Results and " prize giving"

Your assignments have been of a high standard.

You are invited to come along to Woodstock on Wednesday 18 June at 4pm to get your marks, feedback and lesson plans returned to you.

We appreciate the work put into achieving this qualification. Well done everyone!

Fou de fa fa by Flight of the Conchords

Just for fun!

MDR Clip : Foux_Du_Fafa MDR
Uploaded by Cockney

Video of activity

An American teacher Madame Thomas has pupils do an activity with "baby boxes" on subject of mal à la etc
Quite interesting!

Exams & Laure's night out.

I have taken the assessments to Craigie for moderation. I am delighted to say thatt he standard is very high! So you can all breathe a sigh of relief!

The "prize giving" is Wed 18th June when you can collect your plans etc.

Are you up for a night out with Laure on Thursday 29th May?
Email me or comment if you can come.

Module 1 Assignment due this week

Tracey reminds me that you don't have the anonymous cover sheets. I was waiting to get the new ones from UWS but they haven't materialised.
I will leave some of the old ones at reception. You need to sign them. If anyone wants me to post one eg Liz, I will get on to that on Monday.

The assignment is to be 1000 words.

Ann's powerpoint is is "my teaching files"

Bonne chance!

Module 1 Assignment (updated)

I have uploaded Ann's powerpoint on Current issues to my teaching files
blackboard log in page
I have also uploaded the 4 .pdf files that are on blackboard for those who can't get in.
Citizens of a multilingual world (Mulgrew report)
Other useful links
good rationale in 5-14 Guidelines published 2000
the MFLE
CILT and NACELL English bodies but lots of useful stuff
Scottish CILT

PS I have also uploaded 2 docs Writing tips and Referencing your writing which emanated from the university.

Clothes topic - Dorothy la valise song

This link seems to work in school!

Laure

Get a Voki now!

ideas

Lots of simple ideas on this site http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/mfl/mfl.htm

Writing

I have been marking the writing.
Here is a summary of typical mistakes, corrected
mon anniversaire est le cinq mai (formula for date : le + cardinal number (except premier) then month, no “of” no “c’est)
j’aime les chats et les chiens mais je n’aime pas les souris (plural –s which you don’t pronounce, use of the definite article (the) after likes, dislikes)
use of avoir (have) with age il a 20 ans / ils ont 5 et 7 ans
elle est petite et a 3 ans (you need the a as the verb has changed)
je ne suis pas + adjective = I am not tall/ happy/ married etc
je regarde la télévision / j’aime regarder la télévision
j’aime le théâtre / j’aime aller au théâtre (j’aime followed by the infininitive –er)
du vin / beaucoup de vin / un verre de vin use of “de” after beaucoup and amounts
l’école / une école difficulty with l'
et = and
the ability to spell some basic voc eg soeur frère deux

Rather belatedly, I found some quia exercises to help practise
http://www.quia.com/cz/126852.html family description etre or avoir
http://www.quia.com/cz/4057.html family description
http://www.quia.com/pop/40912.html questions about the Simpsons
http://www.quia.com/cz/3536.html family information the Simpsons


http://www.quia.com/cz/132271.html food du or de
http://www.quia.com/pop/194466.html food du, de la
http://www.quia.com/pop/194465.html food likes

http://www.quia.com/jg/1331211.html match numbers 1-20
http://www.quia.com/rd/6820.html number order
http://www.quia.com/jg/523758.html quel and quelle

Pâques

The main difference in customs is that the Easter eggs are dropped from the bells returning from Rome on Easter morning.

fetes-enfants poems etc

Easter story for whiteboard

song about chocolate for whiteboard

http://www.vive-paques.com songs and rhymes

To the tune of Frère Jacques

Jour de Pâques (x2)
Dormez-vous? (x2)
Ecoutez les cloches (x2)
Ding, dang, dong (x2)

Jour de Pâques (x2)
Dormez-vous? (x2)
Regardez les oeufs (x2)
Ding, dang, dong (x2)

How cool is this?

but will it work in school?

Get a Voki now!

Dans la salle de classe

Tomorrow we'll do classroom objects -CAN YOU BRING PROPS like rubber, ruler jotter?
Your requests for revision
EASTER too
Time to prepare and practise Micro teaching
A demain!

