33. L'école en France: a spot-the-odd-one-out game
33. L'école en France: a spot-the-odd-one-out game - click to download mp3
Bonjour à tous et à toutes: Juliet and Jean-Baptiste wish Ali a good day at school.
Mme Réponse-à-tout on French schools: Lubna wants to know some information about primary schools in France - in particular that are the different year groups called?
Le jeu de l’intrus (Odd one out): The presenters challenge Angèle and Mehdi to play ‘Odd one out’. They give them a selection of words linked to primary school but one is the ‘odd one out’.
34. Song: 'Dans mon école'
34. La chanson: 'Dans mon école' - click to download mp3
Song: ‘In my school’
See below for a video of the song including the lyrics on screen.
35. How accents affect pronunciation in French
35. Grammar: how accents affect pronunciation in French - click to download mp3
Mme Réponse-à-tout on grammar/pronunciation: Lubna wants to know the difference between 'préfère' and 'préféré'. Mme Réponse-à-tout explains that 'préféré' means ‘favourite’ - eg 'Ma matière préférée, c’est la musique' ('My favourite subject is music'); the other word - 'préfère' - is used as a verb: J'e préfère la musique' ('I prefer music'). She also has some advice on the pronunciation of both these words.
36. Story: 'Angèle s'énerve'
36. L'histoire: 'Angèle s'énerve' - click to download mp3
Story: 'Angèle gets angry'
Angèle’s parents are having a party. Angèle is getting fed up with everyone asking her how old she is, what year she is in, what’s her favourite subject, etc. So she pretends to be 13-year-old Philomène who loves studying philosophy at secondary school!
Listen to all four clips as a single audio file.
Watch an animated version of the song.
document
Download the transcript/translation of 'Les L'école' (pdf).
Curriculum guidance
This series has been designed to complement a school’s existing programmes of work for teaching French. It has been written for 9 to 11 year olds who have been learning French for one or two years. However, teachers may also find that aspects of the programmes are suitable for younger language learners.
Teacher's Notes
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7. Les loisirs
The topic is hobbies.
8. Les vêtements
The topic is clothes.
10. La technologie
The topic is technology.
