sitting 4 of 5 done
Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
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Game · Fill the gaps
Finish the sentences
Choose the word that belongs in each gap.
Write four boxes before you ____ and fill them in as you hear them, rather than trying to translate the whole sentence as it goes past.
Challenge round
Part 18 of 20
Game · Recall cards
You hear: 'Le bus numéro douze part de la place à huit heures et quart.' What do you now know?
Card 1 of 4
Mastery quiz
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Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Les transports
4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. You hear: 'Le bus numéro douze part de la place à huit heures et quart.' What do you now know?
2. A friend's voice message ends 'Tu peux me rappeler ce soir ?'. The appropriate response is to...
3. What does 'il pleut' mean?
4. 'Le train part à quinze heures' tells you the train's...
Lesson round-up
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Lesson round-up
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Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately