Tag / French
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Introduce French in Key Stage 1 effectively
Well-prepared materials to help you teach French with confidence. Teaching French in Key Stage 1 offers numerous cognitive, cultural, and developmental benefits. Young children’s brains are highly adaptable, making it easier for…
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Higher French grades all round
Give students tried and tested memory tricks aimed at providing a basic grid through which they can learn and remember French grammar.
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Free PowerPoint of Olympic Sports in French
In four months the Summer Olympics will open in Paris. The inevitable media coverage means this will be ideal to link current events with the study of French.
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The fastest French
What is the fastest and most effective way of helping children master a wide range of key French phrases? Knowing a number of memory tricks can be a real bonus.
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Free French teaching resource – Bonjour ball game
Children retain more vocabulary or grammar in any language if they practise using it with a fun, challenging activity. Why not try this game with your class?
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Can children improve their memories?
Children need a way of making new information move from their short- to long-term memory, by associating each new piece of information with what is already known.
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Listen mum, I speak French
Teaching French with short plays can be so beneficial. By rehearsing and performing in French, children read, speak and hear the words.
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La Chandeleur, Pancake Day: free French teaching resource
Do your pupils know that France has already had ‘Pancake day’ on 2nd February? Do they know why it is celebrated then?
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The play is the thing
Children enjoy imagining, and then acting out the situations. Which is why a simple play in French can stimulate children’s progress in studying the language.
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It’s a curious thing…
If a word or phrase in French can be shown to link to something we are already familiar with in English, then it is much more likely to be remembered.
