Bring the Olympics to life in your French lessons with these engaging and adaptable activities and resources. 2024 is the perfect time for a French topic on 'les Jeux Olympiques' (or 'les J.O.' as the French often refer to them) as the Games will be held in Paris.Teach the vocabulary for the 32 Olympic sports through physical activities and games. Then use flashcards, word searches, crossword puzzles and other word games to reinforce the learning. Sentence-building activities, reading passages and surveys make it easy to promote speaking, listening, reading and writing. Pupils will love learning about which sports are the most popular in France, where in France the Games have been held previously and what new sports have been added this year.Both you and your pupils will love learning about 'les Jeux Olympiques'. Best of all, the activities will fit easily into whatever scheme of work you are using and minimal preparation is required.
Use these catchy raps to introduce and reinforce key French words and phrases. The specially written raps provide an enjoyable and stress-free way for primary school pupils to learn the rhythm, intonation and pronunciation of the French language.The raps have been written with the primary French curriculum in mind and link to popular French topics, such as animals, family, food, weather, numbers and classroom items. They can be used to supplement any scheme of work or become the focus for a mini-topic using the extension ideas in the book.The free downloadable resources include recordings of the raps, sung by native French speakers, so non-specialist teachers don't have to worry about pronunciation. The backing tracks are ideal for more confident pupils and enable children to create their own versions. The PowerPoints introduce the raps and the vocabulary and will save hours of preparation time.Children will love singing along to these raps and will pick up perfect French pronunciation and essential vocabulary effortlessly.