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FR S10 INT – funny video about Sarkozy and slang

April 20, 2010 /

Funny videos + slang

How did you pick this theme or topic?

After the project, I wanted to do something a little bit more fun for them

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Handouts
discussion

How did students react?

They reacted well

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Youtube videos
Song on youtube

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes, it was fun for them to learn some slang and at the same time to learn a bit about French politics

Intermediate 04/20

– ‘casse-toi pauvre con’ video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e779iN7Se7E

– talk about it

– song with blanks
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HdcJXQfE4E

FR S10 ADV – Spring break + project (Iron chef)

March 23, 2010 /

Spring Break + Project (Iron chef)

How did you pick this theme or topic?

They had just gone for Spring Break so I thought it was a good idea to use this topic to talk, and I also wanted to talk more about the project.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Discussion in pairs then general

How did students react?

They reacted well and had a lot to say since they had done many things for Spring Break. They also had ideas for the project.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Sheets of paper

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes

Advanced 3/23

1. Spring Break
→ 10 minutes of talk in pairs to tell their Spring Break
→ 10 minutes of sharing; they have to introduce what their partner did
→ 10 min of general discussion about it + what we do in France

2. Project
→ Iron Chef? Top Chef? Scenario or real competition
→ They have to explain me the meaning
→ They have to vote for what they would prefer doing
→ if two clear teams, then they have to think about arguments to defend their opinion and then express them (think about budget/time to do it/editing?…)
→ we choose something

FR S10 INT – fairy tales

March 23, 2010 /

Project – fairy tales

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted them to know more about the vocabulary related to fairy tales so that they could understand Cendrillon more easily.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Handouts
Discussion

How did students react?

They reacted well and had a lot to remember because they didn’t know any vocabulary.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board
Sheets of paper

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes but maybe use it in a different way since this was designed for the project.

Intermediate 3/23

1. Fairy Tales
→ they have to guess from what fairy tale the sentences comes from

• La fillette a bu la potion et est devenu très petite.
• La jeune fille s’est piqué le doigt et s’est endormie pour toujours.
• La jeune fille est tombée amoureuse de la Bete et a brisé le sortilège.

→ they have to create 3 sentences thanks to the vocabulary sheet and make us guess from what fairy tale it comes from

2. Fables de la Fontaine
→ they have to read the fables aloud
→ they say what they understand
→ we see together the words they don’t understand
→ then we read the English version
→ we discuss the meaning

FR S10 ADV – Food

March 11, 2010 /

Food

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to introduce the project and I also wanted to refresh their minds about food vocabulary + I wanted to see what French dishes they knew.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Game
PowerPoint presentation

How did students react?

They reacted well. They were rather competitive for the game which took long because there were a lot of words/images to match. And they were interested in the typical dishes.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged with each other during the game, and with me during the slideshow.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Flashcards
PowerPoint

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I ahd with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, but I would select the images/words so they wouldn’t spend that much time on the game.

Advanced 03/11

1. Game with pairs – 25 min
⇒ They have to find the right pair (make a picture match a word)

2. PowerPoint presentation – 20 min
⇒ About French typical dishes

FR S10 INT – grammar: use of “y” and “en”

March 11, 2010 /

Grammar “y” and “en”
Project

How did you pick this theme or topic?

On Tuesday, one of the students asked me about the use of ‘y’ and ‘en’ in French, and I couldn’t explain correctly so I thought it would be better to have a lesson about it.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Lesson on the white board
Exercises found on the internet

How did students react?

They reacted well, they understood and scored very well in the exercises.

Did they engage with each other and you?

It was mostly a grammar class so they didn’t really speak to each other, but asked me questions.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Lessons found on the internet and in the French workbook
Exercises on the internet

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, but I would try to find an exercise where they would need to use ‘y’ and ‘en’ and talk to each other.

Intermediate 03/11

1. Grammar ‘y/en’ – 30 min
⇒ Lesson
⇒ exercises

2. Project – 20 min
⇒ Start thinking about the plot, the history
⇒ Can do it in English
⇒ Then they have to make a summary in French

FR S10 ADV – reality shows

March 9, 2010 /

Reality shows (and plans for Spring Break)

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to introduce the project and I also wanted to talk about a topic that most young people are interested in – tv and reality shows.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Interviews
General discussion

How did students react?

They reacted well. They talked a lot and shared a lot of ideas but with the general discussion, they often tended to go off topic.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged a lot with each other and then with me.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handouts

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was interesting!

