ELECTRONIC BEEPING
PHONE RINGS
BEEPING STOPS
Hey Lili.
Salut Ben ! Ça va ?
Ça va bien. Et toi ?
Ça va bien merci. C'est mon anniversaire aujourd'hui !
You didn't tell me it was your birthday… Bonne anniversaire !
Merci !
Quelle age as-tu ?
J'ai treize ans. Treize ! Thirteen! Welcome to the teen years!
Merci ! Toute ma famille est là. Je veux te les présenter !
Great! I'd love to meet your family.
Voici mes parents ! Voici mon père Eric.
Ton père Eric.
Et voici ma mère Vanessa.
Ta mère Vanessa.
Papa Maman voici mon ami Ben.
BOTH: Bonjour Ben !
Bonjour monsieur. Bonjour madame. J'ai trois soeurs.
Tu as trois soeurs ?! Elles sont tres petites !
Hé !!!
Bonjour !
Nah you're not that little.
How do I says 'Do you have any brothers?'
Do you have… As-tu ! Lili as-tu des frères ?
Non je n'ai pas de frères mais j'ai deux cousines et un cousin !
ALL: Bonjour !
Bonjour le cousin et les cousines !
Voici mon grand-pèreet ma grand-mère. Ils sont très gentils !
BOTH: Bonjour !
Bonjour ! They do seem very nice.
Ben peux-tu prendre notre photo de famille s'il te plaît ?
Sure I'll take your family photo.
Je laisse la tablette ici. Et tu cliques. OK?
No problem. Allez !
Allez !
Ou est ton père?
Ah il est là. Mais… Je ne vois pas tongrand-père et ta grand-mère.
Voilà! Ta mère en arrière ! Ton cousin à droite !"
OK. Ready? Vous êtes prêts ?
ALL: Oui !
Cheese! I mean… fromage !
ALL: Fromage !
Nice one Ben.
Video summary
Ben is keen to improve his French. He links up online with Lili who lives in Marseille and meets her family.
Ben can see immediately that someone is celebrating their birthday, as there are balloons and decorations everywhere.
It is in fact Lili’s 13th birthday and she is celebrating with her family.
Lili introduces Ben to her parents, her three little sisters, three cousins and two grandparents.
Ben wonders if Lili has any brothers and works out how to ask this in French – Lili as-tu des frères?
Lili asks Ben to take a photo of her family.
He organises the family into the best position for a brilliant photo!
This clip is from the series Virtually There: France.
Teacher Notes
This could be used as a good listening activity for pupils to listen out for differences in frère/frères, sœur/sœurs, cousin/cousins?
How do they know the word is plural? What are the clues? E.g. trois sœurs, les cousins.
This could also support the use of classroom language by singing singing Joyeux anniversaire to pupils on their birthday.
Pupils could compare conventions of birthday celebrations in different countries.
What is similar and what is different? Invite pupils who speak other languages to share how they wish someone ‘happy birthday’.
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.
Favourite hobbies. video
Ben is waiting for his Mum to take him to his swimming lesson so decides to link up online with his friends in Marseille to find out their hobbies.
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.
