6th form French holiday activities to keep you ticking over!
Keep a diary of what you do to keep your French ticking over
Include time spent / what you did / thoughts and opinions / notes of any vocabulary/phrases
learnt.
Themes
Keep up-to-date with news and issues by reading a newspaper from time to time and watching
the news, whether in English or French. You will need to have opinions to express and examples
to give for debates.
Here are some good sources
TV channels
France 24 is especially good as you have captions
and it is repeated again and again!
http://www.bfmtv.com/
then watch ‘la chaîne en direct’ (live)
http://www.bfmtv.com/#!direct/
Le journal en français facile
http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp
Short passages on news items
http://www.20minutes.fr/
BBC guide to :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/tv/
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BBC programmes
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Online programmes
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French TV channels
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French news
TF1 news
http://lci.tf1.fr/
New sites for children e.g. French (Example
source of texts to import into word)
www.lesclesjunior.com
French news site for children
www.monjtquotidien.com
Press sites e.g. FranceSoir (has video
vox pops)
www.francesoir.fr
Euronews
http://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsfr/videos?view=0
Excellent - gives you a short clip with a transcription
READING FOR PLEASURE
http://www.linternaute.com/
Internet magazine
WATCHING/LISTENING FOR PLEASURE
DVDs
Watch the DVDs preferably with French audio and subtitles in French for the hard of hearing (or
English). Have a notepad and pen to hand to write down words you learn.
Film trailers :
http://www.allocine.fr/
Authentic French short films:
http://latelelibre.fr/
Films / documentaries (including for the
cultural themes)
http://www.curiosphere.tv/
Culturetheque – the French institute’s media
resources – free -including films
http://www.culturetheque.org.uk/
Jalons -video archive from INA
http://tinyurl.com/r54cdb
MUSIC FOR PLEASURE
Listen to French pop music and make a note of any artists you enjoy
TV CHANNEL
http://videos.tf1.fr/clip-musique/
Satirical weekly song:
http://www.lachansondudimanche.com/
link to lots of sites with French songs for
learning
http://www.lepointdufle.net/chansons.htm
Great site with songs and interactive quizzes,
grouped according to level and language
http://platea.pntic.mec.es/cvera/hotpot/chansons
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VIDEO CLIPS / SONGS
Check out the YouTube channel, helenmfl. http://www.youtube.com/user/HelenMFL
See the following playlists:
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French song
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French film
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French adverts
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French TV
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French humour
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French vocabulary flashcards
LANGUAGE LEARNING
Grammar
www.verbcast.com
Online dictionary:
http://www.wordreference.com/
TV5 resources for learning French:
http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendrefrancais/accueil_apprendre.php
TV5 resources for TEACHING French:
http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendrefrancais/accueil_enseigner.php
Vocabulary practice
www.vocabexpress.com
Brill school website
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/ French / A2
resources
Community for teaching French
www.aboutfrench.com
Interactive games – create and play
http://quizlet.com/
Phonetics – pronunciation practice
http://phonetique.free.fr/indexvir.htm
BBC French course – just for a bit of
revision (and you will also learn some new
stuff I expect!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/
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Short video clips from old BBC language
learning courses (still relevant!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/
Learning website
www.zut.org
Authentic Podcasts
Subscribe to / listen to podcasts in French , find ones you like in the apple store. Scroll to
bottom - column 4 – Manage – Change country – France; see drop down menu at top .. podcast
and choose one which interests you for the many categories.
Some recommendations:
Easy French Poetry
French lessons
http://www.frenchpodclass.com/
(recipes)
http://www.casse-croute.fr/
http://www.cassecroute.fr/recettes/videoliste.html
GAMES
Authentic sites.
webcams http://www.planetewebcam.com/index_fr.html
Example - webcams
sites for special events - cultural
e.g. http://www.letour.fr/
Educational games
http://vacheland.playmoa.com/index.php
http://monmatou.playmoa.com/
Real games!
www.poulagachallenge.com
Double Jeopardy
www.stgeorged.det.nsw.edu.au/jeopardy
Templates available
http://www.sandfields.co.uk/games/games.html
languagesonline - victoria
http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/languagesonline
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