Visite à Beauvais

Samedi je suis allée à Beauvais en Picardie avec des amis de la classe. Nous avions l'intention de passer une véritable journée française. Aussi c'était l'anniversaire de Marie qui s'est bien amusée. Nous avons pris le petit déjeuner dans un café puis nous sommes allés au marché où nous avons fait des achats. Nous avons visité la cathédrale et d'autres monuments de la ville. Nous sommes entrés dans tous les magasins du centre-ville. Nous avons pris beaucoup de photos et acheté des livres pour l'enseignement. Du vrai CPD!

Marie prend le petit déj


Caption competition ..........


Le dîner - Christine se concentre sur ses moules!

Sound files

I have put the latest recordings in a file called AUDIO in My Teaching Files. They are animals and team games from last week plus 2 files on personal information. You could try doing them as a dictation in preparation for theModule 1 writing on Tuesday!

Am stram gram and other counting out rhyme

Am stram gram (nonsense rhyme & Nicola's favourite!))
Am stram gram
Pic et pic et colégram
Bourre et bourre et ratatam
Am stram gram pic dam


Pomme de reinette
Pomme de reinette et pomme d'api (small apples!)
d'api d'api rouge
pomme de reinette et pomme d'api
d'api d'api gris

music

Writing

Hobbies
Dans mes moments de libre j'aime la lecture. Mon auteur préféré est Jane Austen. En ce moment je suis en train de lire Pride and Prejudice. J'aime aussi faire la cuisine en particulier la cuisine indienne.
Quand il fait beau je fais du cyclisme ou je fais des promenades. (see sheet on verb faire for others)
Le samedi j'aime aller à Glasgow avec une amie faire des achats. Nous déjeunons dans un restaurant et bavardons beaucoup.
Le soir je regarde un DVD avec mon mari et nous prenons un verre de vin.

Explaining your lesson in French

Using aller + INF is a really easy way of explaining what you are going to do.
(see the Nicolas' game )
eg Je vais cacher … I'm going to hide sth
Vous allez fermer les yeux. you're going to shut your eyes
Aujourd'hui on va apprendre les parties du corps. Today we're going to learn the parts of the body
Maintenant vous allez desssiner…. now you're going to draw …

Only gets complicated with reflexive verbs or when using pronouns
eg
Vous allez vous asseoir you are going to sit - better to say asseyez-vous
Vous allez me montrer you are going to show me - better to say montrez-moi

Beauvais preparation

What region of France is Beauvais in?
What département?

What is the weather forecast?
BBC 5 day
http://www.meteofrance.com

Have a look at the menu at the Zinc bleu brasserie
http://www.zinc-bleu.com

Tourist info

Web check in (if you ordered that) can be done at home up to 2 days before flight. Remember to check in for the return flight too!
Go straight through the security and we'll meet up in the departure lounge.
Check out the weather forecast - it was bitterly cold when I was there in October.
You won't be able to buy liquids until the "duty free".

Blackboard log on

I now have a default log on you can all use. I will email it out as I don't want to post it on a public forum!

the Nicolas' game

Team race to find animals. You need to hide (cacher) cuddly toys in the room. You could have enough cats for example for one per team , or you could have just 1.

Alors, formez deux équipes de 5 personnes. (point to) numéro un, numéro deux etc
Moi je vais cacher des animaux et vous allez trouver les animaux (à tour de rôle).
Si je dis "trouvez le singe" la première personne dans chaque équipe va chercher le singe.
La première personne à trouver le singe gagne un point pour son équipe.

Maintenant je vais cacher les animaux. Fermez les yeux. Ne trichez pas!

Bravo, cette équipe-ci a gagné! Félicitations! On essaie encore?

(Note to the Nicolas, start with alors not d'accord. Since d'accord means OK I'm in agreement it doesn't make sense to start with it. You could say Vous allez chercher des animaux, d'accord?)

animals

We learnt animal vocab using some really cute finger puppets of jungle animals I got from Puppets by post (amongst other suppliers)
Started with flashcard-type showing and guessing.
Then we passed them round and included some duplicates that the teachers had brought.
Practice saying the animal and the class hold up the roght animal. Vary by passing them around pass the parcel style.
class says J'ai un …
increase what they can say eg
j'ai un lion qui s'appelle Max
Then work with partner . Puppets can talk to each other using personal language.
We looked at how the words were written. All but le singe were cognates. How will we remember singe means monkey. Picture a monkey sitting by a fire and singeing his fur!
Worked in pairs with further words of vocab from the .pdf file pets.
We brainstormed activities with animals and worked on pairs on the language to explain.

I have posted 2 files in ANIMALS folder
Also posted succes criteria for microteaching.

