French newspapers to help you learn
The last time I held paper newspapers was about 6 years ago, when I offered them to passengers on my last flight before maternity leave. Now, whenever I pass a Rospechat kiosk, I wonder who those stacks of paper are for. Does anyone still buy them? I don’t know what makes people pick up a paper newspaper these days, unless it’s the same reason as on a plane: no Internet and nothing else to do. Still, if the kiosks are open, someone must want them.⠀
But if you still abstract from the idea that spending time in the printed press is a little out of the spirit of our time and look towards online publications, then for those who have to take a French exam, in newspapers many advantages: ⠀
- First, there are countless articles to practise reading. Reading articles from the Science, Santé, Société, Politique, Economie, Culture and Sport sections from time to time is useful for both exams, TEF and TCF. ⠀
- Secondly, an endless amount of vocabulary for 1 task in the written part TEF. Let me remind you that the task there is to write an article in the faits divers genre - that is, to describe the event. ⠀
If you have such a task, then here is a list of newspapers with section Faits Divers. Read and enrich yourself with creepy words: ⠀
- LeMonde.fr ➡️ Actualités section ➡️ Société section ➡️ Faits Divers section
- LeParisien.fr ➡️ section Faits Divers
- LeProgres.fr ➡️ expand the menu ➡️ section Faits Divers
- LeTelegramme.fr ➡️ Actualités section ➡️ Faits Divers section
- Paris-Normandie.fr ➡️ section Faits Divers ⠀
But here are other online publications that do not have such a section, but there are many other equally necessary things: ⠀
- LeCourrierDeRussie.com – about Russia in French
- LaTribune.fr – the economy at its finest
- LeFigaro.fr
- La-croix.com
- Humanite.fr
- Liberation.fr
- LesEchos.fr ⠀
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