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Comprehensible Input Techniques Using Petit Nicolas in Class
Read more: Comprehensible Input Techniques Using Petit Nicolas in ClassHere’s a four-day unit plan built around an episode of the French cartoon Petit Nicolas that shows how Comprehensible Input strategies can transform an authentic resource into accessible, engaging learning. Each activity intentionally builds on the previous one. Students are guided step-by-step from supported listening to independent writing. By Day 4, they’re producing French text.…
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Using EdPuzzle to Build Listening Skills
Read more: Using EdPuzzle to Build Listening SkillsIf you teach French, you’ve probably wrestled with how to get students comfortable listening to authentic French when native speakers talk at lightning speed. I’ve found that EdPuzzle is a game-changer if you use it the right way. How the app supports Language Learning Let’s be honest: listening comprehension is hard. But when students can…
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Picture Talk
Read more: Picture TalkA compelling photo can tell a story and can be leveraged into a context for a conversation. Start by eliciting vocabulary from the students, then you can use that vocabulary to talk about the picture. You will finish by constructing a text together with your students, which you will ask them to read. Picture Talk…
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Songs to reinforce vocabulary from a unit
Read more: Songs to reinforce vocabulary from a unitMusic gets my students’ attention. Sometimes they enjoy the tune and other times they revel in critiquing it. With Novice students music videos can serve to observe the images and use French to comment on what they see or they can listen for words (as opposed to for meaning) in the song. Here are a…
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