Médecins Sans Frontières

"Doctors Without Borders"
French B2 dictation exercise

Listen to Adrien's experience working for MSF.

Pay attention to the hints!

Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "venir en aide à", "s'engager auprès de", "une seule seconde", "s'attendre à ce que", "anticiper", "à quel point", "enrichissant", "une mission humanitaire", "se rendre [quelque part]", "un parcours", "inspirer [quelqu'un]", "s'impliquer dans", "prendre conscience de", "une zone de conflit".

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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