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Learn the Sounds of French
An evening for parents of year 7 pupils
PART ONE
The Languages Department
Madame Rogers – Head of DepartmentMadame Brownhill Monsieur Mulhearn Mademoiselle GibirdiMademoiselle ThomasLéna Chevrollier
What can languages do for you?• Communication
• Team work
• Problem solving
• Organisation
But also…
• Cultural awareness
• Global dimension to our learning
Bury Church of England Excellent Lesson
Online Textbooks
Other Tools
Year 7 Topics
ProfilesPersonal Information, family, personalities traits
SchoolSubjects, timetables, French cultural differences
HobbiesPhones, sport, activities, opinions
Town Features of town, directions, activities
Types of Activities
Speaking
PresentationsDialoguesGroup Talk
Writing
EmailsLettersTweets
Reading
50 – 100 wordsAuthentic texts
Listening
1 – 2 minutes Extracts from textbook
Recordings All 4 Assessed
But I don’t speak much French myself…how can I help my child?
• By encouraging a positive attitude to languages
• By learning along with him/her• By watching and listening to French• By reading together• By visiting a French-speaking country
Vocabulary Learning
Memory techniques
ChunkingVisualisation
All in a
song!
Roman room
Flashcards
Visual Learners
• Concept maps with pictures to represent words
• Spider diagrams also using images• Mental movies• Write the word in the air with your finger
Auditory
• Talk out loud• Read notes out loud• Use rhymes• Learn with music• Make recordings of the material and listen to
them• Teach others out loud
Kinaesthetic
• Walk or pace around (regular, steady steps)• Learn in groups• Create games• Make notes on post-its and arrange on a big
sheet (A3)• Act out material you are learning (mime)