We also did language for organising team games which I haven't posted yet but will do from home.

audio tracks

These are the tracks in the CD I gave out today. More next week!
1 01 Sound System
2 numbers 1-10 Laure
3 Numbers 11- 22
4 polite
5 name
6 Age
7 an en NASAL
8 in NASAL
9 la famille
10 numbers 0 -100
11 on NASAL
12 UN nasal
13 Colour1
14 colour2
15 Alphabet
16 happy families game
17 Commands (vous)
18 être
19 avoir
20 aller
21 faire
22 les snacks
23 Food
24 drinks
25 Question forms
26 les glaces
27 les fruits
28 les aliments
29 j'aime les frites
30 fast food
31 foods that rhyme
32 veggies
33 meals
34 more food
35 semi cons A
36 B Fille
37 D detals
38 C soleil
39 G juillet
40 F ecureil
41 E brouiillard
42 H moyen

Tuesday 26 Feb

After viewing some micro teaching I think we should practise some classroom language and instructions. Have a look over the sheet (commands - vous)
We'll also do some instructions for organising team games and active games.

I am working on the success criteria for the microteaching. Have asked tutor Margaret to add her suggestions and we should have it ready for Tuesday.

I thought we ought to do animals too - that is a good topic for microteaching I think!
Can you bring along some animal toys cuddly ones or plastic farm or zoo animals?
Much more fun than flashcards!

LOGGING ON TO BLACKBOARD

I have spoken to Ann and she says all you need to log on is your BOO number and the password is you date of birth.
Blackboard log in page

Also she said they have sent out another form to Graeme and agsin to Liz!! Please fill in and return.
Email me if you don't have a BOO number!!

Using word cards for active learning

Have words of a phrase or sentence on pieces of card
Leave sets on the table when class comes in
They have to take a word card each and physically form themselves into the phrase
Good for revision and for getting started as soon as they come in. Points could be fiven to the quickest table etc

This is also very good for showing patterns eg question forms

Can be made easier if more than one word is on the card eg
une pomme rather than une pomme

Or give each member a card as they come in
Teacher says a sentence in French and they have to run to the front to form a sentence. Can make it harder by saying the sentence in English.

semi consonants

Pronunciation Practice semi consonants - the “Y” effect [j]

I have uploaded Appleworks doc of notes below plus mp3 audio files to the Pronunciation folder

A -i.., ..y.. (followed by a stressed vowel) [j]
le pied, le chien (foot, dog)
le yaourt, le crayon (yogurt, pencil)

B -ill.. [ij]
la fille girl
la famille family
gentille kind
la chenille caterpillar
le papillon butterfly
l’aiguille needle
le soleil brille the sun is shining
(exceptions ville [vil] mille, village, million, tranquille
town, 1000, village, 1,000,000 quiet)

C -eil -eille [Ej]
le soleil, le réveil, un appareil, avoir sommeil (sun, alarm, camera, to be sleepy)
une bouteille, se réveiller, la veille de Noël, l’oreille (bottle, to wake up, Xmas eve,ear)
vieil, (before vowel,otherwise vieux) vieille old
pareil, pareille same
Mireille

Read:-
Quand Mireille s’est réveillée, le soleil brillait. Elle avait toujours sommeil. Elle a bu une vieille bouteille de vin rouge la veille.

compare -
D -ail les détails, l’ail, le rail, le vitrail, (details, garlic, rail, stained glass window)

-aille [aj ] la taille, le taille-crayon, le maillot, la bataille
(size or height, pencil sharpener, vest or shirt, battle)

E -ouill.. [uj]
le brouillard fog
la grenouille frog
la ratatouille
mouillé soaking wet

Read:-
Dans le brouillard, une grenouille mouillée mange de la ratatouille

F -euil -euille, -œil, -œille [œj]
un écureuil squirrel
la feuille leaf
un œil eye
un œillet carnation
cueillir to pick (flowers)

Read:-
Elle a vu un oeil d’écureuil derrière une feuille
Elle a cueilli des œillets.

