Easy French News

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French news in levels: A1, A2, B1 and the original

Every story on Easy French News is published at four reading levels. Start where you can follow the meaning without stopping, and move up when a level starts to feel easy — the story stays the same, so you can reread the harder version and see exactly what changed.

Which level should you read?

A1 — Beginner French

NCLC 1–2

Real French news as short A1 briefs (NCLC 1–2): about 300 words, present tense, and the most common French words. A new story every day, with audio and word lookup.

A2 — Elementary French

NCLC 3–4

Real French news as A2 briefs (NCLC 3–4): about 500 words with context and reactions, everyday vocabulary, past and future tenses. Practise reading at elementary level.

B1 — Intermediate French

NCLC 5–6

Intermediate French reading practice with real news at B1 (NCLC 5–6): natural sentence structure, full context, and authentic vocabulary. Compare against the original French.

B2–C1 — Original French

NCLC 7–10

The article as it was published, for when the B1 version stops feeling like work. This is the register TEF and TCF Canada score as NCLC 7 and above. Every article links to its original source.

CEFR levels and Canadian NCLC benchmarks

Preparing for TEF Canada or TCF Canada? Those exams report results on the Niveaux de compétence linguistique canadiens (NCLC), not CEFR. Here is how the four reading levels line up, and how to use the site for the exam.

Reading levelCEFRNCLC
BeginnerA11–2
ElementaryA23–4
IntermediateB15–6
OriginalB2–C17–10

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