Learn the Sounds of French An evening for parents of year 7 pupils PART ONE
The Languages Department Madame Rogers – Head of Department Madame Brownhill Monsieur Mulhearn Mademoiselle Gibirdi Mademoiselle Thomas Léna 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
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Year 7 Topics Profiles Personal Information, family, personalities traits School Subjects, timetables, French cultural differences Hobbies Phones, sport, activities, opinions Town Features of town, directions, activities
Types of Activities Speaking Presentations Dialogues Group Talk Writing s Letters Tweets Reading 50 – 100 words Authentic 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 Chunking Visualisation 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)