G -uill
- uy + stressed vowel [yj]
juillet July
la cuillère spoon
bruyant noisy
la bruyère heath

H -oy + stressed vowel [waj]
moyen average M
moyenne average F
la voyelle vowel

les pays francophones

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French-speaking_countries
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pays_francophone in French

French Government site on DOM TOM http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/outremer/front?id=outremer/decouvrir_outre_mer
You can download (télécharger) a nice map on the right hand site

Webquest
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/hintz/webquest2/sdhindex.html#resources

You tube songs

I found lovely videos of nursery rhymes on youtube

Including j'aime la galette the song for la fête des rois

Beauvais

The big day trip to Beauvais is on Saturday 8 March. Ryanair prices are at 1p each way. Total cost if paying by credit card … £16 that is no bagage and online check in. Last week it was £60 no rhyme nor reason to the prices. You just have to be ready to go for it.
See previous posts here
and here

Mardi Gras

Here is the transcription of what i said yesterday about Mardi Gras:

Mardi Gras est une fête que tous les enfants français attendent avec impatience car pendant ce jour ils ont le droit de se déguiser!
Vous en avez peut être entendu parler car on célèbre cette fête à la Nouvelle Orléans aux Etats Unis. Là bas, cette fête est célébrée un peu différement d'en France puisqu'ils organisent un grand Carnaval dans les rues de la ville et que les adultes eux aussi y participent.
A l'origine Mardi Gras était aussi célébré comme ça en France. Historiquement c'était une fête importante car elle permettait d'apaiser les tensions sociales. A cette occasion le peuple pouvait se déguiser en Roi et le Roi en gens du peuple!

Aujourd'hui en France, seuls les enfants se déguisent. Parfois ils peuvent même le faire dès le matin et aller a l'école avec leurs déguisements. Dans certaines écoles des concours du meilleur déguisement ont lieux.
Après l'école, les enfants vont en groupes ramasser des bonbons chez les gens.
Quand j'étais petite j'adorais cette fête. Pas seulement parce que je pouvais me déguiser mais aussi parce que je pouvais aller dans les rues de mon village avec mes amis et rentrer après que la nuit soit tombée!
Si historiquement cette fête servait à apaiser les tensions sociales, aujourd'hui elle a encore un rôle pour la société. Pour ce jour précis, les enfants ont le droits d'être qui ils veulent (princesses, chats, pompiers,...) et de ne pas suivre la règle habituelle du "rentre avant qu'il fasse nuit" prononcée par les parents!

FRENCH SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Apart from France and the European countries of Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg Monaco and Quebec Province in Canada there are many French speaking countries (pays francophones) in Africa, the Caribbean and French Polynesia which offer great opportunities for studying wider world issues with International Education and Citizenship themes in line with CfE guidelines.

Task:
Find a French speaking third world country and find out what you can about their daily life and in particular their food. Note any good resources eg websites or books

Deadlines

Module 1 Essay assignment on Current Issues in MLPS 1 May
Module 1 French writing to be done in Class on 11 March

Module 1 and 2 Microteaching to be done in class - some on 18 some on 25 March

Module 2 lesson plans to be handed in to Woodstock by 1 April

Am writing this from memory, correct me if I am wrong!!

Food activities (results of homework)

• bingo from Chelsea using SparkleBox flashcards

• Kim’s game from Nicola C using real or play food Use real life or play food and introduce or revise vocabulary using the food as flashcards. Eg regardez et écoutez - la pomme, la pomme de terre etc. Get the children to repeat after you. Ecoutez et répétez. On va faire un jeu qui s’appelle… Explain rules of game in French by saying you will close your eyes - fermez les yeux. open your eyes - ouvrez les yeux. then ask what is missing - qu'est qu'il manque? Children guess using the French vocab. Limit the amount of tries. with more able children have more examples and take more of them away (differentiate according to your class). This is an activity that can be adapted to any French vocabulary.

• Shopping list: writing, dictionary list ingredients for an omelet or a crêpe

• Dictation or test vocab: using mini whiteboards

• Nicola M Listen and draw on a plate template

• Tracey H crossword

• Français Français has a song Vous désirez, madame? and their resources cd has FCs

• Liz; ELC magnetic Shopping Game or Orchard Toys Les courses à faire or critical skills task – make your own

Any more I missed?

I'll post the relevant files in My Teaching Files which is on a different webspace. (Password needed related to where I live, in the … email me if you don't know)

Mardi Gras

Aujourd'hui c'est mardi gras le dernier jour avant le Carême. Nous devons manger des crêpes!
Il y a des activités et une recette pour des crêpes chez fête-enfants

Happy Families Video clips

Here is a nice clip from BBC learning zone lasting 3 minutes of a family playing happy families

There are lots of interesting clips here

I like the tongue twisters here
je veux et j'exige I want and I demand
pruneau cru pruneau cuit 10x raw prune cooked prune

5 February

First very many apologies if you turned up on Tuesday there. I sent emails to your HTs on Friday listing all the names as the other class was off too, posted it here and then thought to email your home emails as well so thought I had it covered. I realise now that not everyone is as attached to your computer and emails as I am.

