Posted by Aurélie Drouard

In: Reading B2, Listening or Seeing B2

Discussion of this exercise: 2

Jeanne d'Arc is one of the most famous women throughout French history. Listen and then read our bilingual article, the third in our series of Portraits français.

Note: The tenses in this French article and its English translation don't match! In French, we use the present tense to describe historical stories like this to evoke a sense of immediacy, whereas in English, we commonly use the past tense - learn more about historical French tenses.

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More about Jeanne d'Arc

• Jeanne d'Arc : biographie et historiographie
• Joan of Arc: warrior, military leader

• More French reading practice