2. City of Edinburgh French Early Level Saying my name

3. Early Level Significant Aspects of Learning Use language in a range of contexts and across learning Develop confidence and enthusiasm to communicate using the language being learnt Begin to develop an awareness of other countries, cultures and languages Listen and join in with simple songs, stories and rhymes Explore and recognise patterns and sounds of language through listening, watching and playing Understand, respond to and say simple greetings and personal information (e.g. name) Repeat and understand simple familiar language from a familiar source Actively take part in simple daily routine language Participate in familiar games including outdoor learning Begin to explore resources to support my learning e.g. picture dictionaries

4. Vocabulary Names There are three ways of asking someone’s name in French. Use whichever you feel most comfortable with. Tu t’apppelles comment?What are you called? Comment tu t’appelles?What are you called? Comment t’appelles-tu? What are you called? Je m’appelle...I am called... C’est qui?Who is it? Qui est-ce?Who is it? C’est...It is...

5. Tu t’appelles comment?

6. Comment tu t’appelles?

7. Comment t’appelles-tu?

8. Je m’appelle…

9. C’est qui?

10. Qui est-ce?

11. C’est…

12. Embedding the language You can use this when you are doing the register in the morning and ask pupils to say their name in French.

13. Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

14. Activité 1 Tu t’appelles comment? Clapping game

15. All pupils sit in a circle and clap time to the question Tu t’appelles comment? (or whichever version of the question you are using with your class). They do this whilst also passing a toy around the circle. Pupils clap the question 3 times and whoever is holding the toy when they stop must then say their name in French e.g. Je m’appelle Tony. The class can then all answer, “Bonjour Tony!” and continue with the game. To say let’s continue – it’s “On continue!”

16. Activité 2 Têtes cachées, pouces levés

17. This is, “heads down, thumbs up!” In a circle or at desks, pupils lie down or put their heads down on the table and lift their thumbs up. You can amend this according to the class. 3 pupils circulate amongst them, choose a pupil and put their thumbs down. Once time is up, the 3 who were chosen stand up, the whole class ask “qui est-ce?” or “C’est qui”and they then have to say which pupil chose them by saying C’est Paul (for example). The pupils in question can then say Oui or Non depending on if they are correct or not. Whoever guesses correctly then gets to choose for the next round.

18. Activité 3 Puppet play Bonjour les enfants!

19. Puppet play Teacher can perform a puppet play for pupils with two puppets (sock puppets for example). Here is an example script: Puppet 1: (Pokes head out from behind teacher’s back) Bonjour! Bonjour tout le monde! Class: Bonjour! Puppet 1: Ça va? Class: Ça va! Puppet can then ask pupils their names and Ça va? Puppet 2 then appears Puppet 2: Bonjour tout le monde! Class: Bonjour! Puppet 1: Qui est-ce? Class can then ask puppet 2 what their name is. Puppet 2: Je m’appelle ___. Et toi? Tu t’appelles comment? (to puppet 1. (get class to repeat the question). Puppet 1: Je m’appelle. Can the repeat Ça va?s and finish with Au Revoir and a song.

20. Activité 4 Les statues musicales

21. Les statues musicales! This is exactly the same as musical statues but with a French twist! Play some French music and pupils dance. As soon as the music stops, they must freeze and then turn to the person nearest to them and have a short conversation which could include: Bonjour, Ca va?, Tu t’appelles comment, je m’appelle___ and au revoir! This could be much shorter and just use the name.

22. Songs and videos! You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom. This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

23. French Greeting song (French and English)

24. BBC Primary French

25. Bonjour Salut song

26. Ratounet – Comment tu t’appelles song

27. Au revoir!