Gary Holt (Kristin College) has kindly shared a web based activity he has created for his Junior students. Based on visiting the "Auberges de Jeunesse" website, Gary's activity consists of retrieving information, reporting findings, and testing understanding. This is a great one lesson long or homework activity.
A reference site when it comes to learning vocabulary! The pages are organised by theme, all the vocab is illustrated and its pronunciation one click away. Place your cursor over an image and hear the word associated with it pronounced. Thanks to its visual interface, the Pictorial Vocabulary Guides can be used by anyone in the world, regardless of their native language you just set the interface to the language of the user, including Hindi and Korean: a great trump card for any foreign student in your class!
LanguageGuide serves as an other base for independant vocabulary learning and practising at any curriculum level. Native speakers can choose to volunteer work by contibuting recordings.
Un Voyage parmi les Sites de Paris
Margaret Ubels-Rattray (St Peter's College Epsom) has put together a fact finding webquest about Paris, requiring to visit Paris Tourist Information Websites. This assignement is designed for French learning beginners (Margaret uses it with Yr 10 students with 6 months of French). It is made of 4 tasks to carry out in groups. Hit the following link to discover Margaret's webquest: http://questgarden.com/76/70/7/090221233528/
Designed by the teachers of French at Glenunga International High School (Adelaide, Australia), this webquest called "Our Holiday in Paris" offers clear instructions to both teachers and junior students. Scroll down the page to access the task and resources.
Fairytales Collection (inc. Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood...)
This collection of interactive stories, shared by Hilary de Joux (Nelson College for Girls) is suitable for all ages. Many stories come with a comprehensive bank of downloadable or web based resources as well as sound files. Discover also finger rhyme activities to reproduce with your students. Great fun for all classes and wonderful for tenses revision as well!
Webquests
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.
►Since 1996, San Diego State University has maintained a database of example WebQuests. This database is kept up to date and weeded out when a link goes bad (as their volunteer time permits). By visiting webquest.org you can find a small selection of excellent webquests designed to support the teaching of French as a language by placing it in a historical/ social context.
►A webquest is an interesting project for French classes or for independent studiers looking to spice up their self-instruction. The following project is perfect as a long-term activity for intermediate and advanced students, though it can also be adapted for beginners. Go to the generic Webquest Project Outline and find a list of suggested topics.
► Webquests with Downloadable and Printable Worksheets (in French). The topics covered include: TV (reviewing TV programmes), Sports (reading through Articles from L'Equipe), Shopping (carrying out a virtual visit of a Carrefour supermarket), Organising a Dinner Party etc.
►With the PPT Quiz below (France and its Special Features), students can search (with Google) for the correct answers and write a few lines about each feature (geographical and historical). Make sure you turn the sound on as to check the answers!