Anyway this week Ann McDaid will be doing her module 1 input which will probably be no more than 40 minutes. Anyone in Module 2 should benefit from this unless they did year 4 option with Ann last year. I'll ask Laure to prepare some reading passages for pronunciation practice as an alternative.

Homework: prepare a simple game/activity on the subject of food. You don't have to explain it all in French we can go over that together. Aim is to have a bank of activities that we can share (ideally digitally so bring it on a stick or email it) Do not spend hours on this!

Tongue twister

Here's the one about saucisses:
Si six cent scies scient six cent saucisses,
six cent six scies scieront six cent six saucissons

If 600 saws saw 600 sausages
606 saws will saw 606 sausages

une saucisse is one you heat and eat whole
un saucisson is one you slice eg un saucisson sec - salami
I think - Laure will correct me if that's not right

Find lots more here

Amounts - grammar

a cup of tea, a bottle of beer, a kilo of cheese, a box of chocolates, lots of presents, a bottle of oil

in all of these, the word for “of” is de or the shortened form d’

une tasse de thé
une bouteille de bière
un kilo de fromage
une boîte de chocolates
beaucoup de cadeaux
une bouteille d'huile

This is quite straightforward and the same as English.
QUiA exercise here

Confusion occurs because of the Partitive (du, de la, de l’ and des)
je voudrais du thé I would like tea or I would like some tea
il y a de la bière there is (some) beer
tu veux du fromage? do you want (some) cheese?
il y a des chocolats there are (some) chocolates
j’ais reçu des cadeaux I got (some)presents

Note that de (d’) is a different entity to the Partitive (du, de la, de l’ and des)

The same set (du, de la, de l’ and des)can also mean “of the” or “from the”
le sommet de la colline the top of the hill
le coin de la rue the corner of the street
le mari de la femme the husband of the woman the woman’s husband
une lettre de la Mairie a letter from the Town Hall

Textos Français

For interest - I mentioned A+ à plus see you later in class. Here's a link to a whole lot more!

Class on Tuesday 29 January cancelled

It is silly to drag you in to work on computers and for me to dash back from Glasgow. I will post homework for the 5th shortly. Watch this space.

More Food

Today I have added to FOOD folder mp3s of veggies, meals, more food and foods that rhyme and the Appleworks docs Foods that rhyme and the answers.

University registration

Liz mentioned yesterday that she has not had a form from the university. I enwuired today and they said it went on 17 October but they would dend another. Has anyone else not received a form to complete?
have Tracey amd Jackie sent their initial forms away?

FOOD SONGS

Type your text in comments. Since I cannot edit the Comments I have pasted the songs here adding accents etc where necessary! Great songs! Waiting impatiently for Marie and Mary's! We will have to have a sing off to see who wins le facteur X ! (think that means Postman X but never mind!)

j'aime le melon, j'aime le melon
je deteste les bonbons
je n'aime pas les escargots
j’adore le gâteau
(tune - My Clementine)
Graeme & Tracey

J'aime le melon, j'aime le citron
J'aime les bonbons au chocolat
Je n'aime pas le raisin blanc
Je préfère une bouteille de vin blanc

To the tune of Twinkle Twinkle
ANNE AND NICOLA C

J'aime les bonbons, j'aime les bonbons
Et le melon, et le melon
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes manger?
Qu'est-ce que tu aimes manger?
Miam, miam, miam. Miam, miam, miam

Tu aimes les croissants, tu aimes les croissants
Et le pâté, et le pâté
Nous aimons la pizza, nous aimons la pizza
Bon appétit, bon appétit!

To the tune of Frère Jacques
By Chelsea and Laura

J'aime le melon
J'aime le saumon
Sur la table, sur la table
Je n'aime pas le citron
Je n'aime pas les oignons
Je préfère les bonbons

Nicola M and Liz
The tune of 3 Blind Mice

J'aime le chocolat (x2)
Je n'aime pas le vin (x2)
Je déteste les escargots (x2)
J'aime le chocolat (x2)

J'aime l'ananas (x2)
je n'aime pas le coca (x2)
je détest le raisin blanc (x2)
J'aime l'ananas

Question words practice

Here is how you form "What"

Que is basic word for what in sentences like "what are you doing?" Que fais-tu?
est-ce que is a common way of forming a question (instead of inversion) and means is it that?
to put the 2 together you need to change que to qu'
so Qu'est-ce que Qu'est-ce que tu fais?

If the next word begins with a vowel the that last -e becomes '
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a …? What is there …?

