We've just published a special resource to go with this short animation on the topic of the environment, so if you're looking to make authentic listening more accessible … job done! Students can get bored with predictable textbook listening tasks and... read more

Thanks to @MFLCorner for highlighting this environmentally-aware song on YouTube: Recyclez! Teaching ideas Using songs can be a really effective way of helping some students memorise key phrases. Challenge groups to listen to the clip as many... read more

Les énergivOres (www.energivores.tv) is a great site for the environment topic, with short, quirky, educational animations on a range of issues. Try the clip entitled 'Les incarnés' (1min 43 secs) to show the true cost of our reliance on meat. Teaching... read more

Paris sans voiture? Quelle bonne idée! 27 September will be a 'car-free' day in Paris, and although this restriction will only apply to certain zones, it  will certainly make crossing the road in the French capital a lot less stressful. For A level students... read more

This interesting article about the use of household waste to create fuel in the Republic of Cameroon would make good reading for A level groups studying the energy topic. Teaching ideas Ask the students to create a flowchart using an app or a PowerPoint... read more

La Recharge (www.la-recharge.fr) bills itself as 'la première épicerie sans emballages jetables' and would be a great site to use for the environment topic at GCSE or A level. Try setting the questions below as a homework task. For A level students, simply... read more

This article from the website Réseau Terre Interactif is all about reducing water consumption. It would make a useful authentic text to use with A level students beginning the environment topic. Teaching ideas Copy and paste the text into Word,... read more

This video would be a good introduction to the French A2 environment topic as it outlines very clearly the causes and effects of climate change. The graphics and labels in the video make this far easier to understand than it might first appear. ... read more

Here's an interesting starter for German A2 students studying the environmental topic: a video about the effects of global warming on walruses in Alaska. Teaching ideas Set up the video to play mute on full screen (so the title and commentary... read more

This short report about France's first cooperative wind-farm would be ideal for A2 French students studying the environment topic. The extract runs from 1m 42s to 3m 34s of the programme Coup de Pouce pour la planète on TV5. Teaching ideas To... read more

An intriguing video clip about a lake which has recently appeared in the Tunisian desert as if by magic … but with a disturbing twist in the tale. Teaching ideas This 50-second clip gives the story with three short bits of text. 1. Play the clip... read more