Hexagonie, Part 1: An Innovative Way to Teach French

Description

Hexagonie provides an innovative way to teach French. Part 1 is aimed at pupils in Years 3 and 4 (or older pupils just starting to learn French).

• Systematic but flexible format makes scheme suitable for non-specialists and specialists.
• Language elements are introduced in a logical, easy-to-understand way, so that children quickly communicate with confidence.
• Breaks language down into manageable chunks and presents them in a methodical manner enabling pupils to feel that they can converse in French.
• Brings French to life, engaging pupils’ imaginations, and furthering their understanding of French language structures.
• Develops effective learning strategies that can be applied to other languages and across the curriculum.
• Comprehensive coverage of all Oracy and Literacy objectives of the KS2 Framework for Languages and many of those for intercultural understanding.

Topics introduced in Part 1:

• Greetings
• Classroom objects
• Colours
• Clothing
• Days of the week
• Rooms and furniture in the house
• Nationalities
• Numbers 1-20
• Parts of the body
• Family members
• Types of shop
• School subjects
• Sports

Language points covered:

• Un/une
• C’est… and ce n’est pas…
• Le/la/l’
• Être with je/tu/il/elle
• Negative sentences
• Prepositions
• Plural nouns/les
• Avoir with je/tu/il/elle
• Ma/mon/mes
• Sentences with il y a
• Ta/ton/tes and sa/son/tes<
• Parler, habiter and aimer with je/tu/il/elle