Basic vocabulary for trades and professions. Plus something about the subjects needed to study for such trades and professions.
YouTube video comprising a series of cards with sound to demonstrate the pronunciation of letters and words in French. Each letter is associated with a word and a vice gives teh pronunciation.
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Strand unit: French Language
Suggestions for use: Good resource to teach first years the pronunciation of letters.
Key Skills: Literacy
A detailed list of ideas on how to teach language acquisition using fun methods. Particularly geared towards younger learners.
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Suggestions for use: Excellent for both newly qualified teachers as well as experienced teachers who are looking for inspiration.
Jokes aimed at children. Cover a range of themes including Halloween, charades, riddles, animal jokes and family jokes. Useful for basic grammar and vocabulary.
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Strand unit: French Language
Suggestions for use: Encourage your students to create a weekly Blague de la semaine (Joke of the week) to display in school.
Key Skills: Communicating Literacy
Series of short maths addition, multiplication and division exercises using French language.
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Strand unit: Numbers
Suggestions for use: First year resource. Show after basic counting class.
Key Skills: Numeracy
Activity sheet that requires you to write out the French for large numbers, e.g 61, 1006 - and vice versa. Answers included.
View full descriptionThe alphabet sung in rhymm. As well as the A to Z it gives a word for each letter so you get D for domino and J for javelot etc. Good guide to pronuncation.
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Strand unit: Alphabet
Suggestions for use: Good to play to first years to give them a feel for pronuncation.
YouTube video of an alphabet song in French. Other than the alphabet itself, the only lyrics to this song are: 'C'est l'alphabet en Francais', which means 'It's the alphabet in French'
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Strand unit: Alphabet
Suggestions for use: Could be played to first years to give a feel for the sounding of letters in French.
Rap song version of the French alphabet. Only 1 min duration. Featuring the voices of Benoit Mansion and Sophie Mansion
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Strand unit: Alphabet
Suggestions for use: Might interest some students and would be a good introduction for First Years to the pronuncation of letters in French.
