Like YouTube for French GCSE!!

More video and listening material, with and without transcripts, for you to access for revision purposes:

http://thisislanguage.com/

GCSE – revision websites

To assist you with your revision over the Easter holidays, I would recommend you spend time using the websites on the attached document:

Useful Websites for GCSE revision

Good luck!!

2 French Films

If you are interested in music, world cinema, relationships and/or a wonderful story of triumph over adversity, why not go and watch one or both of the following:

BENDA BILILI!

(PG) 86 minutes. French and Lingala, with English subtitles.

Staff Benda Bilili were a huge sensation at WOMAD, summer 2010. This French documentary follows the band’s remarkable fairytale journey from the streets of Kinshasa to international stardom. This group of musicians includes five paraplegics and an able-bodied teeanger who makes music from a tin can connected to a stick with a piece of nylon. They sing about life on the streets, suffering from polio and sleeping on cardboard, and they ride around on customised Mad Max-style tricycles. Fantastic music and remarkable characters make this an uplifting and unforgettable film. No surprise that it received a standing ovation at Cannes.

Check out the trailer at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWVgU2ZevA

LITTLE WHITE LIES

(15) 154 mins. French, with English subtitles.

An intimate portrait of a tight-knit group of 30-something Parisians. The film opens with Ludo fighting for his life in hospital after an accident. The rest of the group decide to go ahead with their annual summer holiday. However they are unable to shake off the impact of the accident, and it’s not long before emotions run high and tempers begin to flare.With each group member battling their own personal demons as well as collectively struggling with the mounting guilt, relationships are soon put to the test. This is a richly funny and deeply compassionate film that celebrates love and friendship without ever shying away from the myriad complexities of adult life.

View the trailer at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyCtRXWz4Cs

IGCSE oral questions

For my candidates sitting their oral next term, attached is a list of possible/probable questions that you might be asked:

The IGCSE French Oral Conversation

Year 11 – more extra listening material

Try this site out as well for lots of topic-based listening material, with transcripts and exercises:

http://ielanguages.com/frenchlistening.html

Year 9 – negatives

This link is to a short document that summarises the work we covered on the negative this morning:

Forme affirmative et negative

Year 10 – voyage en train

Today’s PPT is attached here:

le+train

Arabic – numbers 1 – 10

To help in your learning of numbers from 1 -10, please use the attached flashcards:

http://quizlet.com/2455306/arabic-numbers-1-10-flash-cards/

http://quizlet.com/2470196/arabic-numbers-1-10-flash-cards/

Year 10 – Tintin

If you are interested in exploring further the world of Tintin, please use the following link:

http://www.tintin.com/

This morning we were looking at the Le Journal de Tintin > Dossiers Thématiques > Carnets de Voyage > Le Moyen Orient

Year 11 -extra listening material

One way of improving your skills is to listen to lots of French; this link is a really good one to listen to short bursts of French with a variety of voices talking about lots of different subjects:

 http://www.audio-lingua.eu/