1. Français
French for Parents

2. You have 30 seconds to memorise the number that is about to appear on the board...

3. 543 998 434 174 994 560 This time the number is in chunks.
Will you remember more digits this time?

4. Plan for the session
Pronunciation
Learning styles
Memory techniques
Questions

5. 1. Pronunciation
NB: The phonics are on p.3 of their booklets and on p.4 there is a page for them to read through to consolidate. HW could be to go through both pages with a parents, older sibling, granny and get a signature at the bottom of page 4 to say this has been done.

6. fleur

7. coeur

8. kangourou

9. tortue

10. restaurant

11. dos

12. chapeau

13. poisson

14. gorille

15. huit

16. ski

17. lapin

18. pain

19. oignon

20. mouton

21. éléphant

22. enfant

23. empereur

24. maison

25. crayon

26. épée

27. boulanger

28. nez

29. sorcière

30. garçon

31. seau

32. chat

33. cirque

34. chien

35. pied

36. cerise

37. ciseaux

38. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 kangourou fleur coeur tortue
restaurant
poisson
dos
chapeau
gorille
huit
lapin
ski
pain
oignon
mouton
éléphant

39. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 crayon enfant empereur
maison
épée
boulanger
nez
sorcière
chat
garçon
seau
cirque
chien
pied
cerise
ciseaux

40. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

41. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

42. Tips for accurate spoken French
The sounds that occur on the previous pages are the ones which most frequently can cause problems, so if you can remember how each word sounds, you are a lot closer to having good French pronunciation! If not, type French words into Google Translate and it will tell you how to pronounce them!
To sum up…
There are several groupings of letters that all make the same sound…
é, er, ez, ais, ait, ay, et, aient – they all sound like ay (as in May)
The letter c with an accent underneath – ç – sounds like the letter s in English
A c without this accent, and followed by the letters o, a or u, is a hard sound – café, code, vecu (vaykoo)
A c followed by an i or an e is soft – cinq (sank), cent (son)
an and en make make the same sound in French = ON - anglais, enfant
in in a French word sounds like AN – intéressant, intelligent, enfin
If a French word ends in t, d, s, n or x, these are usually SILENT
But if the last letter is an e, you can pronounce the letter just before it – carte, anglaise, allemande
In French, the letter e can cause lots of problems. At the end of a word, it isn’t sounded out.
If it as an acute accent – é – then it sounds like ay. - café
If it has a grace accent – è – then it sounds like eh – père
The rest of the time, it sounds like uh – menu (muhnoo)

43. Tips for accurate spoken French
Silent letters
Like English, French is not a phonetic language. A phonetic language is one in which each letter has a single corresponding sound; in other words, spelling matches pronunciation.
Languages like French and English have letters that can be pronounced in different ways or sometimes not at all. 
The basic rule of French pronunciation is that the final consonant is not pronounced, but there are many exceptions...
The letters B, C, F, K, L, Q, and R are usually pronounced at the end of a word.
Tip: Since B, K, and Q are rare as final consonants, some people find it helpful to use the word CaReFuL to remember the most common of the usually pronounced final
The letters D,G,M,N,P,S,T,X,Z are usually silent at the end of a word, but with some exceptions if they are proper names or words borrowed from other languages

46. 1. Bretagne 1.
bre
cham sa ar
taine
sin pi i de
tre
gne se
die ce
aqu
nne li pa
mou
car al ta
cen
cor
2. Picardie 2.
3. Alsace 3. 4.
4. Centre 5.
5. Aquitaine
6. Champagne-Ardenne 6.
7. Limousin 7.

47. 2. Learning Styles
NB: The phonics are on p.3 of their booklets and on p.4 there is a page for them to read through to consolidate. HW could be to go through both pages with a parents, older sibling, granny and get a signature at the bottom of page 4 to say this has been done.

48. At the end of most textbook chapters, there are vocabulary pages which look like this…
If you were trying to help your child learn the vocabulary from this page, how would you do it?

49. Auditory Learning Style
learns best by seeing
neat, orderly
speaks quickly, holds head up, shoulders erect
good long range planners
good spellers
memorises by strong visual associations
functions best with overall view before proceeding
has trouble remembering verbal instructions – unless written down
Visual Learning Style
learns best through hearing
likes to listen to talks, music or lectures
good story tellers
talks to self
likes talking more than writing
easily distracted by noise –may have problems with projects involving visualisation
likes jokes better than comics
Auditory Learning Style
learns best by doing and through movement
often good athletes
speaks more slowly
memorises by moving around, walking etc..
gestures a lot
doesn’t mind clutter/mess in workspace
using action words when speaking
wants to act things out
Kinaesthetic Learning Style

50. Some strategies for the 3 learning styles
Visual
Concept maps with pictures to represent words Spider diagrams also using images Mental movies
Auditory
Talk out loud Listen to others explaining material Read notes out loud Use rhymes Learn with music Make tapes of the material and listen to them Teach others out loud
Kinaesthetic
Walk or pace around (regular, steady steps) Learn in groups Create games Make notes on post-its and arrange on a big sheet (A3) Act out material you are learning

51. 3. Memory techniques
NB: The phonics are on p.3 of their booklets and on p.4 there is a page for them to read through to consolidate. HW could be to go through both pages with a parents, older sibling, granny and get a signature at the bottom of page 4 to say this has been done.

52. Record words and spellings onto your phone or make an MP3 and listen to it.
Tap out the rhythm of words or groups of words.
Write your sentences on post-its and stick them up around your room.
Colour code! By gender / tense / difficulty level / however you like!
Make up a song using the words you are trying to learn or try singing the words to an existing song.
Use Facebook chat for a quick fire way of testing vocabulary with a friend.
Make flash cards – print out a blank table from Word and cut out the rectangles. Write the Spanish on one side and the English on the other.

53. An example with colour coding and positioning.
Look at the grid and see if you can answer the questions afterwards.

54. Fini! Je J’ai trois suis le J’aime soeurs grand rouge 30 seconds
10 secondes 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Fini! Je
J’ai
trois
J’aime
suis
soeurs
grand le
rouge

55. What word was in the middle?
What sentence did the red words make up?
What sentence did the yellow words make up?

56. Je
J’ai
trois
J’aime
suis
soeurs
grand le
rouge

57. A coding example Example: I am French (JSF) Je suis français.
I live in Brixton J’HAB
2. I am 13 years old J’ATA
3. In my free time I like to play football PMTLJ’AJAF
4. Last weekend I went to the cinema LWDJSAAC
5. I get up at 7am JMLASH

58. Step – by – step successful spelling
Write the word onto a piece of coloured card, using different coloured pens to emphasise unique letters which do not sound as they are spelled.
Hold the card up in your visual memory location – up to the left.
Trace the letters with a finger (still holding card in visual memory position) and saying the word aloud.
Take a mental snapshot of the word – imagine a camera in your brain taking a picture of the word and storing it on your visual memory screen.
Write the word down on your paper. Look up and remember (visualise) how it looked on the visual memory screen.
Compare what you wrote down with the word card. Expect success!

59. One final word on memorising vocabulary…
You have to keep going back over things otherwise you’ll lose it!

60. 4. Questions