Advanced 03/09

1. Warm-up – 15 min
– Good week-end ?
– Plans for Spring Break?

2. Reality shows – 40 min
– Interviews in pairs – 20 min
– General discussion – 20 min

FR S10 INT – Xtra normal story about Spring Break

March 9, 2010 /

Xtra normal story about Spring Break to get started with the project.

How did you pick this theme or topic?

They knew they wanted to do something with Xtra normal so I wanted them to familiarize with the software, and start using it.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Student creation of a short story about their plans for Spring Break which was coming up

How did students react?

They reacted well, they seemed to enjoy working with the computers. And I think it was good for their comprehension skills and pronunciation to hear what they had typed thanks to the program.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Moderately – they had to create a short story each, so they didn’t have to speak. But I talked with them about ways of improving the sentences they wanted to use.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Computers in the LRO
Xtra normal software on the internet

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, but I would have them work together so they could speak to each other and not just to me.

FR S10 INT – individual appointments and tv news

March 3, 2010 /

Individual appointments + news on tv

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I had to meet with them individually but since they were just two, I didn’t want to waste the hour so the first student had his meeting for the first 10 minutes, then the other student came and we watched the news on tv5 for 15 minutes and then talked about it for 15 minutes before I had the meeting with the second student.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Tv channel on the tv in the lounge
discussion

How did students react?

They reacted well, they seemed happy to have the opportunity to talk to me individually. About the news, I thought it was going to be subtitled but it wasn’t the case, so they actually didn’t understand anything and I had to explain them what it was about.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. They engaged with me about the class, what they liked/didn’t like. About the news, they asked some questions.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Satellite tv
White board

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, but with news with subtitles so they can summarize in French what they understood!

FR S10 INT – French stereotypes

March 3, 2010 /

French Stereotypes

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Stereotypes are always a good topic because usually students have a lot to say about them and are interested in knowing what the stereotypes of the Americans are.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Youtube video
Flashcards

How did students react?

They reacted well, but I was very surprised that they had not more stereotypes to associate to French people. They only had a few, and were not aware of most of the ones we saw in the video and talked about with the flashcards.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. They engaged with me as they tried to think about stereotypes, as they had to summarize the video, and as they asked questions about whether or not the stereotypes were true/partly true/false.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Laptop
Flashcards

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, but it would be more fun if they knew more about the stereotypes.

Intermediate 03/02

1. Stereotypes – 10 min

French stereotypes they know?
⇒ On the white board, two columns, positive/negative

2. Youtube video

→ French stereotypes in movies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4A8C5nRWTg

→ they need to write down all the stereotypes mentioned in the video

3. Brainstorming – 15 min

– What do they think? Do you agree?
– Writing them all (video + brainstorming) on the blackboard in the right column: POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE

4. Flashcards – 15 min

– Cards with pictures such as garlic, wine, cheese, bread, an accordion, a mime, a man with two women, people on strike, a bad driver, etc…
– Have to describe the cards to the other
– Find the stereotype associated with the card
– Then, they have to discuss it and put it in the right column: Vrai/Partiellement vrai/Faux

SFR S10 ADV – individual appointments + movie “l’Auberge espagnole”

March 2, 2010 /

Individual appointments + movie “L’auberge espagnole”

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to have an opportunity to talk to each one of them and ask them questions about the class, what they liked/disliked, etc…

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

I had a 10-minute appointment with each of them while the others were watching a movie. It took me 2 classes to talk to all the students.

How did students react?

They reacted well. I think they liked to have the opportunity to talk about the class and their personal preferences. And I think they also enjoyed the movie.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged a lot with me.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Movie L’auberge Espagnole (I had them choose)

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was interesting to talk to them individually.

FR S10 INT – song and vocabulary review

February 25, 2010 /

Song with Passé compose and Imparfait
Vocabulary review

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted them to practice a bit the uses of the past tenses and which one to choose. And they always like songs. Also, since they had asked for it, I wanted them to review some of the vocabulary we had learned in the previous weeks.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Song
Handouts
Games on the white board

How did students react?

They reacted rather well. They didn’t know the song (Quelqu’un m’a dit by Carla Bruni), which was surprising since usually almost every student of French knows it. They thought the song was hard to understand, which was also a surprise since Carla Bruni almost speaks rather than sings. But maybe it was more a question of general understanding of the metaphorical verses rather than weak listening/comprehension skills.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. They asked me a lot of questions about the meaning of words, sentences… and they also had to try to guess words I was drawing on the white board.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board
Handouts
Laptop with music

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, but maybe I would try to find another song – less poetic, and more realistic so they don’t get lost in the understanding of the song.

Intermediate 02/25

1. Song – 30 min
⇒ 1st time without the lyrics
⇒ Then 2 times
⇒ Correction
⇒ Create 2 sentences with ‘quelqu’un m’a dit que… + passé composé’ + 2 with imparfait

2. Vocab review – 20 min
→ each student is going to draw cards about food and has to draw it on the board
→ if the word is found, then the one drawing wins one point for each word
→ use the hourglass in taboo

→ LE PENDU game – have to guess the word I am writing on the board (about clothes)

FR S10 ADV – relationships #2

February 18, 2010 /

Relationships #2

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I didn’t have time to do all I had planned in the previous lesson, and the topic is so vast that one hour is not enough to talk about everything with 10 people. It is such a good topic to make them talk that I thought I could use it for another class.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Debates in groups
General discussions

How did students react?

They reacted very well. They had a lot of ideas to build up their arguments.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged a lot with each other since they had to find arguments, and then to defend them.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

None

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was very productive, and I think that making them debate is a good way of getting them involved and productive in speech since they are often competitive and want to win.
They were so interested that we kept on talking about this topic in the next class.

Advanced 02/18

1. Warm-up – 10 min

2. Debate – 30 min

– 3 groups
– I ask a question with two possible answers
– each group has to take one side
– the remaining group is the jury

– 5 min to prepare the arguments
– then, debate
– then, the jury decides which group was the more convincing (they have to go out and discuss it) and explains why

questions à débattre

==> Lequel est le plus important selon vous; le travail ou le mariage ?

==> Que choisiriez-vous entre vivre avec quelqu’un qui vous aime mais que vous n’aimez pas en retour, ou vivre seul pour le reste de votre vie tout en aimant une personne qui ne vous aime pas en retour ?

==> Est-ce plus facile ou plus difficile de vivre avec quelqu’un d’une autre nationalité ?

==> Le mariage est-il pour la vie ?

3. General questions – 20 min

==> What are some dating and marriage customs in your country?
• If you are a man, and a woman asks you for a date, do you feel you should pay, or that the woman should pay?
• Do you “go Dutch” when dating?
• What are your country’s norms or laws on displays of public affection?

==> What do you think of the show ‘the bachelor’?
==> How long does it take for dating to become a relationship?
==> What do you consider cheating in a dating relationship?
==> At what age do most people in your country get married?
==> What is a wedding ceremony like in your country?
==> Do you know of any superstitions connected with weddings?

FR S10 INT – physical appearance + clothes

February 16, 2010 /

Physical appearance
Clothes

How did you pick this theme or topic?

There is a lot of activities to be done on this topic – and there is so much vocabulary that I think it’s good for students to practice it in various situations and exercises.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Handouts – match the words and the images (3 pages)
Discussion about clothes
‘Interviews’
Drawing game

How did students react?

They reacted well. I think they liked the drawing game because it was the most interactive activity of the lesson – they had to produce sentences, and not only words.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. They had to ask questions to each other and also to me about vocabulary.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board
Handouts
Pictures from magazines or the internet

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, I think it was good for their vocabulary.

Intermediate 02/16

1. Warm-up – 5 min

2. Vocabulaire – 15 min
– fill out the three pages
– correct it

3. Description physique – 10 min
– Décrire comment le voisin est habillé
– decrire comment ils s’habilleraient s’ils allaient a la mer, a la montagne, a une fete, en cours, faire du sport, a un rendez-vous

4. Partenaire ideal – 10 min
– interview
– summary

5. Portrait robot – 15 min
– doivent décrire la photo et l’autre doit poser des questions et dessiner sur le tableau

Poser des questions sur…

– les yeux
– les cheveux
– le nez
– la forme du visage
– a-t-il une barbe, moustache… ?
– un accessoire ?

6. Projet – 5/10 min

FR S10 ADV – relationships

February 16, 2010 /

Relationships

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Valentine’s Day was over but relationships are a topic that usually interest students and that involves a lot of speech. Various activities are possible.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Handouts they had to use to ask each other questions
General discussions

How did students react?

They reacted very well. They asked a lot of questions to each other and were curious to know more about everyone’s life and stories related to the topic of relationships.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged a lot with each other since they had to interview their partner, and they also engaged with me because they were also curious to know more about my opinions and my personal life (haha).

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handouts

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was very productive, and I think they truly enjoyed talking about this topic.

Advanced 02/16

1. Pairs – interviews – 30 min
→ interview each other for 15 minutes

2. General discussion -30 min

FR S10 INT – Physical appearance, dating agency

February 11, 2010 /

Physical appearance
Dating agency game

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Valentine’s Day was coming so I thought I could do something related to it while using physical appearance and vocabulary they had just learned.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Handouts
Dialogue

How did students react?

They reacted well, I think they enjoyed it because it was a bit different from what we had done in the past lessons, and they had to be creative and to imagine a whole character to embody.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. They asked me questions about vocabulary and then they had to ask questions to each other as if they were actually interviewing candidates for a dating agency.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handouts
magazines

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, totally. This worked well; they produced speech and had fun doing it.

Intermediate 02/11

1. Review the vocabulary with the missing student – 15 min

2. Dating agency
→ explain the game: they are going to fill out a form and then be interviewed for an agency specialized on dating

3. They fill out the form – 30 min

4. Interview – 2 x 5 min
→ then, each one of them is going to ask questions to the other

FR S10 ADV – stereotypes (American and in movies)

February 9, 2010 /

Stereotypes

How did you pick this theme or topic?

We had talked about French stereotypes, but this topic is so vast that there is a lot to say about it – talking about general stereotypes, stereotypes in movies, stereotypes of Americans or other nations…

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Group discussion
Game

How did students react?

They reacted very well. As for the French stereotypes, they had a lot to say and were curious to share their opinions.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged a lot with each other when discussing the different stereotypes and also engaged with me at the end to know what I thought.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Slips of papers
Handouts with a chart (stereotypes in movies)

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, I think it was very productive and created a lot of speech from the students’ part.

Advanced 02/09

1. American stereotypes – General discussion

⇒ Have you ever experienced stereotyping in France or abroad?

2. 10 stereotypes – game

⇒ Each one has to read the slip of paper with statements
⇒ The others have to guess which stereotype it is

3. General stereotypes in movies (chart with nerd/professors/old people…) – they have to give examples of movies

⇒ Have to work in pair
⇒ General discussion about it

FR S10 INT – Food + Chandeleur

February 4, 2010 /

Food
Present and imperative tenses
Chandeleur

How did you pick this theme or topic?

They had learned vocabulary in the previous lesson, but the topic of food is so vast that there is a lot activities that can be done in order for the students to learn more words and cultural things such as recipes, dishes, etc… It’s also a nice way of making them practice other things such as the use of certain tenses.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Fill in the blanks

How did students react?

They reacted well. But they took longer than expected to do it.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. They had to read a text to each other and fill in different blanks, so they had to ask questions about the spelling of words, etc…

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Video on youtube

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, I think it was a good exercise for their comprehension and reading skills.

Intermediate 02/04

Warm-up – 10 min
– Quel est ton plat préféré ?
– Pourquoi ?
– Qu’est-ce que tu détestes manger ?
– Quels plats français connais-tu ?
– Quels plats français as-tu déjà goûté ?
– Quels plats français aimerais-tu goûter ?

1 – recette sur youtube

⇒ texte
⇒ Doivent trouver et conjuguer les verbes au présent (vous)
3 écoutes
Correction + explication des termes

La Chandeleur – 20 min
⇒ texte = pas les même trous donc doivent lire les phrases à l’autre
⇒ Général vocabulaire + culture

FR S10 INT – Food

February 2, 2010 /

Food

How did you pick this theme or topic?

After the cooking session, I realized that they needed to learn food vocabulary, and it’s always fun for the students to learn more about this cultural part of a language.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Games with flashcards
Game of the pairs + taboo style game

How did students react?

They reacted well, they liked playing games.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. They had to say the word of each picture each time they found it, and then had to create sentences to make the other guess which word it was.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Recipe found on the internet (allrecipes.com)

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, I think they liked it and learned the vocabulary while having fun.

