In this section, read articles about a wide variety of topics. The articles are written for intermediate (CEFR level A1) learners.
You will improve your reading comprehension and develop your vocabulary on a diverse range of topics. Each article has a set of exercises to help you understand and use the language.
Marina is very happy. She is getting married! Marina is 24 years old and lives in the city of Saint-Louis, in Senegal. All of her family is from Senegal too. They are very excited about her wedding...
Cote d’Ivoire is a large country in West Africa. It has two important cities, Abidjan and Yamoussoukro...
Mali has very interesting cities. Let’s find out about some of them. Let’s find out about Bamako, Djenne and Timbuktu...
African cities are exciting. They are growing quickly each year. The cities are getting bigger and there are more people and more jobs. There are more restaurants and more nightlife – and more exciting things to do...
Yaounde is the capital of Cameroon. It s a very big city. More than 2 million people live in Yaounde...
Cote d’Ivoire is a large country in West Africa. It has about 26 million people. It is a very old country. People lived here thousands of years ago...
Senegal is a big country in West Africa. It has about 15 million people. It is the most western country in Africa or Europe, on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean...
There are many different languages in West Africa. It is a very multilingual part of the world. The millions of people who live in West Africa speak hundreds of different languages. Let’s find out about some of these languages...
When you watch TV in other countries, you think that people in Africa are poor and don’t have enough to eat. But did you know that in some places people are getting fat? This is a new problem...
Mali is a large country in West Africa. It has 18 million people. It is a big country – as big as Angola or South Africa...
