Simple comic strips for students5/31/2023 ![]() (From the word “talon d’Achille” = Achille’s heel)Ī great classic but can be difficult to understand. No introduction needed here either! (Click here for a sample.) No introduction needed here! (Click here for a sample.) ADVANCED The setting is mostly in his office where Fantasio is his work colleague. He’s the anti-hero by definition, always inventing dangerous or crazy things. Gaston Lagaffe (from the French une gaffe = a silly/stupid mistake) first only appeared in Spirou et Fantasio stories until his character became so popular that he got his own comic strip in 1960. It’s about two friends who have adventures together.Īlso a classic. Probably the oldest and most widely recognized comic strip. It depicts a stereotypical family life and can be a great comic strip to get if you’re planning on living in France for any amount of time. This is a classic comic strip about a boy, his parents and their dog. (And the classic “It’s good for kids’ sexual education” argument doesn’t stand.) INTERMEDIATE In case your kid gets this as a well-meant birthday present or brings one home from school. Most of the stories and jokes are way below the waistline and despite being a comic strip about a little schoolboy for children, it’s definitely not something you want to put in your kids’ hands. It’s hugely popular among young people but I personally find it highly distasteful. □Ī word about Titeuf: This is a comic strip that, I’m very sorry to say, was invented and created by a Swiss in 1993. If you want to do a funny exercise (in class or on your own), you can try to replace all the “schtroumpf” words with the correct French verb or adverb. It’s not like reading Les Schtroumpfs is going to much improve your French. ![]() Les Schtroumpfs (The Smurfs) – BELGIAN, 1958 (Click here for a sample.).Yakari (Native American Boy) – SWISS, 1969 (Click here for a sample.).Benoît Brisefer (Schoolboy) – BELGIAN, 1960 (Click here for a sample.).Cédric (Schoolboy) – BELGIAN, 1986 (Click here for a sample.).Les blagues de Toto (Schoolboy) – FRENCH, 2004.Most of the comic strips in this list are about the adventures of a little boy and are aimed at children which is why they are so great for you if you’re currently at an elementary level. The Belgians have a reputation for producing great comic strips and many of their creations have become classics in the French-speaking world, Tintin and Les Schtroumpfs (The Smurfs) probably being the most internationally famous of all.Īnd now, without further ado, here they are! ELEMENTARY It’s also worth noting that most of these comic strips are Belgian. (And comic strip is called une bande dessinée or BD in French.) The name of each comic strip also directly links to FNAC‘s store (the most popular books and multimedia store in France) if you want to have an idea of the book covers.įinally, most of the comic strips listed below are classics and been around for over 50 years. For example, Astérix et Obélix extrait or extraits and then clicking on Google Images for visual results. I’ve included a visual sample for each but you can find many more online by typing the name of the comic strip and “extrait”, meaning extract. Reading is the best way to improve your vocabulary.Ĭomic strips have various levels of difficulty so no matter what level of French you’re currently at, you’ll find something to improve your French, even to the point of not only understanding an Ach!lle Talon, but appreciating it’s sense of humour.īelow, I’ve broken down 18 comic strips according to their level of difficulty to help you pick something that is appropriate for your level. Yet, despite the fact that each speech or line is short, there is still a lot of new vocabulary that you can add to your language arsenal. What’s even better for language learners, is that most speech bubbles are usually quite short, making it easy to understand and follow along. ![]() Helpful and entertaining are the best way to describe using comic strips to learn and practice spoken French.ĭid it ever occur to you that reading French comic strips out loud is a fantastic way to practice and start speaking French? Most comic strips are stories in the form of dialog. What you learn in one piece of material you often find in another and so you avoid the tedious bore of repeating the same things with the same material. I often stress how important it is to use a variety of learning material to keep yourself entertained and motivated and because it’s a pleasant form of spaced repetition. Comic strips had never really been on my radar to help my students learn French, until one of them mentioned it to me one day, saying she was finding it very helpful and entertaining.
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