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My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.

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My name is Christopher Palmer and I am a languages practitioner. I am now in my sixteenth year of teacher and I have a wealth of experience of liaising with the standard EdExcel GCSE French, Cambridge International GCSE French, EdExcel A-Level French, beginner's Mandarin courses and I am starting to become acquainted with IB French. I have published a vast array of resources which span Key Stage 2-5.
French: The weather
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French: The weather

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This resource explicitly explores a great deal of weather vocabulary in French and it is targeted at learners of Key Stage 2-3 level. There is a quiz with five questions which revises the weather that occurs in France for every four months of the year and there is a song at the end of the presentation which is sung in the theme of 'Twinkle, twinkle, little star' Happy teaching and learning!
French: Ordinal numbers
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French: Ordinal numbers

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This worksheet focuses on expressing ordinal numbers in French. The students simply fill in the ordinal numbers on the worksheet using the words in the yellow box. When the students have finished that task, they can try the harder activity, where they write in the ordinal numbers from numbers 21-100. This activity is geared towards students of Key Stage 3 level. Happy teaching and learning!
French for Adults: Beginners: Part 5: Time: On the hour and regular '-er' verbs in the present tense
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French for Adults: Beginners: Part 5: Time: On the hour and regular '-er' verbs in the present tense

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Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary and also the transcript for the listening activity) Lesson length: 1 hour Here is the 5th resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level! I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time. This activity focuses on the time only on the hour and it also incorporates regular verbs ending in '-er' in the present tense. This resource also incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. This resource includes the worksheet, a handout on the conjugation of 78 different '-er' verbs, the sound file for the listening task and the listening transcript. Happy teaching and learning!
French: Impersonal verbs
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French: Impersonal verbs

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This resource looks at impersonal verbs and there is a story which uses them explicitly. There are follow-up activities available. This resource is geared towards learners of IGCSE level and useful to review at A-Level. Happy teaching and learning!
French: The relative pronoun 'dont'
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French: The relative pronoun 'dont'

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This resource explicitly outlines the use of the term ‘dont’ in the context of a story about a young girl who was adopted. There are also subsequent follow up activities, fundamentally exercising the use of ‘dont’ and other relative pronouns which your students may have previously encountered. This activity is geared towards IGCSE level French and it is also useful for students who are studying A-Level French. Happy teaching and learning!
French for Adults: Beginners: Part 3: Days of the week, numbers 1-21, age, birthdays
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French for Adults: Beginners: Part 3: Days of the week, numbers 1-21, age, birthdays

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Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary and also the transcript for the listening activity) Lesson length: 1 hour - 1 hour 20 minutes Here is the 3rd resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level! I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time. This activity focuses on numbers 1-21, age, days of the week and birthdays. It also briefly introduces the concept of 'de' used to signify possession which differs greatly from English. This resource also incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. This resource includes the worksheet, the sound file for the listening task and the listening transcript. Happy teaching and learning!
French for Adults: Beginners: Part 4: Numbers 1-31, birthdays and festivals and 'de' - possession
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French for Adults: Beginners: Part 4: Numbers 1-31, birthdays and festivals and 'de' - possession

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Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary and also the transcript for the listening activity) Lesson length: 1 hour Here is the 4th resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level! I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time. This activity focuses on numbers 1-31 and introduces the some cultural elements such as the French revolution and other festivals that occur in France, as well as birthdays. It also introduces the concept of 'de' used to signify possession which differs greatly from English. This resource also incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. This resource includes the worksheet, the sound file for the listening task and the listening transcript. Happy teaching and learning!
French: Tu or vous?
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French: Tu or vous?

