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)