Language Teacher Toolkit: Steve Smith's blog

Here is an effective way to introduce and thoroughly practise the negative ne... pas with near beginners. This could take around 30 minutes.You could adapt this for use with other languages. Preparation: have about ten simple present tense sentences ready for display later. All are easy to mime. Je joue au football Je joue au tennis Je joue au ping pong Je nage Je danse Je fais du cheval Je fais du skate Je lance une balle Je regarde la télé J’écoute de la musique Here we go: Teacher starts by miming some simple activities whilst saying   je joue au football, je regarde la télé, je joue un jeu vidéo, je joue au tennis, j'écoute ma musique Do choral repetition of the sentences. Class could copy mimes for more fun. Display some of the examples and do choral reading aloud. Get a volunteer up to mime simple activities (sports are good) whilst you give a commentary: Elle joue au tennis Elle regarde la télé Elle écoute de la mus...

Update 19.4.20 I have been writing narrow reading resources for the Y8 page. These can be used in conjunction with the sentence builders on the same page. There is also one more screen cast on my YouTube channel. Check out any recent additions to my research links site informedlanguageteacher.com too. .............................................................................................................................................................. When I say Frenchteacher HQ, I am referring to my computer corner in the back room overlooking the garden, in the company of the comfy chairs, posh hi fi and my electronic drum kit. Not surprisingly, given the current circumstances, I've had plenty of time for working as well as reading, drumming, video chats, TV, painting, gardening and relaxing. So my recent focus on the frenchteacher site has been writing narrow reading resources for the Y9 page. In case you are aren't aware, narrow reading tasks are (as Gianfran...