PHONE RINGS
Salut Ben !
Hiya guys. I just finished school and I'm waiting for my mum to pick me up.
What are you doing?
On vient de faire du volley dans le gymnase.
J'adore faire du volley.
Moi je n'aime pas faire du volley.
Ah bon ? Tu aimes faire quoi ?
J'aime nager.
Tu nages bien ?
Oui je nage bien.
Show me your swimming.
Er here? There's not enough water!
That's true.
What else do people at your school like to do?
On va demander ! Ouais !
Bonjour ! Tu aimes faire quoi ?
J'aime écouter de la musique !
You like listening to music? Nice.
Tu aimes faire quoi ?
J'aime lire.
Tu lis bien ?
Oui je lis très bien. J'aime faire du vélo.
Tu aimes faire du vélo? You like to cycle. Cool!
J'aime faire de la plongée.
Faire de la plongée? What's that? Oh scuba diving. 'Faire de la plongée' is scuba diving.
Bonjour !
Bonjour. Tu aimes faire quoi ?
Moi j'aime faire du théâtre.
J'adore faire du théâtre .I love doing theatre. J'aime jouer du piano. Tu aimes jouer du piano. Et je danse très bien !
THEY LAUGH
Moi j'aime dessiner ! Tu aimes dessiner ?
You like to draw?
Hé !
Salut Ben !
Salut Ulysse. Tu aimes faire quoi ?
J'aime jouer à la guitare. Je joue assez bien. Tu joues très bien !
MUM: Benjy! Come on. You'll be late for your swimming lesson.
It's not really a lesson. I don't need swimming lessons.
THEY LAUGH
OK so I'm not that good at swimming.
BOTH: Á bientôt Benjy !
Video summary
We meet Ben after school as he waits for his mum to take him swimming.
While he is waiting, Ben links up online with friends in Marseille to find out about hobbies in France.
Lili and Ingrid are about to go to their school gym to play volleyball.
The girls introduce Ben ‘virtually’ to other pupils at their school to help him find out about popular hobbies.
They take their tablet around their school interviewing several fellow pupils.
They ask the question Tu aimes faire quoi? and find out about a wide variety of hobbies including guitar, piano, listening to music, reading, cycling, skateboarding, scuba diving, horse riding, drama, drawing and playing the drums.
This clip is from the series Virtually There: France.
Teacher Notes
This clip could be use to support understanding of grammar by comparing I like volleyball with J’aime le volleyball. Draw pupils attention to the correct definite article i.e. le/la. For example la musique but le théâtre.
It could also be used to practise expressing likes and dislikes. Ask pupils to respond to the question Tu aimes eg le théâtre? by (a) holding thumbs up or down (b)answering oui/non © answering in a sentence eg Oui, j’aime/j’adore le théâtre.
A good listening activity is to call out one of the hobbies for pupils to mime.
These clips could be used for teaching French at KS2 in England, Foundation KS1,KS2 in Northern Ireland, KS2 and KS3 in Wales and 2nd Level in Scotland.
Morning routines. video
Ben links up online with Ulysse in Marseille early one morning to learns about Ulysse’s morning routine.
Following directions. video
An English schoolboy helps two of his French friends find a cafe.
How to introduce yourself. video
Ben links up online with children in France and practices French greetings before they take him on a virtual tour of their neighbourhood.
Meet the family. video
An English schoolboy meets a French family through the use of a tablet.
Shopping for food. video
Ben links up online again with his friends in France who are in a supermarket buying ingredients to make pizzas for a 'Pizza Party'.
Masculine and Feminine body parts video
A lively song to practise parts of the body with a focus on masculine and feminine nouns.
Clothes and colours. video
A lively song to practise vocabulary for clothes and colours and a variety of other adjectives.
Days of the week. video
A lively song to practise the days of the week. A clip from a series teaching the basics of French.
Painting together. video
Ben is keen to improve his French. He links up online with friends who are painting.