Intermediate 02/02

Food

5 min

– Warm-up
– ask them what they know, write it on the white board

5 min

– I give them the pictures and words
– they have to memorize them

15-20 min – game “pairs”

– they have to match the pictures and the words
– when they find a pair, they have to produce a sentence using it
– the winner is the one who finds more pairs

15-20 min – taboo-like game

– Then I give each of them a series of pictures and they have to make the other guess what it is without using its name

If some time left
• What is your favorite food?
• What food have you always wanted to try but haven’t?
• etc…

FR S10 INT – cooking Galette des Rois

January 28, 2010 /

Cooking “Galette des Rois”

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I had a study break on the same evening, so I thought that preparing the Galette des Rois with the students would be a nice way for them to learn more about this cultural event, and to do something fun which might help them to be more talkative and involved in the class. I also told them facts about the holiday in France, etc…

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Cooking session in my apartment
Hand outs with the recipes
Explanation of the event

How did students react?

They reacted well, they liked cooking.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. But since we hadn’t seen the food vocabulary yet, they spoke English most of the time because they didn’t know how to say it in French.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Recipe found on the internet (allrecipes.com)

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, I think they liked it but I would do it after we seeing food vocabulary.

FR S10 ADV – Music, song “Lady Melody”

January 26, 2010 /

Music :
– general discussion about music
– “Fill the blanks”
– Imagine the video of the song

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I think music is a fun way to tackle a foreign language because it is something universal, so even if they had never heard the song, there were many chances that they liked music and thus found this class interesting. Music is also a nice way to learn about a country’s culture. And since I wasn’t really sure about their level, I chose a rather easy song to test their level.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Group discussions (in groups of 3)
Handouts – lyrics of the song with blanks

How did students react?

Really well, they all talked to each other for 10 minutes about music, French songs, etc…
About the song, nobody knew it. They understood most of the lyrics.
And they had very good ideas concerning which kind of video they would have made to fit with the song.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes. All of them talked to each other and then tried to guess the lyrics, and proposed a possible video.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Computer (youtube), handout

Please attach a copy.
Below are the lyrics of the song, and the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, I think they liked it and they were all able to participate in the discussion.

01/26 Advanced

1) warm up : « quoi de neuf… ? »

2) Introduction of the topic:
– Do you know French music?
– French singers, bands?

3) Introduction of the song and the band
– Tom Frager

– Song without the text and without the video
– I give them the lyrics with the blank, they read it and ask for what they don’t understand
– Song again, they have to fill the blanks
– Correction and explanation. (expressions)

4) Try to imagine how you would create the video for this song (in pairs) 10 mn

5) Discussion and then comparison with the video Lady Melody

FR S10 INT – Music and song “Je ne veux pas travailler”

January 26, 2010 /

Music :
– general discussion about music and instruments
– “Fill the blanks”
– Imagine the tv advertisement

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I think music is a fun way to tackle a foreign language because it is something universal, so even if they had never heard the song, there were many chances that they liked music and thus found this class interesting. Music is also a nice way to learn about a country’s culture. And since I wasn’t really sure about their level, I chose an easy song to test their level.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Handouts – lyrics of the song with blanks to be filled by the students

How did students react?

Well, but they didn’t have any vocabulary about the instruments so we couldn’t play the game I ahd planned (making them draw and guess the name of the instrument)
About the song, they didn’t know it. They understood most of the lyrics, though.
They were not creative for the last activity and didn’t have many ideas about the commercial.

Did they engage with each other and you?

So-so. They liked the song I think, but were not creative about the tv ad and didn’t have much to say.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Computer (youtube), handout, white board.

Please attach a copy.
see below

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, I think they liked it but I think it’s more effective and fun with more advanced and talkative students.

01/26 Intermediate

1) warm up

2) Introduction of the topic:
– Do you know some French singers? Groups?…
– Do you know French music?
– French singers, bands?

– Name for instruments in French?
→ each students comes and draws an instrument on the board
• guitare
• piano
• trompette
• saxophone
• flute
• violon
• batterie
• percussions
• basse
• ….

3) Introduction of the song and the band
– Pink Martini

4) Song without the text and without the video

Je ne veux pas travailler

– I give them the lyrics: Explanation of the words they don’t understand.
– They listen to the song again and have to fill the blanks
– Correction and explanation.
– Try to imagine which kind of tv ad could fit with this music

9) Show the tv ad

Citroën

10) Discuter de la pub

– Qu’est-ce qui se passe ?
– Est-ce que la chanson correspond ?
– etc…

FR S10 INT – Introductions #2 + informal/formal you

January 21, 2010 /

Introductions
Use of tu/vous in French

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Second class, so I wasn’t sure whether there would be more or less students, I didn’t want to start doing something with students who might drop the class the following week, or who might not be enrolled yet.
I also wanted to review things such as the use of the formal or informal ‘you’.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Chart to fill out with names
Games 2 truths and a lie
Scenarios on papers

How did students react?
They were only 2 so we couldn’t do the game with the chart since it requires several people to be interesting. We talked about random stuff such as their week end, sports, etc… instead. But it was hard to fill the hour since I had planned they would be more than 2 and that the activities would keep them busy for longer.

