This blog post is to gather ideas for the SKE Tutorials for the University of Portsmouth.
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General Information
Any links in blue underlined on this page will take you to a resource that will either be a document or a webpage...
Those underlined red are just for me to open things on my side quickly.
Those in violet will be ones with password protection.
To improve your listening and speaking skills in a social setting, visit the evening or afternoon events organised in the city.
Tips for refreshing and reinforcing your French
Listen to French Music - Watch French TV series and films (or at least videos/news in French)
There is a lot of stuff online for the French language and learning (not all of it, correct!) The sites below are usually accessible for free and have French-language content.
A good source of grammar notes and online exercises for you to improve your knowledge of French is Laura K Lawless' French Blog.
Collins Dictionary Online will give you simple translations of words and specific well-known phrases. You would be advised to buy a print version too, and get used to how it works, just to look up words and get the solution. This often helps you remember the answer rather than the instant answers from the internet.
Linguee is an online corpus of billions of translated websites that gives translations of phrases and words in context. You can check the database of translations for a context similar to the one you want.
This blog page will help you find out how to get all those accents on your various devices.
Find some Francophone music you like - there's an extraordinary amount out there, and all can be seen on YouTube whenever you like. I have written much more about French music here. That blog page will probably always be unfinished, as I could keep adding.
Free sources for TV
All 4 (Walter Presents on Channel 4 has some French Series among the many foreign series)
France 24 (online news 24/7 in French)
TV5 Monde (an online bank of Francophone TV and Film)
BBC iPlayer (often under BBC 4 programming)
Free Sources for Radio
Radio.Garden (Sadly, since October 2022, there's a block on this website for working outside the UK). However, click on the ellipsis (...).
You can see the option to visit the website - click there, and you can go to the website - click on 'écouter la radio' and it gives all the France Bleu regional stations in France... then you can listen (this option will work on most radio stations based on 'Radio.Garden'.
mardi, 13 juin
vendredi, 9 juin
We further discussed the theme of the Cyber Société with a view to you being able to submit the task. We looked at future upcoming tasks and developed a strategy for those.
We discussed the possibility of you visiting Caen in July/August, which did not clash with any major submission deadlines, so that you can work intensively on your spoken French and aural skills.
vendredi, 2 juin
We discussed the theme of the Cyber Société - Looking at some points for your assessment so that you can submit it. We addressed some issues in the French Language and you will look to purchase a copy of French Verb Drills.
vendredi, 26 mai
We discussed the theme of the family from KS3 to 5 - Looking at some points for your assessment so that you can submit it.
We discussed aspects of the French language that had come up in your viewing of the Vidlearn content and looked at sources of information for the taught content in schools.
vendredi, 19 mai
We discussed the theme of the family from KS3 to 5 - We looked at the formation of the present tense, regular verbs for all three verb families and then reflexives. We looked at the French Verb Drills Book, and you decided it would be a good idea to get a copy from WoB.
Using this blog post, we looked at how to form the regular present tense and reflexive verbs in French. Remember that Verb Drills are the best way to get used to all of these tenses and verb-related grammar.
On Amazon, the book is often cheaper to buy than it would be to download and print!
Basic Video to introduce the family in French
This episode revises much of what you will have covered before...
Espace Culturel
Using adjectives to describe people
vendredi, 12 mai
Today we checked on your progress towards your next assignment and discussed a plan for your knowledge of French.
We discussed adjectives.
This page revises the position of adjectives and their agreement with number and gender.
vendredi, 26 mai
Today we discussed where you are with your knowledge of the French language and tactics for tackling the first assignment.
Key Stages 3, 2 and 1 - 4 and 5 and what they all mean.
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