A text with exercises about an initiative to counter cyber-bullying, sexting etc in Quebec. Vocab to find, questions in French, lexical work, translation both ways. You could add summary work.
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Article and questions about a wolf sighting in the Charente. An English translation is included. A translation into English is provided. Good for adult learners, and possibly GCSE pupils.
Article and questions about how old Christmas trees are being used to protect the sand dunes on the Landes coast. English translation provided. This is with adult learners in mind, although you could use it with a good GCSE (intermediate) class.
Text and exercises about recent population trends in France, along with changes in fertility rates and marriage trends. Text, vocab to find, true/false and translation. relevant to A-level sub-themes.
Situational dialogue with glossed vocabulary. At the tourist office. With adult learners in mind.
Another beginner PowerPoint presentation. What does Spotty like doing? This one shows how two verbs work together, the second one being in the infinitive.
Beginner PowerPoint. "Que fait Spotty?" Spotty the dog returns. This time the slides show him doing various everyday things, conveniently using -er verbs in the present tense. The slides build up to make a long chunk of a lesson, or even a whole lesson, of listening, reading and speaking - including whole sentences from memory.
Video listening. This is a short film trailer for the movie Bonobos. Very endearing! Phrases to spot and sentences to correct. Pupils should like this. Could be used with a good Y9, but I've put it in Y10-11. I discovered this clip thanks to Martine Pillette at the Teachlang conference last Saturday.
A booklet of 5 WJEC-style gap-fill tasks (Question 4). Answers given. This is in response to a request in my current feedback survey. These are useful reading/grammar tasks for all A-level students.
Don't forget to do the survey. It takes on average one minute.
Parallel gapped translation on the topic of divorce. Women explain why they divorced or thought of it. In this exercise students must complete both the French and English versions of the same text.