Did they engage with each other and you?
They talked to me and answered my questions but they were shy and not talkative if I wasn’t initiating the talk.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board
Slips of paper

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was nice getting to know them more, but it is designed for a more numerous class.

Intermediate 01/20

1. Pass around the agreement sheets for the students who weren’t there before to fill them out

2. Warm-up in the meantime

3. Explain the game: the students need to fill out the chart with as many names as they can in the allotted time

4. Leave them 10 minutes to do so

5. Discussion about the results: who got the most names? Who has been to France, where, when? … 15 min

6. 2nd game: 2 truths and a lie – 15 min
• explain the rules: they need to tell two truths and a lie and the other students need to find which sentence is the lie.
• Leave them 5 minutes to write down what they want to say
• Make them write it on the board so we can all check the spelling

1. Introduction of the exercise of the day: the formal and informal you (tu/vous) – 20 min

2. Talk about some examples

• what would you say if you wanted to ask the time to a guy walking in the street who has approximately the same age as you?
• How would you address an old man?
• If you are not comfortable with the two ways of addressing people (or if you are not sure), which one should you choose?

3. game of the day:
• slips of papers with scenarios
• explain the words they don’t understand
• they need to find a partner
• randomly choose one slip of paper
• have 5 minutes to read it and imagine the discussion
• After that, they will need to perform it

4. Ask them to write about

1. Qu’est-ce que tu préfères dans le Français ?
2. Qu’est-ce que tu aimes le moins ?
3. Qu’aimerais-tu découvrir/approfondir ?

FR F09 INT/ADV – Thanksgiving and slang

December 12, 2009 /

Thanksgiving
Slang

How did you pick this theme or topic?

They were interested in knowing some slang so I thought it could be nice to do it at the end of the semester, as a fun class.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

They had to guess the synonym of slang words

How did students react?

They reacted very well, they were interested but they actually didn’t know any slang words.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged with each other when discussing about Thanksgiving, and then when debating about the meaning of the words.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

White board

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes! But I would maybe try to find another way of introducing slang, which would be more productive in speech.

Intermediate 12/01

1. Thanksgiving – 15 min

– They discuss it among themselves in groups of two
– Then they talk to me about what the other did

2. Slang – 30 min

– I write a word on the white board, and they have to guess the meaning, and write a synonym on a piece of paper. I do it too with the right synonym. Then, I read all the words they have written, and they vote for the word they think is the synonym of the one written on the white board.

FR F09 INT/ADV – Taboo game

December 8, 2009 /

Playing games at the Coop Fountain

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Last class, so I wanted to do something nice and fun with them.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Game Taboo in French (for kids)

How did students react?

They reacted very well and liked playing the game. They also liked having the class outside Oldenborg.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes, they had to play in pairs and make the partner guess words.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Game Taboo junior (French Lounge)

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes, that was a very nice way of ending the semester

FR F09 INT – Slang and expressions from the south

December 3, 2009 /

Slang
Words and expressions from the South

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to carry on the topic of slang and to introduce the students to some words and expressions from the south of France.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Pair work
Fill in the blanks

How did students react?

They reacted very well, they were interested. First they had to match slang words with their synonyms and to fill in blanks with the right word.
They also had to fill in the blanks of a song with the same words they had just seen.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes they engaged with each other when trying to fill in the blanks of the text with slang words.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handouts
Laptop
Youtube

Please attach a copy.

Here is the plan I had with me

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

Yes definitely

Intermediate 12/3

1. Warm-up 5 min

2. Slang 15 min

– What do they know? 3min
– List of words they need to match 5 min
– Correction – 5 min

3. Words from the South 10 min

– List of words they need to match with the standard meaning – 5 min
– Correction – 5 min

4. Song ‘Tomber La chemise’ de Zebda – 30 min

– 1st time without the lyrics
– 2 times with the lyrics
– Correction, explanation of the words

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