A set of slides to practise spelling aloud using the names of famous French people. Choral repetition, gap-fill and a paired practice game. A chance to give some cultural input. CEFR A1.

A set of slides to practise spelling aloud using French cities. Choral repetition, gap-fill and a paired practice game. A chance to do some geography and give information about francophonie (as cities outside metropolitan France are sometimes used). CEFR A1.

A beginner PowerPoint to raise awareness about and to practise silent consonants in word final position in French, e.g. grand, petits, est, anglais. Students hear, copy down and underline where they hear the consonants. Then possible rules are outlined. CEFR A1.

Five slides with short, gapped paragraphs. No options are given, so students have some freedom of choice with words. Designed as a lesson starter, but you can edit and use it as you wish. CEFR A1/2.

A starter for beginners. 20 'true or false' slides. Students must correct the false statements.

A 7-page set of texts and exercises on the topic of TV. This set of resources was co-written with my colleague Gianfranco Conti and is separately for sale in out TES shop Language Teacher Toolkit. (There are a good number of other resources there, some free.) This unit of work consists of narrow reading texts, exercise and translations. Answers given. Good extension work. Higher GCSE. (CEFR A2/B1) Scroll down to the near the bottom of the left-hand column.

A parallel gapped translation task for Y13 (CEFR B1/2). The topic is an initiative to counter sexting and other forms of cyber-bullying in Quebec. This could be done as paired dictation, but the task is really designed for one person to complete the gapped parallel translations.

A text with exercises about the International Girls' Day (11th October - 10th anniversary in 2022). Short text, words to find with hints, a bullet point summary to do in English. Answers given. (CEFR A2). Scroll right down the left-hand column.

A simple sentence builder using the verb devoir in the present tense. Affirmative and negative. A possible teaching sequence is provided (CEFR A1).

A beginner parallel reading task about Quebec. True/false, cognates to highlight, vocab to find. Another addition to the set of similar tasks on the Y7 page.