KS2 French: How to introduce yourself

Video summary

Ben is learning French at school. He links up online with children in Marseille to practise and improve his French.

His new friends introduce themselves; they are Lili, Thibaud, Ingrid and Ulysse.

Ben introduces himself in French and learns that there is a range of greetings used in France. His new friends use Salut, Bon matin, Bonjour, Ça va bien?

Ben is then taken on a virtual mini-tour of their neighbourhood in the city of Marseille.

This clip is from the series Virtually There: France.

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Teacher Notes

This clip could be used to support learning of French greetings in class. Ask students to answer the register with Bonjour Monsieur/Madame. You could also compare the conventions of greetings in different countries; how do children greet each other in France and how is this different in the UK?

As a role-play activity ask pupils to imagine they are linking up online with a group of French children to practise greetings and introductions. Another role-play activity could be buying an ice cream at le glacier. Support pronunciation by highlighting the rising intonation used in questions, for example, Oùhabites-tu?, Ça va bien?

Make a classroom display of greetings by asking pupils to draw a portrait of themselves. They can then add a speech bubble with a greetings word or phrase written from memory.

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.

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Ben links up online with Ulysse in Marseille early one morning to learns about Ulysse’s morning routine.

Morning routines

An English schoolboy helps two of his French friends find a cafe.

Following directions

An English schoolboy meets a French family through the use of a tablet.

Meet the family

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.

Favourite hobbies

Ben links up online again with his friends in France who are in a supermarket buying ingredients to make pizzas for a 'Pizza Party'.

Shopping for food

A lively song to practise parts of the body with a focus on masculine and feminine nouns.

Masculine and Feminine body parts

A lively song to practise vocabulary for clothes and colours and a variety of other adjectives.

Clothes and colours

A lively song to practise the days of the week. A clip from a series teaching the basics of French.

Days of the week

Ben is keen to improve his French. He links up online with friends who are painting.

Painting together
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