If what goes with a noun then it is quel, quelle, quels, quelles depending on the noun.
eg Quel temps? Quel âge? Quelle heure? Quelle couleur? Quels sont tes passe-temps préférés?

There are notes with examples in the GRAMMAR folder in My Teachig Files

Here is a quia exercise on question words to practise.

ML Outcomes

You can download the draft outcomes and experiences for Modern Languages here.

You should read the Modern Languages Cover paper first.

There is a move towards linking knowledge of English to second language learning (developing literacy skills); to experiential learning and to developing more of a skills than a content base. It is more than learning a lot of words. Pupils need to be able to use them in a meaningful context.


Learning a new language encourages children and young people to broaden their horizons as they explore the language and its associated culture.

Through my learning of a new language:

I gain a deeper understanding of my first language and appreciate the richness and interconnected nature of languages

I enhance my understanding and enjoyment of other cultures and of my own and gain insights into other ways of thinking and other views of the world

I develop skills that I can use and enjoy in work and leisure throughout my life.



Overarching experiences for all language learning

The study of new languages plays an important role in all language learning and the development of literacy skills.

In all my language learning:

I communicate, collaborate and build relationships

I learn to reflect on and explain my thinking

I develop my understanding of how language works and what is special, vibrant and valuable about other languages and cultures and my own

I engage with a rich range of texts in different media

I explore the richness and diversity of language, how it can affect me and the wide range of ways in which I and others can be creative

I appreciate the power of language to influence and bring about change

I develop an understanding of relationships, motivations, ideas and actions

I take advantage of the opportunities offered by information and communication technology.>

Grammar Homework

I have posted the handout on Articles and the handout on Questions forms along with audio of question forms to the GRAMMAR folder.

Exercise on
food likes http://www.quia.com/pop/194466.html
what would you like to eat http://www.quia.com/pop/194466.html
articles http://www.quia.com/hm/86932.html

Food files

I have added these to My Teaching Files FOOD
The glacerie document we haven't used yet.

Also have added the handout Question forms to the GRAMMAR section.

interesting facts homework update

some out of date info was gleaned proving you should never trust the internet

the euro replaced the franc
smoking ban in public places came into force this year
current president is Nicolas Sarkozy and prime minister is François Fillon
Andre Marie Ampere. amps

there may be other mistakes I haven't spotted but here is what you sent

Anonymous (CK?) said...

1. The name France comes from the Latin Francia meaning land of the Franks or Frankland.
2. France is the largest country in area in the European Union.
3. The french revolution in 1789 ende d the french monarchy.
4. France has many famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower and the Arc De Triomphe.
5. The highest mountain is Mont Blanc in the Alps.
6. The longest river is the Loire.
7. Population is 60,180,529
8. More than 350 cheeses are made in France.
9. France is famous for cheese, wine and perfume.
10. Each year France hosts the Tour de France cycle race.
11. French currency is the euro.
12. Famous french singers include Sacha Distel, Edith Piaf and Charles Aznavour.
13. Paris is the largest city in France.
14. France has six sides, three coasts and three borders.
15. The French flag is red, white and blue.
16. The Louvre is one of the largest museums in the world.
17. The Eiffel tower was built in 1889 for an exhibition and was meant to be a temporary structure.
18. Electrical amps were named after a French scientist named Andre Marie Aspere.
19. The method of reading for the blind was invented by frenchman Louis Braille.
20. Smoking is still legal in public places.

14 January 2008 23:16

Anonymous (AA?) said...

1. The capital of France is Paris.
2. France is now linked to Britain via the Euro Tunnel.
3. The french currency was francs until the Euro changeover in 1999.
4. The french have a Prime Minister called François Fillon and a president Nicolas Sarkozy
5. There are 22 regions in France.
6. The French flag is red, white and blue.
7. Mont Blanc in the french Alps is the highest mountain in Europe.
8. The Eiffel tower is the highest building.
9. The official language is French.
10. The population is around 60,600,000.
11. France is one hour in front of GMT.
12. France is very famous for its vineyards and Champagne comes from the region so named.
13. Tourism is one of the main industries.
14. The predominant religion is catholic.
15. In Paris you are never more than 400m away from a subway.
16. Lefevre is the most common last name.
17. The Marseillaise is the french national anthem.
18. The national animal is a cockerel.
19. The longest river is the Loire at 1020km.
20. Normandy gained its name from viking settlers.

