This is a set of slides for complete beginners to practise saying their name and age. Super simple and scaffolded for a mixed attainment class. A possible very first lesson. Features a cute cat. Level A1.
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This is a starter using spinners. Students match a subject to a complement by inserting a correctly formed verb. This could be in any tense. Level A1/2.
A video listening resource based on a France Info report about a possible ban for TikTok because of its security lapses and threat to young people's mental health. Some vocab given, questions in French and two conversation questions. Answers given. Level B2. Suitable for Y13. I have placed this in the current affairs section and will move it later to the section on the internet.
An information gap 'text discovery' task about the Cannes film festival. The same format as previous tasks of this type. Sit back and listen to the students communicate! Level B1.
This is a 'correct the transcript' task for Higher GCSE. The text is about the actor Omar Sy. The teacher can read aloud their version or play the MP3 text-to-speech file provided. Good for the AQA celebrity culture topic. Level A2.
This is two spinners to practise the verb aller (all present tense forms) + places. Students must conjugate aller and insert either au or à la. Good for revision once the chunks have been already embedded. Could be used for Y8 and Y9. Level A1.
A new Y9 starter - present tense spinners. Common regular and irregular verbs to revise. Level A1.
A current affairs text with bullet-point notes to do in English. This is a Le Chat Mistral AI summary (edited, with some words glossed) of the results of the second round of the municipal elections. Sources are: Huffingtonpost, Europe1, Franceinfo and AFP. Useful background for A-level or IB students doing a politics theme. Level B1/2.
A text with exercises about sleep. A short text made with Mistral AI (based on an article from 1jour1actu) with a few words glossed, true/false/not mentioned, gap-fill and conversation questions (which could also be written down). Then some harder true/fasle statements. Answers given. Level A2 (Higher GCSE, but not too hard).
This is a 1jour1actu video about the role of children in the French Resistance. Gap-fill of sentences based on the transcript. Level B1/2.