french
Jul 16, 2010
Visual support for vocab & fluency activities
Websites and applications to introduce or consolidate vocabulary
Comox Valley Core French –
A collection of YouTube videos or links to YouTube videos on the (French) vocabulary related to a number of themes, such as: les couleurs, les jours de la semaine, les nombres, les mois, quel temps fait-il? etc...
Chansons françaises et francophones en cours de FLE / French through Songs and Singing –
This multimedia site features streaming MP3s, annotated lyrics, articles and links.
dotSUB –
(Music) videos with the lyrics translated in various languages in subtitles.
Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr, Google, and Yahoo images. Type in a word and get images related to it, a definition and some example sentences to show use in context.
Spezify is a search tool presenting results from a large number of websites in different visual ways… We mix all media types and make no difference between blogs, videos, microblogs, and images. Everything communicates and helps building the bigger picture.”
100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom | Online Universities – This article presents ways educators are presently using social media in their classrooms.
Feb 27, 2010
Native speaker at a distance
NL LinQ project 4 early MFL Education
The Dutch LinQ project promotes French and German next to English in NL Primary Education. Skype is used to support e-Twinning contacts between schools using a Tandem approach. The IWB helps to share the connection to native speakers. See this report at the NL version of Teacher TV: Leraar 24
Jan 02, 2010
Interaction in French lesson
Teachers TV video of Joe Dale using interactive technologies.
Have you seen the great work that Joe Dale does with interactive whiteboards? Joe, a former middle school teacher, has recently taken up a post with CILT, the National Centre for Languages, London..
In this Teacher TV link he stimulates Year One primary teacher Lise Bosher to to improve her presentation skills using ICT.
After observing one of Joe's classes, Lise returns to her own classroom to put the presentation technology she has learned into action
Find Joe's blog here.
http://joedale.typepad.com
Jun 16, 2009
2Simple French
IWB dedicated software for early French, a product by the publisher of digital materials 2Simple.
"2Simple French" is a software suite with lots of activities for learning French with a special focus on vocabulary.
This is how the publisher 2Simple , winner of the BETT 2009 Award for ICT Company of the Year, describes the contents:
- The French units including ‘My Family’, ‘Animals’, ‘Food’ and ‘Colour’ are enhanced with interactive games for the whole class, pairs or individuals as well as activities to explore French culture.
- 2Simple French also has many creative screens where children use tools, clipart, French phrases or free typing to create cards, cartoons, diaries or posters to apply the language they have learnt.
I can recommend viewing the video as it provides a good impression of the activity types and their contents.