Interesting Facts about France (TH)

1. France is one of the most modern countries of the world
2. France borders 8 countries: Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland
3. lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m
highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
4. The capital of France is Paris
5. Louis Braille (1809-1852) invented the system of raised dots which form letters for the visually impaired to read.
6. France is known as a Hexagon due to its six areas/sides.
7. Each year in July, the Tour de France is a giant spectacle cycle race, which follows a different route each year
8. Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) designed the famous Eiffel Tower for the World Fair in 1889 which marked the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
9. A flashy football midfielder, Zinedine Zidane won the Golden Ball as the most valuable player in the World Cups of 1998 and 2006.
10. They have a population of almost 64 million people
11. France is the most visited country in the world
12. Mount Blanc, in the French Alps, is the highest mountain in Western Europe with an altitude of 4808 meters
13. Each region of France has its own cuisine
14. The Cannes Film Festival is the world's most prestigious film festival and is held in May each year in Cannes, in the south of France.
15. The Loire is the longest river of France, rising in the Cévennes Mountain Range, south-eastern France, at an elevation of more than 1,340 m (4,400 ft)
16. In Disneyland Paris the most 'populated' attraction is 'it's a small world'. There are 281 Audio-Animatronics® figures, as well as 48 animated toys and 247 animated accessories.
17. French children drink hot cocoa from a bowl instead of a mug.
18. There are 36 different bridges across the Seine, and they're all different
19. Paris has numbers of charming carousels, especially popular for younger kids
20. France has several natural hazards including flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought and forest fires in south near the Mediterranean

http://worldfacts.us/France.htm

http://www.justfrance.org/france/

http://www.earlystart.co.uk/es-french1.htm

http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/311/27/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fr.html

MC (no references given!)
1 France is nicknamed L'hexagone and children can be
taught to draw a map of their country using an
irregular hexagon.
2 Mary , Queen of Scots was queen of France ,
briefly.(1559-1560)
3 Mont Blanc , in the French Alps , is the highest
mountain in Europe.
4 Olympique de Marseilles won the European Cup in
1992-93.
5 In 1998 France beat Brazil 3-0 to become only the
7th team ever to win the World Cup.
6 Zinedine Zidane is FIFA's top ranking ever player,
winning the World Player of The Year in 1998, 2000 and
2003.He also won the Golden Ball in 2006.
7 Louis Braille , inventor of Braille, was born in
France in 1809.
8 Eric Skola and Damien Rascale are French Kilmarnock
FC players.
9 The Tour De France is the world's greatest cycle
race,
10 The leader wears the maillot jaune.
11 The King of the Mountains wears the maillot à
pois-white with red polka dots.
12 Glaswegian Robert Miller is the only Briton to have
been King of the Mountains,
13 The youngest rider is known as Benjamin de tour.
14 Madame Tussaud , the waxworker , was French.
15 The papal palace was in Avignon , France in the
14th century.
18 In 1793 ,following the French Revolution, the king
then the queen were executed using the guillotine.
19 Blackpool Tower is a copy of The Eiffel Tower.
20 The French presented the Statue of Liberty To the
Americans in 1886.
(They eat frogs' legs and snails)
LB
* There are between 5 and 6 million of more or less seriously handicapped people in France. This includes physical, sensorial and mental handicaps.
* Andre Gide, French writer and Nobel Prize of Literature said " French people are Italian people in a bad mood"
* French was the official language of England for 300 years. It is still the official language of 30 countries worldwide.
* French language is spoken by 270 million people worldwide, of which 120 million are native or fluent.
* France has only had 3 presidents in the last 32 Years (Since 1974)
* In France, in exceptional cases, it is possible to marry a deceased person with the authorisation of the President of the Republic.
* There are about 2 new cooking books published every day in France
* Famous French inventions include the adding machine, the hot air balloon, the airship, the parachute, the submarine, the ambulance service, photography, animation and cinema
*Crepes originate from Brittany, in the west of France.
* The largest and most advanced cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, was built in France in 2004.

WEB ADDRESS: www.eupedia.com/france/trivia.shtml


* 60 million inhabitants
* 4 sea fronts (the North Sea, the Channel, The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean)
* 365 different kinds of cheeses - one for every day!
* 3.7 million tons of bread consumed every year
* 25 million cars
* 3900 museums
* 63% of French people are Catholic
* 30% are aetheists
*35000 bakeries
* 16 million dogs and cats owned by 51% of households

WEB ADDRESS http://bonjourlafrance.net/france-facts.htm


interesting facts about France Graeme Crossley
FROM http://www.indianchild.com/geography_help.htm

