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.

Nos enfants nous accuseront - Trailer for French documentary on dangers of industrial farming methods

La Marche de l'Empereur - mais lequel?

Le beau Jonny et la belle Keira vous attendent....

Good site of the day!

Following my mini research project on perceptions of S2 pupils of the value of studying a foreign language, I found this really useful site with lots of great stuff for teaching kids the value of speaking a foreign language:

http://www.languageswork.org.uk/

There is a specific area on Spanish too, with ready made presentations, booklets and posters.

Bill Bailey does the hokey cokey in German

Il pleut, il mouille, c'est la fête à la grenouille!

Il me semble que pour une fois il fait beau à Glasgow, et il pleut en France!

Kamini - Marly Gomont (la ville vs la campagne!)

The Infamous Eddie Izzard Skit on Learning French

In case you haven't already seen it, here is the link to the Eddie Izzard stand-up about learning French (strong language warning - and not just his French!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1sQkEfAdfY

Le singe est dans L'arbre

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