Renfrewshire Council
French
Modern Languages Experiences and Outcomes
Website activities
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http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/resources/f/frenchgrammar/index.asp French grammar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/   The BBC site coverage includes greetings, numbers, ages, games, songs and information about France. http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com is a useful online translator. This can translate words, phrases, sentences, and even whole paragraphs. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/Frenchdictionary.html Enchanted Learning’s ‘Little Explorers English-French Dictionary’ has English words with the French equivalent shown underneath and accompanied by colourful illustrations. http://www.frenchteacher.net This is a set of teaching resources from Rippon Grammar School but one section is devoted to primary resources and the link can be found on the home page. http://www.google.fr This is the French version of the popular Google search engine and is ideal for searching for French websites. http://www.happychild.org.uk The French resources which include worksheets are organised by theme, such as food & drink, homes, body, animals, travel, shopping and schools. All worksheets can be used for both English to French and vice versa. http://www.kidlink.org International networking site for children & teachers. http://www.language-investigator.co.uk This website includes a lot of general information about language teaching with plenty of words and phrases from various languages, including French regions, for comparison and discussion. http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/camden/accounts/mfl/web/resources/frenchSoWY3/ Gospel Oak Primary School is the origin of much of this material,which is presented as part of the London Grid for Learning set of resources. http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/rgshiwyc/school/curric/French/Primary/Body/Index.htm Parts of the body. http://www.engel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/vals_french_games/index.html lots of wordsearches and puzzles about numbers, days, months and more to be found here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/pf2/weather/cartoon_flash.shtml weather in french from the BBC http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/c4modernlanguages/ make a card or a cartoon as well as many other ideas at Chez Mimi. http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/family/game/ Hear the numbers and colours and then try the game http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/index_flash.shtml Learn to speak French with Roller and his mates. http://www.usablesoftwarecompany.com/games_box%20%20tesol.htm Download a trial version of gamesbox here. http://www.freetranslation.com/ Translate up to 150 words from English to French and many other languages http://www.linguascope.com/francais/demo/default.htm demo of games to help learn the names of other countries http://www.frenchrevision.co.uk/ French revision site includes games for beginners at top left of page. http://www.teachnet.ie/stpats/tour_to_paris_990699555/introduction.html webquest on a journey from Cork to Paris http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jeux.lulu/index.htm French games with Lulu http://www.fusee.co.uk/Fusee%20frameset.html Fusee en ligne french activities http://iteslj.org/v/fr/ English-French vocabulary quizzes http://www.alphabetpage.com/french/alphabet_for_english_speakers/ Test yourself pronouncing the French alphabet. http://www.rando.net/cartes/france/2frame.htm Map of France with French names. http://www.tourisme.fr/carte/france.htm Interactive map of France. http://tinyurl.com/54l4d Many useful resources to support the primary MFL lesson can be accessed using the internet. These can be bookmarked and set to be used offline. http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant/swan/fwbksw.html Read Big Books in French http://tinyurl.com/9a3nj Help Dodu get the correct coloured bone. http://www.alienlanguage.co.uk/alienlanguage/index.htm Activities based on parts of the body http://www.mflgames.co.uk Eleven different types of games testing French language http://www.mgsonline.org.uk/learningzone/staffdev/mflteacher.htm Internet challenge - trip round Paris http://www.prescot-school.knowsley.sch.uk/prescot-language/mfl-site/primarySchool/frenchPrimary.htm Numbers, colours, months, days of the week, family, animals, alphabet, games and more. http://www.tibooparc.com/noel/ Christmas games in French http://www.eclipsebooks.com/PetitPont/sample-activities.aspx colours and other sample games from Petit Pont http://tinyurl.com/8od4q Weather lesson for the whiteboard http://french.about.com/cs/beginning1/a/begin.htm http://home.freeuk.com/mflgames/frenchgamesindex.htm Variety of games, quizzes, anagrams, hangman, millionaire, wordsearch and many more! http://www.nacell.org.uk/resources/online_res_fr.htm online french resources http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/sect29/index.htm Tell the time http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/french.htm lots of resources http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ games for all areas of the curriculum http://flashcarddb.com/cardset/study/18307 days of the week flashcards FRENCH XMAS ACTIVITIES http://www.mflextra.com/ks2noel.htm Christmas quizzes http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/creativeteaching/christmasideas/french.asp French Christmas ideas
Classroom resources
Find resources from Ayrshire council which cover birthdays, television and parts of a house from http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/resources/downloads/modernlanguagesfrench.asp
French using Harry Potter from
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/resources/downloads/p7harrypottertopic.asp
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/resources/search.asp
for french resources from MFL online
Podcast and blog with french listening activities and worksheets from Woodhill Priamary at http://www.woodhillprimaryschool.blogspot.com/
http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/Curriculum/modlang/shared/vod_fr.htm# watch the video and fill in the blanks on the online worksheet.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/resources/frenchnumbersposter.asp Numbers poster to download
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/christmas/index.shtml French Christmas celebrations.

http://www.rcdaschools.org/fles.html#fr French resources
http://www.thefrenchecole.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia Soundbites from French Ecole
http://www.thefrenchecole.com/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=viewlink&cid=2 French Ecole
http://www.alphabetpage.com/french/alphabet_for_english_speakers/ French alphabet
Try some maths lessons in french!
http://www.mathgoodies.com/francais/ pour périmètre des polygones, les circonférence des cercles et des tests de divisibilité.
For teachers
LTScotland website to support modern foreign languages can be found at http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/
• A new resource •nder and resources http://www.ltscotland.org.
uk/m•e/resources/search.asp
• A searchable image bank for people to load their own pictures
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/m•e/resources/imagebank/index.asp
• Video diaries of FLAs
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/m•e/creativeteaching/
foreignlanguageassistants/index.asp
• A training pack for a Curriculum for Excellence for MFL teachers/
interviews with inspectors

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/index.shtml# Bienvenue à Ma France !
Improve or brush up your basic French with the help of Stéphane Cornicard and 24 interactive video units.

Woodhill Primary in Bishopbriggs is piloting
podcasting to teach French. Over the next
months the pupils will be keeping a diary of
their modern languages lessons and posting
listening exercises and worksheets.
http://woodhillprimaryschool.blogspot.com/

http://www.nacell.org.uk/resources/online_res_fr.htm a list of online resourcesfor french beginners.
http://www.syvum.com/squizzes/french/ Lots of french quizzes here.

http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ lots of french games eg months of the year


English - Polish translator
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Gaelic
Am Baaile - Highland history and culture
Am Baaile - Highland history and culture
Have some fun with 'Mole Bash' or 'Piggy Grand Prix' and pick up some simple Gaelic at http://tinyurl.com/ymvh85


Podcasts
French Ecole
French Ecole
http://podcast.njit.edu/help/student.php How to subscribe to a podcast.

Download french podcasts for beginners by following these instructions:
1. Download iTunes for Windows or Mac at
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/
2. Open iTunes on your computer and go to Music store in
the left hand column.
3. In the “iTunes Store List”, click on “Podcasts”.
4. Under “Categories” click on “Education”.
5. Click on French for Beginners - French Ecole.
6. Click on “Subscribe”.
Our Primary 5 and 6 French blog
Beginners' French Blog
Beginners' French Blog
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