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This resource explicitly outlines a very broad cultural element such as the great distinctions as to when to use the 'tu' or the 'vous' form. Students complete the quiz reassuring them of any unfamiliar vocabulary and then they read the cartoon strip followed by another quiz on the story and there are follow up activities on it. This resource is geared towards learners of Key Stage 2/3 level. Happy teaching and learning!
French: The use of 'chez'
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French: The use of 'chez'

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Here is a good resource which introduces the authentic concept of 'chez'. It is particularly useful for introducing to learners of Key Stage 3 level, in preparation for the GCSE/IGCSE programme. Happy teaching and learning!
French: Expressions with avoir
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French: Expressions with avoir

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This resource looks at phrases which use the verb 'avoir' as opposed to 'etre'. The presentation of this concept has been composed in the form of a story about an eleven year-old girl who has recently moved to France and she doesn't speak French that well, resulting her in frequently using phrases that should use 'avoir', forms them with 'etre' instead. It is a very good story with a follow up quiz of the story. This resource is geared towards students at IGCSE level. Happy teaching and learning!
French for Adults: Beginners: Part 2: Numbers 1-10 and where one lives
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French for Adults: Beginners: Part 2: Numbers 1-10 and where one lives

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Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary) Lesson length: 45 minutes - 1 hour Here is the 2nd resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level! I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time. This activity focuses on numbers 1-10 and introduces the conjugation of 'habiter' and 'etre' in such a way that one conveys where one lives in this lesson. This resource also incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. This resource includes the worksheet, the sound file for the listening task, the listening transcript as well as my powerpoint presentation for introducing the numbers 1-10 with many subsequent activites. Happy teaching and learning!
French for Adults: Beginners: Part 1: Greetings and definite/indefinite articles
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French for Adults: Beginners: Part 1: Greetings and definite/indefinite articles

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Preparation time: 30 minutes - 1 hour (introducing new vocabulary) Lesson length: 45 minutes - 1 hour Here is the very first resource for introducing French to adults at beginner's level! I have compiled this resource using an adult approach who are learning French for the very first time. This activity focuses general greetings and introduces gender and number differentiation, which incorporates all the four keys skills such as reading, listening, speaking and writing. This resource includes the worksheet, the sound file for the listening task and the listening transcript. Happy teaching and learning!
French: General lesson on the perfect tense in French - regular verbs
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French: General lesson on the perfect tense in French - regular verbs

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This resource introduces or reviews the perfect tense using regular verbs and looks at all three different verb endings such as '-er', '-ir' and '-re' verbs. It gives step by step instructions as to how it is formed. There are also handouts on a wide range of infinitives for '-er', '-ir' and '-re' verbs where students can refer to them throughout this activity. This activity is specifically geared towards either standard GCSE or IGCSE level French. Happy teaching and learning!
French: Relative pronouns  (Lower level: Eric, le garçon qui rétrécit {Eric, the shrinking boy})
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French: Relative pronouns (Lower level: Eric, le garçon qui rétrécit {Eric, the shrinking boy})

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This resource significantly explores a wide range of relative pronouns at IGCSE French level which cover: - qui - que - qu’ - où - dont - ce qui - ce que - ce qu’ - ce dont - prepositions followed by lequel/lesquels/laquelle/lesquelles Because of the complexity of their functions, it is compiled in the theme of a story about a young shrinking boy who accidently mistook a magic potion for a drink and his parents and friend try to find him. This activity includes plenty of relative pronoun practice before reading the story, a wide range of vocabulary, multiple choice answering through the story and plenty of translation exercises after reading the story. This activity is suitable for IGCSE level French and also good revision for A-Level French. This is a lower level version and a higher level version will be available soon. Happy teaching and learning!
French: Numbers 1-20
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French: Numbers 1-20

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This powerpoint teachers numbers from 1-20 in French. It also reinforces or introduces age and years in French, in addition to how to express one’s age and when one was born in French. There are also follow up activities in this powerpoint such as picture pairs and French mathematics.
French: The present participle - Part II
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French: The present participle - Part II

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This presentation illustrates the second function of how the present participle is used in terms of how something is done in the context of accidents, injuries and misfortune. Once again, it also illustrates how it is formed with non-reflexive verbs, reflexive verbs and negatives. This would be very ideal for students who are studying IGCSE French, A-Level French and adults who are simply studying french for the first time or revision. The concept of the present participle appears in Unit 9 of the Cambridge IGCSE course and this activity also introduces names of injuries or ailments and the concept of non-agreement with reflexive verbs in the past form with direct objects. Happy teaching and learning!
French:  Adjectives which go before the noun
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French: Adjectives which go before the noun

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This poster displays all the adjectives which are placed before the noun. Print the document and then blow it to A3 size, laminate it and then put it up on your classroom wall or simply print it in A4 size and get the students to stick it in their exercise books.