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French Level 2 Talking about yourself

Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning Actively take part in daily routineUnderstand and respond to classroom instructions and personal information from familiar sourcesListen, join in and respond to a story, song or poemParticipate in familiar games, paired speaking and short role playsFurther develop an understanding of, interest in and respect for other countries, cultures and languagesDemonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the value of language learning including skills for life and workTake part in simple, paired conversations about themselves, others and interests of their choiceAsk for help confidently using learned phrases and familiar language Give a short presentation about a familiar topicPronounce words sufficiently accurately so as to make the meaning clearWork with others and make a successful contribution to a group presentation in English supported by the target languages

2Read aloud a simple textRead and understand a variety of simple textsMake comparisons between English and target language (including use of a bi-lingual dictionary with support)Write about themselves and others and check the accuracy of own writing Exchange straightforward information in writing using familiar words and phrases

Second Level Significant Aspects of Learning VocabularyTalking about yourself There are three ways of asking someones name in French and two ways of asking how old someone is. Use whichever you feel most comfortable with.At level 2 there is a progression onto talking about others.

Tu tapppelles comment?What are you called? Comment tu tappelles?What are you called?Comment tappelles-tu? What are you called? (this is generally used in written French)Il/elle sappelle comment?What is he/she called?

Je mappelle...I am called...Il/Elle sappelle.He/She is called.

Cest qui?Who is it? Qui est-ce?Who is it? Cest...It is...

Quel ge as-tu?/ Tu as quel ge? How old are you?Jai ___ ansI am __ years oldO habites-tu?Where do you live?Jhabite Edimbourg I live in Edimbourg

4Tu tappelles comment?

Choose whichever form you feel most comfortable with. 5Comment tu tappelles?

Choose whichever form you feel most comfortable with. 6Comment tappelles-tu?

Choose whichever form you feel most comfortable with. 7Je mappelle

Pupils can choose a name for the penguin. 8Il sappelle comment?

What is his name?9Il sappelle Pierre

His name is Pierre10Elle sappelle comment?

What is her name?11Elle sappelle Amlie

Her name is Amelie12Cest qui?

Who is it? Again, choose whichever way you prefer and use that one. 13Qui est-ce?

Who is it? Again choose whichever way you prefer. 14Cest

Pupils can choose a name. 15Quel ge as-tu?

Choose whichever form you feel most comfortable with. 16Tu as quel ge?

Choose whichever form you feel most comfortable with. 17Jai 5 ans

18Et toi?

19Jai 7 ans

20O habites-tu?

21Jhabite Edimbourg.

22Jhabite Edimbourg en Ecosse.

23Embedding the languageYou can use age to ask someones age whenever its their birthday. Use both age and where you live when youre doing the register.

Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

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Quel ge as-tu? ActivitLook at the following ages on the slides and use your knowledge of numbers to say what age it would be for each of them. E.g. Jai cinq ans. Regardez les numrosCest quel ge?

26Quel ge as-tu?

27Oui! Jai deux ans!

28Quel ge as-tu?

29Oui! Jai sept ans!

30Quel ge as-tu?

31Oui! Jai trois ans!

32Quel ge as-tu?

33Oui! Jai cinq ans!

34Quel ge as-tu?

35Oui! Jai quatre ans!

36Quel ge as-tu?

37Oui! Jai un an!

Please note that 1 means that ans becomes singular and there is no longer an S on the end! 38Quel ge as-tu?

39Oui! Jai huit ans!

40Quel ge as-tu?

41Oui! Jai six ans!

42Quel ge as-tu?

43Bravo! Jai dix ans.

44Quel ge as-tu?

45Oui! Jai neuf ans!

46Quel ge as-tu?

Regardez

les photos

et

dcidez

lge de la personne!

Look at the photos, class can ask the question and then try and guess the age of the person 47Quel ge as-tu?

48 Bonjour! Jai cinq ans!

49Quel ge as-tu?

50Bonjour, je mappelle Nico. Jai six ans.

51Quel ge as-tu?

52Salut tout le monde Jai trois ans.

53Quel ge as-tu?

54Jai huit ans! Cest mon anniversaire!

55Quel ge as-tu?

56Bonjour! Jai sept ans.

57Arrt!

Trouve un ami

Faites les introductionsTrouvez un autre paire

Asseyez-vous en groupe

In this activity, pupils work in cooperative learning groups to guess the name of the celebrity while practising the new phrases for level 2 Il/Elle sappelle. Stop, find a friend, do your introductions, choose another pair, sit in a group.

58Choissisez un nom pour le groupeChoissisez une action pour le groupe

Choose a name for your group. Choose an action for your group.59Elle sappelle

Il sappelle

His name is/ Her name isRegardez les images

Levez la main

ou..

Elle sappelleDitesIl sappelle

Look at the images, put your hand up and say His name is or Her name isThere are only a couple of examples on here.Game could be continued by pupils drawing a celebrity and pupils say Il sappelle or Elle sappelle.61Elle sappelle Queen Elizabeth.

Her name is Queen ElizabethIl sappelle comment?

What is his name?Il sappelle David BeckhamJe mappelle.., Jai..Jhabite As you click on each slide pupils write the number.Pupils listen to the audio file and record the name of the person, their age and where they live.This can be played twice if the pupils need it.At end pupils can peer assess results by listening again.Pupils could then create their own recordings for other pupils to work out.A map is attached to next slide to help pupils with locations in France. This could be used to differentiate depending on the ability of the class.Regardez la carte de la France

65Numro un.

Answers: My name is Jean. I am 12 years old. I live in Paris.Je mappelle Jean. Jai douze ans. Jhabite Paris66Numro deux

Answers: My name is Juile. I am 11 years old. I live in BordeauxJe mappelle Julie. Jai onze ans. Jhabite Bordeaux 67Numro trois

Answers: My name is Marie. I am 15 years old. I live in Nantes.Je mappelle Marie. Jai quinze ans. Jhabite Nantes.68Numro quatre

Answers: My name is David. I am 16 years old. I live in Nice.Je mappelle David. Jai seize ans. Jhabite Nice 69Numro cinq

Answers: My name is Sophie. I am 17 years old. I live in LyonJe mappelle Sophie. Jai dix-sept ans. Jhabite Lyon.70Songs and videos!

You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Days of the Week and Months.

Quel ge as-tu chanson! Image contains hyperlink to http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources/PrimaryFrench/age-song.pdfThere are also flashcards to accompany the song which are avaiable here: http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources/PrimaryFrench/age-song-cards.pdf72Chanson!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WksvcV6vU0 et demi means and a half! : 73

http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources/PrimaryFrench/age-fr.pdf74Quel ge as-tu? BBC primary French

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/how_old/cartoon_flash.shtml75Quel ge as-tu? Languages online Australia

Please note that this requires you to have done numbers above 10. http://www.education.vic.gov.au/LanguagesOnline/french/sect07/index.htm76O habites-tu vido.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvYVe0rYr8A Please note that they say O tu haites? Which isnt incorrect per se, but it does sound a bit clumsy. 77O habites-tu? BBC primary French

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryfrench/where/cartoon_flash.shtml78