The document provides an overview of the objectives and content covered in the first session of a French upskilling course. It includes vocabulary on greetings, classroom instructions, numbers, days/months, and school subjects. Lesson ideas are proposed for teaching pronunciation, grammar points like adjectives and questions, and incorporating songs/games. The session aims to build foundations in topics, strategies, and standards from the curriculum framework. Next steps mentioned are future MFL sessions, an optional session, and language learning resources.

1. MFL Session One
French Upskilling
September 2012

2. Objectives
• to know French vocabulary and pronunciation
linked to key topic areas
• to know some strategies to teach these.

3. from the new
non-statutory
framework
1c use correct pronunciation
& intonation
1d ask & answer questions
3b know simple aspects of
grammar and how to apply them
3e to communicate in the foreign language
in pairs

4. Standard 3
Demonstrate good subject and curriculum
knowledge
• have a secure knowledge of the relevant
subject and curriculum areas…

5. Je fais l’appel.
present / presente
absent / absente

6. Comment tu t’appelles?
Je m’appelle…
Comment il s’appelle?
Il s’appelle…
Comment elle s’appelle?
Elle s’appelle…

7. L’alphabet
p.5 Which letters do you know?

8. Which letters are the hardest
to remember / pronounce?
p.7

9. Lesson Idea
Teach the children to sing
the alphabet.

10. Accented Letters
Do you know any French words which
contain any of these letters?
àçéèêôœ

11. Lesson Idea
Show beginners a French text, which includes
accented letters and ask them to find letters
which are only found in French or which look
unusual.

12. h, j, w, y, g, e, a
cheval
frère
bonjour
garçon
écoutez
hôtel

13. A beginner’s guide
to pronunciation
p.8
- ille
in -

14. Numbers
vingt-cinq

15. onze

16. cinquante et un

17. soixante-dix

18. quatre-vingt-
cinq

19. quatre-vingt-
treize

20. p.9- les numéros de téléphone
01 82 64 88 13
07 71 46 51 79
02 32 55 65 11
06 99 22 61 28

21. When might you expect
to teach numbers?
QCA Units
Year 3 numbers 1 to 20
Year 4 numbers 21 to 50
Year 6 numbers 51 to 100 + 1000

22. Lesson Idea
Do mental maths in
French! Times tables
work well because
the numbers are
< 100.

23. Days of the Week

24. Quel(s) jour(s)…?
…est le début de la semaine?
faites-vous du sport?
est votre jour préféré?
rencontrez-vous les amis?
…sont le weekend?

25. Lesson Idea
Read The Very Hungry Caterpillar in French.
Get the children to create their own caterpillar
with les jours de la semaine in the right order.

26. Months of the Year

27. Quelle est la date aujourd’hui?
C’est vendredi le sept septembre
deux mille douze.
C’est vendredi le 14 septembre
deux mille douze.
C’est vendredi le 21 septembre
deux mille douze.

28. lundi le quinze mars
mardi le cinq juin
dimanche le douze novembre
mercredi le dix-huit janvier

29. Quelle est la date de ton
anniversaire?
Mon anniversaire est le premier août.
Mon anniversaire est le vingt et un juin.

30. Poser les questions…

31. Question words

32. Changing a statement to a question
• add a question mark at the end & change the
intonation
Tu t’appelles Cameron.
Tu t’appelles Cameron?
Vous aimez parler français.
Vous aimez parler français?
Elle danse bien.
Elle danse bien?
Ils habitent à Hull.
Ils habitent à Hull?

33. • invert subject & verb, hyphenate & add question mark
Tu t’appelles Cameron.
T’appelles-tu Cameron?
Vous aimez parler français.
Aimez-vous parler français?
Elle danse bien.
Danse-elle bien?
Ils habitent à Hull.
Habitent-ils à Hull?

34. • add est-ce que (or est-ce qu’) at the beginning & a question
mark at the end
Tu t’appelles Cameron.
Est-ce que tu t’appelles Cameron?
Vous aimez parler français.
Est-ce que vous aimez parler français?
Yoda danse bien.
Est-ce que Yoda danse bien?
Ils habitent à Hull.
Est-ce qu’ils habitent à Hull?

35. Lesson Idea
Children add question words to speech bubbles
to complete questions – on the IWB, a
worksheet, in their books, using mini cards or
class flashcards, via a game, e.g. pass the parcel.

36. ….est-ce que vous jouez?
…jouez-vous…?

37. Les goûts et les aversions

38. Les objets de la salle de classe

39. Masculine or feminine?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_you_can_identify_masculine_and_feminine_gender_in_French
masculine endings feminine endings
-eau -e
-eu -ion
-on -ce
-s -se
-re -que
-ble -ière
-eur -mme

40. Lesson Ideas
– Encourage the children to create actions for
various classroom objects, then play Jacques a dit.
– Play a team game where one child from each team
brings the teacher an object: donnez-moi… [un
crayon]. If you want to award points for the fastest
team, it might be best to go outside or to the hall
so the children can run!

41. Les Couleurs

42. Les adjectifs
What grammar
points do we
need to learn
to use French
adjectives?

43. Les adjectifs – the position of the
adjective in French
• Some French adjectives (such as colours) come
after the noun.
• Some French adjectives come
• before the noun (as they do
• in English).
• Some come before or after,
• depending on their meaning.

44. Most descriptive adjectives go after the noun.
These include shape, colour, taste, nationality,
personality & mood.
une table ronde
un livre noir
un garçon français
Participles are also placed after the noun.
une histoire intéressante
un client intéressé

45. Some adjectives go before the noun. These are
linked to
• beauty
• age
• good / bad
• size
un bel homme
une nouvelle maison
un bon enfant
un grand chien

46. Numeral adjectives go before the noun.
douze oeufs – twelve eggs
plusieurs oeufs – several eggs
le premier oeuf – the first egg
chaque oeuf – each egg
touts les oeufs – all the eggs

47. Lesson Ideas
Extend the children’s writing
skills by giving them word banks
of French adjectives and getting
them to write / adapt sentences.

48. Les instructions
Page 27

49. levez-vous asseyez-vous
levez la main baissez la main
fermez-les yeux ouvrez les yeux
taisez-vous
montrez moi
venez ici
mettez-vous en rang

50. Les matières

59. Lesson Idea
Get the children to create a timetable with the
lessons in French, a picture to show
comprehension and an expression of
preference,e.g.
j’aime l’anglais;
je déteste l’éducation physique;
j’adore les langues;
je n’aime pas les mathématiques

60. Le temps

61. Lesson Idea
Children create weather reports
in pairs or groups for a French-speaking
country (they can research appropriate
climate/weather online). These can be filmed
for self, peer or assessment or performed or
played to the school in assembly.

62. Quelle heure est-il?

63. What next?
• More language activities in the remaining four
MFL sessions
• Optional French language Wednesday 31st
October
• French Clinic, from w/b 4th October
• Language Learning Centre:
http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/modern-
languages/facilities.aspx
• BBC online learning:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

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