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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