Are you looking for a new and engaging way to help your students improve their French listening comprehension? These Activities to accompany French Duolingo Podcast Episode 79: La Coureuse de Bamako are perfect! Your students will love being able to use the exciting story of a young woman who dreams of winning an Olympic medal for her country to practice their language skills. The podcasts are in both English and French, so even novice-high students can follow along without getting overwhelmed.

To make it easier for you, each podcast is no longer than 24 minutes, so you can easily work them into your lesson plan. Plus, they’re totally free on the Duolingo podcast site.

With these activities, your students will develop critical French language skills as they enjoy a fun and exciting story – what better way to motivate them? Get started today with these Activities to accompany French Duolingo Podcast Episode 79: La Coureuse de Bamako!

The activities include both pre- and post-listening activities. To prepare your students to listen to the podcast, you will find:

• vocabulary list
• vocabulary matching activity
• links to vocabulary set on Gimkit, Blooket and Quizlet so students can practice
• a crossword puzzle to practice the vocabulary

During the podcast, students can take notes on the sheet provided in the activity if you wish them to do so.

After listening, students can do the comprehension questions. There is a set of 1o questions, in both English and French to check for understanding. There is also a page with 10 true and false questions and 10 fill in the blank questions.

If you would like the students to read the complete transcript of the podcast, you will find it on the Duolingo Podcast site.