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 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 they…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support: Could work only with greetings Bonjour and Au revoir; could rehearse introducing themselves with je m’appelle… but without using any questions to ask others.

Pupils working at greater depth: 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; 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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Vocabulary

  • Bonjour

    Hello/Good morning (formal)

  • Salut

    Hi (informal)

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