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Create meaningful conversations with real-world videos

Every week, Ilini selects topical videos including news, TV shows, culture, music and comedy. Ideal to make your students feel the pulse of the world in another language, and to start a conversation!
The videos are short, ideally suited for the classroom, and organized by difficulty levels. Your students will love our interactive player, featuring bilingual subtitles, slow motion and an integrated dictionary. Perfect for use in class, at home or anywhere with a smartphone.

Save hours of class preparation time

On Ilini, every video comes with printable lesson files, including:
  • Video transcript and translation
  • Comprehension Quiz
  • Listening & vocabulary activities (fill the gaps, phrase puzzles, anagrams and more)
Don't bother transcribing a video anymore! Simply pick a video and print out the files.

Give homework... that doesn't feel like homework

Use the Online Classroom to assign homework your students will enjoy. Ask them to watch a video, to take the quiz or to answer/discuss questions in writing. Set a deadline and review your students' work at one glance from your dashboard.

Testimonials

  Frankly essential!  

Danièle Bourdais
Author, BBC Talking the Talk French, Cambridge French Coursebook, ...
I recommend Ilini as a brilliant way to bring authentic up-to-date cultural material into the classroom. Ilini can genuinely broaden students’ horizons and increase motivation, while saving preparation time for the teacher.
Leigh Thomas
French teacher, BASIS Tucson North, Arizona, United States
This resource is SO rich! This is the resource of my dreams. I have always had to type up the scripts of videos myself, or had news reports but no video. This is the best of both worlds! Add in the translation and exercises, and it is the resource I have always dreamed of.
Isabelle Jones
Head of MFL, United Kingdom
I have found Ilini an excellent resource to enhance the teaching of the new A Level specification. The content is always recent and engaging and the videos an excellent way to practise the audio summary.
University of Oxford
Department of Education
A recommended resource for teachers and parents home-schooling during Covid-19 (...) across age ranges

  A really impressive resource  

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Level Test

Watch the video and answer 20 questions to assess your oral comprehension and skills. The test includes 12 questions based on the video to assess your understanding in chronological order, and 8 general knowledge questions to test your vocabulary and grammar skills.

This test is for self-assessment only. It provides an indication of your level to help you explore other learning content on Ilini. The test is not timed. You can pause the video, revisit previous questions, and use the player’s left and right arrows to move between sentences.

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Printables

Transcript

The video's full text in English.

Vocabulary

All the words you have clicked in this video: {{ userWordsInPost.length }} words.

Separate the words

Find the missing spaces in the video's transcript.

Order the sentences

Put the sentences back in the right order.

Fill the gaps - Verbs

Find the missing words in the video's transcript.

Fill the gaps - Nouns

Find the missing words in the video's transcript.

Word Puzzle - Verbs

Put the letters back in the right order to find the words heard in the video.

Word Puzzle- Nouns

Put the letters back in the right order to find the words heard in the video.

Phrase Puzzle

Put the words back in the right order.

Classroom Quiz

Same as the online Quiz, but on paper.
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Printables

Transcript

The video's full text in English.

Vocabulary

All the words you have clicked in this video: {{ userWordsInPost.length }} words.

Separate the words

Find the missing spaces in the video's transcript.

Order the sentences

Put the sentences back in the right order.

Fill the gaps - Verbs

Find the missing words in the video's transcript.

Fill the gaps - Nouns

Find the missing words in the video's transcript.

Word Puzzle - Verbs

Put the letters back in the right order to find the words heard in the video.

Word Puzzle- Nouns

Put the letters back in the right order to find the words heard in the video.

Phrase Puzzle

Put the words back in the right order.

Classroom Quiz

Same as the online Quiz, but on paper.
Credits: Ilini uses dictionary data from Wiktionary via Wikdict and DBnary licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The following icons from www.flaticon.com are licensed by CC 3.0 BY: King, Headphones, Geography, Text Entry Box, Winner, Postbox, Info and Rubik icons by Freepik; "File" and "Contract" Icons by Vectors Market; List and Idea icons by Madebyoliver; Cardiogram icon by Pixel perfect; Theater and Gift icons by Pixel Buddha. Hat icon by Dimitry Miroliubov. Award by Vectors Market. Folder by Smashicons.

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Online Classroom

The Online Classroom allows you to give and review student assignments.

Ask your students to:
- Watch a video
- Answer the video's comprehension quiz
- Submit a written assignment
- Download, print out and complete PDF worksheets.

You can create as many classes as needed and invite an unlimited number of students. Students only need a free account to join the classroom and to complete the assignments.
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