Oral comprehension - training time: Crossing borders - terminales

Listen to the radio report. Don't stop it: you will hear the report 3 times. (one minute of silence has been included in the audio file). Then you'll have 10 minutes to write your report.

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Barack Obama - Four More Years

President Barack Obama has been re-elected to a second term defeating republican challenger Mitt Romney.

Oral comprehension : Training time Terminales LV2

Listen to the document 3 times, take notes and write a report in French.
Then check what you've written and compare with the correction.



Transcript and correction

Famous black leaders: Martin Luther King and Malcom X

Martin Luther King

Malcom X

Martin Luther King and Malcom X supported two different types of action to reach their ultimate goal.
Martin Luther King relied on peaceful means of protest such as sit-ins, marches, demonstrations and debates, whereas Malcolm X suggested people should use violence in order to obtain what they wanted, that is to say freedom, equality and justice.
Martin Luther was convinced that his non-violent struggle would have a positive outcome, although it was long and painful.
Unlike Martin Luther King, Malcom X thought marches and demonstrations were totally useless. He disapproved of his way of fighting. He believed in action and nationalism.

Malcolm X

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M. Luther KING - "I have a dream" with subtitles

Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech "I have a dream" in Washington D.C., on August 28, 1963.
Here is a short extract with English subtitles.