Un professeur austère

"An austere teacher"
French C1 dictation exercise

Listen to Paul describing a rather strange teacher he had at school.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "la première fois que...", "paraître [quelque chose] à [quelqu'un]", "revêche", "acariâtre", "un individu", "imposant", "être affublé.e de [quelque chose]", "une blouse", "rendre [quelqu'un] + [adjectif]", "les traits du visage", "laisser paraître", "le/la moindre [chose]", "chaque fois que ...", "le seuil", "[chose et chose] confondu(e)s", "se taire", "à l'unisson", "un silence religieux (exp.)", "nul ne...", "oser [faire]", "rompre", "tomber (silence)", "épais.se", "un regard d'acier", "toiser [quelqu'un]", "soutenir l'intensité de [quelque chose]", "lorsque", "prendre la parole", "retenir son souffle", "prier", "tant redouté.e", "tu parles !", "porter un patronyme", "jurer avec [quelque chose]", "à ce point".

I'll play you French speech in sections for you to transcribe

  • Start by listening to the whole piece then hit start
  • Play each section and write down what you hear
  • I'll show you correct answers after each for you to mark yourself
Start the exercise
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