Leaving Certificate Applied Getting Started

French - Getting Started

First Lesson

·  Make sure you have the module descriptor. The module descriptor is available online at www.pdst.ie, Click on the Leaving Certificate Applied (LCA) tab. Your Coordinator will supply you with this.

·  Active Methodology

·  Do greetings and introduce yourself.

·  Use Talk Show format to introduce various students to the rest of the class group,

e.g. Aujourd’hui Nous avons la classe de LCA 08-09.

·  Introduce the vocabulary for introductions e.g. Je m’appelle, Comment tu t’appelles?

·  Put the chairs in circles

·  It is a good idea to use a mic.

·  Get each student to introduce themselves in French and say where they live.

Second Lesson

·  A second lesson could consist of students roaming with the mic and asking people their names at random and where they live. A basic list of occupations could be introduced, word search and puzzles as supporting material.

Third Lesson

·  Teach vocabulary for père, mère, frère, soeur and vocabulary for numbers up to ten.

Fourth Lesson

·  Talk show “La Famille”. Select a host. Using mic ask students the following questions; Comment tu t’appelles?, Tu habites ou?

·  Vary the host. Quel age as-tu?

·  Also introduce ‘vous’. (Requirement for the Oral Examination)

Fifth Lesson

·  Ask students to bring in a CD to use as background music to learn numbers one to ten.

·  Hold a voting competition to select the tune which will be used by the class to learn numbers one to ten.

Sixth Lesson

·  Play Lotto using numbers one to ten. In the ICT class (if possible) get students to design lotto slips and print them off.

Seventh Lesson

·  Hot seat. Students to pick a number and the selected number goes in the hot seat.

·  Have ten questions and get the student to pick three numbers in French.

·  Ask them 3 questions you have prepared corresponding to those numbers.

·  Questions to be based on vocabulary for family and introducing themselves.

Eighth Lesson

·  Get students to design a sports jersey for their favourite player, musician, film star and put the number in on the back and front of the jersey in French and figures.

All the above activities are part of module one and are just suggestions to keep you going for the first few lessons.