Household Chores – Free French Listening Practice Video for GCSE Students
Household Chores / Les Tâches Ménagères Video for Listening Practice Need some GCSE French listening practice for KS3 or KS4 students? If so, check out this authentic and original video for French learners. It includes a native French speaker talking for approximately three minutes about household chores (les tâches ménagères) in French. How can you use this video to practise French listening skills? You can use this video in the French classroom as part of a lesson, for homework or as revision for GCSE. It allows KS3 and GCSE French students to practise their French listening skills on the topic of household tasks and chores. What does this les tâches…
15 Free GCSE French Videos for Listening Practice by Topic
GCSE French Listening Practice I don’t feel like there is enough GCSE French listening practice material out there for GCSE French students. Therefore, this post includes a collection of authentic videos on different topics at KS3 and GCSE level. My sole aim in creating these videos is to give more freely available content to French learners on topics they are studying as French listening practice. Use them in the classroom, as a homework listening task or as listening revision for GCSEs, or at KS3 (or equivalent) level. The videos are there to help students develop their listening confidence and comprehension skills through authentic practice. Topics for GCSE French Listening Practice…
22+ Useful French Halloween Activities for Beginner and Intermediate Lessons
Low-Prep and No-Prep Halloween Activities for French Lessons Ideas for Beginner and Intermediate French Students The theme of celebrations and traditions is a staple topic in the UK for GCSE French examinations of late. So, Halloween is the perfect topic to study at KS2, KS3 and KS4 during French language lessons in October. Since it’s a relevant topic to autumn, hopefully students will be able to apply the French Halloween vocabulary to their lives, thus helping the vocabulary to stick better. The Halloween activities for French lessons below are perfect for beginner and intermediate level French learners. Halloween in French Speaking Countries Although Halloween is not a traditionally French celebration,…
Authentic School & Holiday French Interview with Belgian Pupils for Listening Practice
Authentic French Interview Clip for French Listening Practice on Schools and Holidays The more authentic French listening practice clips I can find, the happier I feel! In fact, when an ex-colleague of mine from Belgium gave me this video clip with him interviewing two students, it made me start thinking of all the ways I could use it! If you need some authentic French listening practice for GCSE French students, or students learning French who are studying the topic of holidays or school, this will hopefully be very useful to you! The 5 minute 35 seconds French video clip is in the format of a French interview between the teacher…
Complete GCSE French and Intermediate Level Revision Practice by Topic & Skill
200+ Intermediate and GCSE French Level Revision Activities by Topic please check back here tomorrow, I am currently working on adding my materials to this page. Revision can be quite boring and tedious, you can certainly use an interactive website with gap fills at sentence level, but why not do your French revision by topic with vocabulary rich activities, testing your intermediate French language skills in a more interesting way? If you wish to practice your intermediate French language skills and revise topics covered at French GCSE level or French CEFR A2/B1 level, then try out the activities below. There are over 20 common topics found in GCSE French courses,…
The Essential List of Websites To Learn French Online for Students
Where To Find Self-Study Websites to Learn French Online? I started teaching French in 2012. Ever since then, I have always been on the lookout for great self-study websites to learn French to share with my students to help improve their French level. I use Twitter, Facebook and Instagram religiously (come and follow me: @theidealteacher), which makes that task really easy. #mfltwitterati and languages teachers all over the world share websites to learn French online on these social networks, and in turn, I share these with my followers, as well as any other useful links I find myself. Thank you to all of you who share the best French resources…
Jobs – French Listening Practice and Transcript (Intermediate)
Check out my jobs and les métiers lesson below with some french listening practice for GCSE French, FSL and FLE lessons. We did vocabulary and phrase recall, questions, as well as some french listening practice through an audio file read by a native speaker. If you’re interested in how I structured the jobs and ambitions lesson, or would like a copy of the listening resources I used for the GCSE French lesson, read on! How Did I Structure The Jobs Topic Listening Revision Lesson? STARTER We started the French listening practice lesson by mind mapping all job related words, phrases and questions that we could think of and adding them…
Ma Ville – French Listening Practice & Transcript
French Listening Practice – ‘Ma Ville’ – with Audio, Transcript and Activities French listening practice was on my mind this week! My main aim was to create some intermediate French GCSE listening practice on the topic of ‘ma ville’. Mainly, as revision for my Year 11 GCSE French students, as part of the AQA syllabus. Speaking exams are looming and all we have done lately is focus on getting through the material and speaking! We have photo cards, role plays and general conversation questions coming out of our ears. So, I decided to have a slight interlude and finished the half term on a little high with some much needed…
L’environnement – French Environment Listening Lesson
Teaching the topic of environment and in need of a listening lesson for la protection de l’environnement topic? Look no further, French teachers! This is a ready-to-go, no-prep listening lesson with MP3 audio file, read by a native speaker at a medium speed, with a word-for-word transcript and six activities to practise the subject of environment. You can use this lesson revision for your French learners before their exams, as well as being ideal as an introduction, or towards the end of the environment topic as consolidation. …So many possibilities! What is included in this French listening lesson on ‘la protection de l’environnement’? MP3 AUDIO FILE The MP3 audio file…
Les réseaux sociaux – French GCSE Listening Lesson
GCSE French Listening Lesson on Social Media and Social Networks Social media and ‘les réseaux sociaux’ are a staple part of most young peoples’ lives in the 21st century. Therefore, I feel they are excellent themes to include in French GCSE exams. However, as normal, I can’t find any great resources that don’t cost a bomb to help to practise listening skills on the topic. So, I decided to create this lesson on social media for GCSE French lessons. I believe it would work really well as an introduction into the social media for Year 10, or as revision for year 11. What is in the lesson on ‘les réseaux sociaux’? The…