Capital of France is Paris
Largest City in France - Paris (2,175,200)
Language French
Currency 1 French euro = 100 cents
Population 56,942,000; 271.1 persons per square mile
Main Religions Roman Catholicism
Government Democratic parliamentary republic
Area more than 210,000 square miles includes the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea
Agriculture Crops apples, apricots, barley, carrots, cauliflower, corn (maize), grapes, green peas, oats, peaches, plums, potatoes, rapeseed, rye, sugar beets, tobacco, tomatoes, wheat. Livestock cattle, horses, pigs, poultry, sheep.
Industry Alcoholic beverages, chemicals, clothing and textiles, electrical machinery, fruits and vegetables, grain, iron and steel, motor vehicles, non-electrical machinery, nonferrous metals

Interesting Facts about France

Tour de France
Every summer more than 100 professional cyclists race in the Tour de France. The race is approximately 2,000 miles long. The race lasts up to three weeks. It is held in July. The route changes from year to year

Famous Landmarks of Paris
Symbols such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Latin Quarter, Montmartre, and the Georges Pompidou Centre make Paris one of the most visited places in the world.

Eiffel Tower - France
The Eiffel Tower is probably one of the most famous symbols of France. It was built in 1889 for an exhibition. The tower was thought to be only a temporary structure, although it still stands today. The tower stands 984 feet tall. This is about the height of a 70-storey building. Stairs and elevators can be taken to reach three platforms. The Eiffel Tower is a very popular tourist attraction.

Louvre
The Louvre is one of the largest art museums in the world. Some of the paintings exhibited there are from the French artists Monet, Cezanne, and Renoir.

Cathedral of Notre Dame
The Cathedral of Notre Dame is a beautiful church built in the early Gothic style. It is on a small island on the Seine River. The cathedral was started in the 12th century and completed in the 13th century.

French Cuisine
France is known for its fine food. French cooking is thought to be the best in the world. Chefs prepare dishes such as quiche, soufflés, mousse, pâté, croissants, crêpes, and French bread. Many people in France like to drink their hot chocolate from bowls and dip their bread into it.

Bastille Day
On July 14 Bastille Day is celebrated in France. It was set aside in 1880 as a French national holiday. The holiday is celebrated with speeches, firecrackers, and parades.

Food glorious food

Today we start looking at food - a great topic close to everyone's heart and with lots of opportunities for background information and role playing.

Grammar required - the partitive article. There is a sheet in the grammar folder called Articles.
We also look at the construction after J'aime I like which is always followed by the definite article. J'aime les bananes.

We sang Bananes bananes bananes from French is fun pack from the BBC (Salut Serge)

I'll post the Appleworks file with the mini flashcards entitled Food mini FCs in the FOOD folder.

Online supermarket Auchandirect.fr has provided much useful information. Carrefour is another big supermarket chain.

Assessment Criteria

For both Module 1 and Module 2 Micro Teaching is assessed on the following
Lesson plan and resources 15 marks
methodology 15 marks
interaction 10 marks
use of the foreign language 10 marks
total 50 marks

Module 2 Lesson plans
50 marks each for the 3 lesson plans and 50 for microteaching = 200

Module 1
Personal writing in French (25 marks) 100 - 150 words showing a range of vocabulary, tense, structures with accurate spelling and syntax.

Essay assignment in English on Current Trends in Language Teachingsee sheet in "My teaching files" 25 marks

Microteaching 50 marks as above

Grades
A 70% +
B1 60 -69%
B2 50 -59%
C 40 -49%
D fail under 40%

Homework

Webquest
Find 20 interesting facts about France and the French.
Email me them and the weblinks and I'll publish them all together!

You'll see some links on the right panel under my del.icio.us!
Click here

verbs exercise

Try this quia exercise. If you are not sure of the answers click I give up. Read the answers and start over

notre fête des rois

Laura a trouvé la fève dans la galette. Elle a choisi Graeme comme son roi mais il était trop timide pour la photo! Chelsea porte la couronne à son lieu.

Click here for j'aime la galette the song for la fête des rois

Bonne Année

J'espère que vous avez passé de bonnes vacances. Je vous souhaite beaucoup de bonnes choses pour la Nouvelle Année!

On se revoit mardi comme d'hab.

I have posted a new note in the Grammar section on the 4 most common irregular verbs: avoir être aller and faire. We'll go over être and avoir on Tuesday. And we'll celebrate la fête des rois. If anyone has some spare gold card left over from Christmas to make crowns, can they bring it? I do miss Stationery Box! If not I have some black stuff that will do!
fête des rois
crown any colour card will do!