CHRISTMAS

Some differences between Christmas in France and here.
Laure talked about St Nicolas day on 5/6th December.
Cards are sent in the month of January for new year. Christmas cards are less common.
Robins aren't thought to be Christmassy and they don't have crackers.
Crib scenes (la crèche) are popular decorations.

We learnt 24 Christmas words(Appleworks file called Xmas bingo) in groups using sets of miniflashcards. I didn't go over the words first but let you work out the pronunciation. Each group had 8 words each and then we passed them on. (I had planned for 4 groups with 6 words) Of course Laure and I were on hand for reference. What did you think of this as an approach? I was also thinking of a way learners could select the Christmas words they wanted to know first. After finishing the learning we played bingo by giving out the individual cards 3 per person. After the first person gets 3 cards cards could be swapped.