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Portrait d'enfant video listening

 I've long been a fan of the 'Portrait d'enfant' short videos from Arte. I like them for a few reasons:

  • The language is quite comprehensible for average to higher-attaining pupils at GCSE (and even Y9). (Roughly CEFR A2.) Although the videos vary in difficulty, the worksheet design can include exercise types or scaffolding to make them accessible and enjoyable.
  • They are short - just over two minutes. This means that you can play over material several times to encourage thorough processing of the language. It's the 'less is more' principle: better to repeat a limited range of language many times, than to expose students to occasional use of vocabulary and structures which they are less likely to retain. I design my exercises to encourage through processing (intensive listening, if you like). This is more productive than just asking a few comprehension questions or true-false questions
  • Best of all, the videos are inherently interesting and eye-opening to our pupils. They are a type of what Stephen Krashen would call 'compelling input' - the content holds attention.

Below is a worksheet I just uploaded to frenchteacher.net. Help yourself. Here's the video;



Portrait d’enfant : Aqui au Bangladesh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP0dxoTdDkQ&list=PLE7b0lEr_S_fWHCUWRmjnKs0asTuiLLwT&index=30

Each sentence has an error. Underline it and write in the correct version. Below is some vocab to help.

vêtements propres – clean clothes   le riz – rice   se baigner – to swim   une inondation – flood    une barque – rowing boat       jouer aux osselets – to play jacks   une chèvre – goat  nettoyer la maison – to clean the house

 

1.    Aqui a onze ans.

2.    Elle a trois sœurs.

3.    Ils ont cinq petits canetons (ducklings).

4.    Ils n’ont pas de vaches (cows).

5.    Avant d’aller à l’école les filles jouent au football.

6.    Elles s’habillent en uniforme scolaire.

7.    Papa prépare le riz pour le petit déjeuner.

8.    Elles vont à l’école à vélo.

9.    L’école est dans une forêt.

10.  Elles étudient le bengali, et deux autres matières.

11.  Aqui préfère les maths.

12.  Le jeudi est un jour saint (holy day).

13.  Il n’y a pas d’école le samedi.

14.  Elle joue avec tout le monde, sauf (except) une fille.

15.  Après l’école les filles jouent au football.

16.  Aqui nourrit (feeds) un mouton (sheep).

17.  Ensuite elle aide à faire la cuisine (do the cooking).

18.  Les filles n’ont pas de devoirs.

19.  Aqui voudrait être professeure ou fermière.


Réponses

1.                1. Aqui a douze ans.

2.    Elle a deux sœurs.

3.    Ils ont six petits canetons (ducklings).

4.    Ils ont des vaches (cows).

5.    Avant d’aller à l’école les filles vont se baigner/se baignent.

6.    Elles s’habillent en vêtements propres..

7.    Maman prépare le riz pour le petit déjeuner.

8.    Elles vont à l’école en barque/en bateau.

9.    L’école est dans un bateau.

10.  Elles étudient le bengali, et trois autres matières.

11.  Aqui préfère le bengali.

12.  Le vendredi est un jour saint (holy day).

13.  Il y a école le samedi.

14.  Elle joue avec tout le monde, sauf (except) un garçon.

15.  Après l’école les filles jouent aux osselets.

16.  Aqui nourrit (feeds) une chèvre.

17.  Ensuite elle aide à nettoyer la maison.

18.  Les filles ont des devoirs.

19.  Aqui voudrait être professeure ou docteur(e).


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