Here is a previous link to reward student of their good behaviour and discuss the cultural differences between France and the United Kingdom. I have been using it for a whole week now and students keep asking: "Miss, how come more than 19 000 000 of people have watched this video?" I suppose they like French? Or animals?

Hi there,

When I come back to France, I tend to take some photos of everything. Here are some, which are quite nice when it comes to talk about colours, prices and obviously food and supermarkets. Do you know the name of all these vegetables ?

Create a "real" context for learning.

It is not always easy to immerge pupils in the language. I had a nice Year 10. The pupils were preparing their GCSE and were struggling as soon as I was not following the text book. This is why I created the following resource using "real" materials (from Le Monde):

Context: Pupils are in Paris. They have to find the perfect accommodation for a young couple (invent what they are looking for).

Organisation: 4 pupils/group

Material:
- PowerPoint presentation

Lls y10 demenagement

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- 4 tables (at each corner of the classroom)
- 1 decription of 1 appartment by table (+1 copy)

Flat paris

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- 1 to 2 dictionaries on each table
- 1 map of the underground to each group

Map underground paris

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- Paper and pens on each table
(- OPTIONAL: underground tickets, 4/person, each pupil has to leave a ticket on the table when they reach their destination)

Tickets de metro

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1- Each pupil is only allowed to "visit" or read the description of 2 accommodations.
2 - They have to take notes.
3 - They come back to their group and share information.
4 - The group writes down which accommodation they have chosen and justify why.
5 - Each group present their findings to the class.
6 - The class has to evaluate the other groups performance.
OPTIONAL but so tempting... 7 - The teacher awards a prize of his/her choice...