{"id":21723,"date":"2015-03-04T14:25:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T13:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=21723"},"modified":"2017-10-23T14:30:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T12:30:42","slug":"as-easy-as-rfi-easy-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/as-easy-as-rfi-easy-french\/","title":{"rendered":"As Easy As RFI: The News in French"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I first came to France I would spend every day in a caf\u00e9<\/a><\/strong> studying. I was trying to convert my entire life into French. I watched la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (French television), watched des films fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (French movies), listened to la musique fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (French music), and followed l’actualit\u00e9 fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (French news). Even though my French wasn\u2019t really good enough to understand most of what I was hearing, I tried to understand everything I could.<\/p>\n

I would often listen to les nouvelles<\/strong> (the news) from Radio France internationale<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, a French public radio station that specializes in international affairs with a bit of a focus on la Francophonie<\/a><\/strong>. Normally after several hours of listening to RFI<\/strong> my brain would just be fried.<\/p>\n

Un jour<\/strong> (one day), while spending hours listening to RFI<\/strong>, I noticed une \u00e9mission<\/strong> (show) that was specially designed for people learning French: le journal en fran\u00e7ais facile<\/em> (The news in easy French).<\/p>\n

Le journal en fran\u00e7ais facile<\/em> is “Un journal qui pr\u00e9sente l’actualit\u00e9 avec des mots simples et explique les \u00e9v\u00e9nements dans leur contexte<\/em>“: A news broadcast that presents current affairs with simple words and explains the events in their context.<\/p>\n

I was happy to find a show that covers news stories in clearly spoken French and it even had transcripts available so I could look up all the words I didn’t know!<\/p>\n

L’\u00e9mission<\/strong> starts with a brief introduction naming the various topics that will be discussed, then presents each of them in more detail, including audio exerts from the original stories, typically spoken much faster and less clearly than les animateurs<\/strong> (the presenters).<\/p>\n

To find these stories in fran\u00e7ais facile<\/strong>, il suffit de<\/strong> (you just have to) go to the RFI<\/strong> website dedicated to French learners. The whole page is in French, but it’s not too difficile<\/strong> (difficult) to navigate. You\u2019ll notice many resources for French learners, but to listen to Le journal en fran\u00e7ais facile<\/em><\/a> you don\u2019t need to look very far:<\/p>\n

\"fran\u00e7ais<\/a>

Easy French News Broadcast on the RFI website.<\/p><\/div>\n

Les mots cl\u00e9s<\/strong> (the key words):<\/p>\n

Lire le script<\/strong> – Read the script
\nEcouter 10\u2019<\/strong> – Listen 10\u2019 [minutes]
\nT\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/strong> – Download<\/p>\n

You can cliquer sur<\/strong> (click on) Ecouter 10′<\/strong> to have a new window pop up that will play une \u00e9mission<\/strong> you can then cliquer sur Lire le script<\/strong> to follow along and check any words you had trouble hearing or didn\u2019t understand. If you want to download l’\u00e9mission<\/strong>, il suffit de cliquer sur T\u00e9l\u00e9charger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

When I first came to France I would spend every day in a caf\u00e9 studying. I was trying to convert my entire life into French. I watched la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision fran\u00e7aise (French television), watched des films fran\u00e7ais (French movies), listened to la musique fran\u00e7aise (French music), and followed l’actualit\u00e9 fran\u00e7aise (French news). Even though my French…<\/p>\n

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