Mostly I have focused on extensive reading, both in my research and practice. This is obvious from my DELF results, where listening, and especially speaking, were much worse than my reading and writing results in French. To build skill in listening requires suitable comprehensible input. There are various podcast and youtube channels that are recommended. Some have beginner content, others intermediate, and others cater to multiple skill levels. Partly for my own benefit and partly as a resource for others, I thought I’d list those I have found out about.

I should also mention that if something is too hard to comprehend because of the speed, you can always slow it down. If it is too hard because you are unfamiliar with most of the words, it is best to start with something easier and/or do more reading first. (Also, if it is too easy, you can speed it up).

Beginner channels.

• https://www.youtube.com/@FrenchComprehensibleInput – starts at A1 but also has content for higher levels
• https://www.youtube.com/@FrenchHappens
• https://www.youtube.com/@Frenchinmotion
• https://www.youtube.com/@Dreaming-French
• https://www.youtube.com/@aliceayel – start from story no. 1. Alice Ayel also has more advanced content.

I enjoyed the first one in the list. Dreaming-French has some very easy content, but it didn’t engage me to the same extent as French Comprehensible Input, but everyone has different interests.

There are also a few easy songs you can listen to (based on repetitiousness and vocabulary size).

Intermediate channels

At the intermediate level, the innerfrench.com is the most recommended. It starts slowly and has many episodes, which generally become gradually more difficult, apart from a few exceptions.

Another that has some interesting comprehensible content is Français avec Fluidité. There is an A2+ playlist (start here) as well as various interesting topic playlists. I feel as though it is slightly more difficult than the innerfrench podcasts but still quite comprehensible for an intermediate.