Mon JT Quotidien

After a long absence (Probation year much busier than expected!), finally another post. I am in the midst of preparing a lesson for S3. We are doing the "Ma Ville" Module of Métro 2 pour l'Ecosse. I found this great video clip about a man in Argentina who has built himself a house out of bottles that people had thrown out for recycling. http://www.monjtquotidien.com/video.3745.6-millions-de-bouteilles-de-verre-1-maison-et-0-gaspillage.php

Cross Curricular Resources

A charity called Plan International that carries out child-centred community development projects has developed various resources for use in schools. Some of these are now available in French. There are materials for 11-14 year olds on climate change, and for 16-18 year olds on women's rights. The materials can be accessed via their website - http://www.plan-ed.org/learningcentre/mfl/ They include some very good ideas for lessons, along with worksheets and a large resource library of photographs.

French Phonetics

Everything you ever wanted to know about French phonetics - sound files and exercises including tongue twisters - all on:

http://phonetique.free.fr/

Conjugaison's back !

Useful French website with conjugations of 8000 verbs no less!

http://www.la-conjugaison.fr/

Conjugating is fun but you need to practise.............

Les effets de la crise - quelle transformations sur l'argent de poche?

MSN have an interesting survey on their French pages at the moment showing the changes in buying behaviour of young people in France as a result of the credit crunch:

http://extras.finances.fr.msn.com/argent/etudiants/jeunes_et_argent.aspx

French website for kids and parents

If you haven't already stumbled across it, then check out:

http://www.momes.net/

It is a French educational site for kids and parents. There are all sorts of good things on there: French songs and nursery rhymes, and "Mini Dossiers" on topics such as pocket money, French festivals and school.

One stop shop for flashcards

I've just discovered a Flashcard making section on the Real French website. You can choose whether to print the flashcards with or without the French word or phrase on there, and most S1 and S2 topics are covered. The link is:

http://www.realfrench.net/voyez/

This will certainly save hunting around on Google images to create a set of Flashcards.