Learning objective

  • To greet someone and introduce yourself in French.

Success criteria

  • I can use an appropriate greeting.
  • I can introduce

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National curriculum

Languages

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Listen

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Attention grabber

Enter the classroom as a French speaker and greet some of the children individually by: Shaking their hands and saying, bonjour ! (hello!). Waving, saying, salut ! (hi!). Repeat several times, so the children know which action to respond with. Give lots of praise to those that speak up and have a go, even if…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Work only with greetings bonjour and au revoir. They can rehearse introducing themselves with je m’appelle… but without using any questions to ask others.

 

Pupils working at greater depth

Children should be encouraged to use alternative greetings and to experiment with using both questions (et toi ? / comment tu t’appelles ?) to begin to make more authentic dialogue. They could investigate common French children’s names to change their identity.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: looking carefully at the speaker and

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Key vocabulary and translations

  • bonjour

    hello/good morning (formal)

  • salut

    hi (informal)

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Belinda Dean

French specialist

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Belinda has been a French and Spanish teacher based in Bath for more than 15 years. She has delivered a range of courses for teachers and PGCE students and is particularly passionate about weaving language, culture and global learning across the curriculum. Having…
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