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VWhat you will learn in video section 11 This section gives you seven words to learn, plus two new phrases, so needs lots of practice. It is a good opportunity to talk about what we do on different days of the week. You could also talk about where you might see 'Monday' or another day written in your own language. |
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 It's Saturday! ...and we are cheering "Lens Racing Club", the local First Division team. |
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 Saint-Omer's main weekly market in the Place Foch outside the Town Hall is on Saturdays. |
Part of the pattern of the week in most French towns is the day (or days) when they have a market. In St. Omer, the whole of the large square in the centre of town is filled with stalls on market day. For the rest of the week, it is used as a car park. Do you have a market in your community? |
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For more information on markets in Nord - Pas de Calais, see: www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/markets.htm |
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 You can buy the French-language version of the well-known children's classic - see below |
 Storytelling in a foreign language works well even with very young pupils... |
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Many teachers have already used this activity; their experience is that older children are happy to join in a "baby-ish" story because of the challenge and satisfaction of showing they can follow it in a foreign language. If it proves successful with your pupils, we suggest ways you could develop more storytelling activities in later sections. Telling the story The Teachers' Guide suggests how you can develop the main lines of the plot using the language that is already familiar to the children, plus a few new words and some gisting. You can use the pictures from the English version, or the French edition (now available from Early Start). You could group the children around you so they can see the illustrations in the book; use a "big book"; or to prepare your own overhead projector transparencies (OHTs), or flashcards. When you first launch into telling the story in French, be ready to use lots of mime, gestures, and pointing to the illustrations to aid the children's understanding. Although the French is mostly easy to understand, you may prefer to aim at a simple paraphrase of the main direction of the plot . It is possible to tell the story using little more than the core vocabulary the class already know. Depending on your own fluency and how the children respond, you can add more embellishments. For simplicity, teachers generally use the present tense to tell a story (so does the French edition!). As always, first time round do not show the children in writing those new words the story will introduce - let them hear the sound first. This is a nicely repetitive story, and you may find that children want to join in and supply the words as the story progresses - if so, do encourage them, especially in counting and days of the week. If they prefer to listen for the first time, they will probably want to join in next time. ...for more fluent teachers: Introduce your story-telling sessions with: "Maintenant, je vais vous raconter une histoire..." (Now, I'm going to tell you a story). Use French sounds like "alors.." and "eh bien" to fill out the narrative. |
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Children will be interested to try and read the familiar story in another language - if yiu wish, you can make the language simpler when you read it out loud to the whole class........ Now you can buy the French version of the story direct from Early Start |
Our price: £ |
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Research article about storytelling Useful article about using storytelling in MFL teaching with young beginners, including a section with ideas for developing activities using this well-known story: |
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CILT Young Pathfinder:
"Are you sitting comfortably? "(YPF3)
- Telling stories to young language learners How do you keep learners spellbound whilst developing their listening skills? The authors provide guidelines on the type of stories that work well in the foreign language. They look at different ways of presenting stories, preparation for storytelling and follow-up activities. Why storytelling? • Leading into the story • Are you sitting comfortably? • Developing the story • Linking the story to aspects of the curriculum • Some of the stories that have been successfully used to date • Theory into practice: Mr Gumpy's Outing • Useful sources and resources 40pp, 1 874016 49 6, £6. Details of how to order from CILT Publications: http://www.cilt.org.uk |
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Story-telling Resource
Pack for Primary French The pack has ben used with pupils aged 8 - 11 includes complete materials ( flashcards, OHP transparency masters, worksheets, games and Teachers Notes) for two popular and well-known stories: The Giant Turnip and Goldilocks. http://www.nelsonthornes.com - and use SEARCH to find 'Tierney' or 'primary french'. If it is out of print, you may find a reference copy in a Comenius resource centre. |
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