This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 7 topic “Making comparisons" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous eight Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01 - 08).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Spot the missing word
Beat the teacher
Sentence match
Fill the gaps
Faulty translation
Narrow reading Tick and Cross
Narrow Reading Comprehension
Narrow Reading Faulty translation
Listening Bingo
Narrow Listening Find the French for
Narrow Listening Gapped translation
Narrow Listening find the correct translation
Narrow Listening match text with picture
Translation Auction
Narrow Translation
Sentence stealer
Pyramid Translation
Mind reading
CHain Reaction
Photo description
Group composition
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Edited 07.11.24 to add AI video, fix typos, and extra activities (No snakes no ladder, Pull the switch, Oral Ping Pong)
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Environmental problems”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. This is part 2 and focuses on recycling environmental problems found in Part 1. This second part focuses on “Environmental solutions”.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Sentence match
Sentence puzzle
Reading: Tick/Cross
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Faulty translation
Multiple Choice quiz starter
Listening: Find the French for (AI video included)
Listening; Comprehension (Audio included)
Listening: Complete the English Script (Audio included)
Listen and spot the mispronounced and missing words (LAM)
LAM sentence bingo
Faulty transcript (LAM)
Structured production (Narrow translation and Tangled translation)
Staircase translation
Un stylo un dé
Oral Ping Pong
Delayed dictation
No Snakes No Ladders
Mad dictation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
Pull the switch / Dialogue
All for one and one all
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Opinions about my teachers" using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the first six units uploaded, labelled (01 - 06).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Match up
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
This or that
Faulty translation
Guess my word
Likely or unlikely?
Listen and fill in the gaps
Reading and Listening tasks (Narrow reading and Listening) (no Audio included- teacher to read)
Narrow reading - Find the French for
Narrow Reading - Answer the questions in English
Narrow Reading - Faulty translation in the English
Listening - Sentence bingo
Narrow Listening - Find the French for (No audio)
Narrow Listening - Answer the questions in English (No audio)
Narrow Listening - Fill in the gaps in the English translation (No audio)
Structured production: Tangled translation
Au voleur
Expansion: adjective agreement
Expansion: choose the corrective possessive pronoun between mon/ma
Expansion: practice and explanation of elision (de vs d’)
Autonomy: Delayed dictation
Autonomy: Pyramid translation
Spontaneity: Oral ping pong
Spontaneity: No snakes no ladders
Spontaneity: Picture description
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Discussing previous holidays”, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
This unit of work also recycles the previous nine units I have uploaded so far (as labelled, 1-9)
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Listen and correct the English translation
Write the missing letters
Match up
Sentence puzzle
Reading: Find the French in the text
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: spot the 12 mistakes in the English translation
Listening: Find the French equivalent (audio included)
Listening: Asnwer the questions in English (audio included)
Listening: Listen to the text and fill in the gaps (audio included)
Listening: Spot the error/Faulty transcript (audio included)
Listening: Les mots qui manquent et les mots en trop (audio included)
Listening: Jigsaw listening (audio included)
Structured production (Narrow Translation)
Grammar task
Faulty translation
Un stylo un dé
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
Mad dictation
Pyramid translation
Full circle
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
All for one and one for all
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This powerpoint is an EPI unit to help lower ability students with their French B SL course. A sub-unit on Physcial Activity, part of the “Expériences" theme, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Find the error in the sentence
This or that
Comment dit-on?
Reading and listening tasks - Text to Speech audio included
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in French
Narrow Reading: Gapped translation
Mini production - L1 -> L2 translation
Listening 1: Listen to the text and rearrange the English translation chronologically
Listening 2: Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM)
Listening 3: Listen and answer VRAI ou FAUX
Listening 4: Listen to the text and answer the questions in French
Structure production: Bidirectional translation (BDT method)
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Oral Ping Pong
Spontaneity: Pull the Switch
Spontaneity: Production écrite niveau NM (without SB) + model answer provided
This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic "Post-16 Plans” in the present tense, imperfect, conditional, near future and simple future, and introduces the SI Clause (si + present + future) in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
More effective if used after Unit 24, previously uploaded =)
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Whiteboard sentence translations
This or that
Spot my phonological error
Comment dit-on… in pairs
Find the intruder in each sentence
Reading and listening tasks (NO AUDIO included - teacher to read)
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in French
Reading: Fill in the gaps in the English translation
Listening 1: Listen to the text and rearrange the English translation (LAM)
Listening 2: Listen to the text and write the missing words (LAM)
Listening 3: Listen and tick / cross the English equivalent
Listening 3: Listen and answer True or False (LAM)
Listening 3: Listen and answer the questions in French - focus on short answers (LAM)
Structured production: Sentence Translation
Structured production: Narrow Translation
Structured production: Mind reading in pairs
Expansion: Grammar explanation on future tense
Expansion: Grammar explanation on si clause (si + present + future)
Expansion: Choose the correct verb form (focus on future tense)
Expansion:Choose the correct verb form with pronoun “je” (focus on future tense)
Expansion: You are the teacher: explain why the items underlined are wrong grammatically
Autonomy Routinisation : Pyramid translation
Autonomy Routinisation : Mad dictation
Autonomy Routinisation : Plus vite !
Spontaneity: 4,3,2 activity
Spontaneity: paragraph writing
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Healthy Living” and recycles the perfect tense in the context of food, as well as the present and near future, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It also introduces the SI CLAUSE (Si + imparfait + conditionnel). =)
More effective if used after units 21 & 22 previously uploaded =)
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Whiteboard sentence translations
Find the missing word in the sentences
This or that
Spot my error (phonological error)
Find the intruder in each sentence
Vrai ou faux
Mind readers in pairs
Find the missing word in each sentence and write in on your whiteboard
Reading and listening tasks (NO AUDIO included - teacher to read)
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Naerow Reading: Answer the questions in French
Narrow Reading: Gapped translation
Listen to the text in French and reorganise the translation chronologically (LAM)
Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM)
Listen and write the missing words and cross out the intruders (LAM)
Listen and answer the questions in French - focus on short answers (LAM)
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Oral ping pong
Structure production: Delayed copying
Expansion: Sentence Builder on Si Clause (Imparfait + conditionnel)
Expansion: Grammar explanation Si Clause (Imparfait + conditionnel)
Expansion: Fast and Furious Si Clause (Imparfait + conditionnel)
Expansion: Sentence Stealer Si Clause (Imparfait + conditionnel)
Autonomy-Routinisation: Dictogloss
Autonomy-Routinisation: Chain reaction
Spontaneity: 130-140 word paragraph writing
Spontaneity: Group composition
Spontaneity: Flip presentation
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic "Future Plans” predominantly in the Future Simple and Conditional Present.
NOTE: It also recycles the content of UNITS 21,22,23,24 & 25 and therefore incorporates the Imperfect / Passé Composé and SI CLAUSES. It is therefore better used if taught after the above mentioned units.
This unit is also based on Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applies the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Whiteboard sentence translations
Beat the teacher
This or that
Faulty translation
Gapped translation
Complete the table
Gapped English / French task
Comment dit-on… in pairs
Find the intruder in each sentence
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in French
Narrow Reading: Find the missing words in the English translation
Mini production: Guided translation
Listening 1: Listen to the text and underline the mispronounced words (LAM) audio included
Listening 2, 3 & 4: Listen to the text and write the missing words (LAM) audio included
Listening 5, 6 & 7: Listen highlight all the intruders (LAM) audio included
Listening 8: Listen choose the correct translation for the text (LAM) audio included
Structured production: Sentence Translation in French
Structured production: Tangled Translation
Structured production: Sentence stealer
Structured production: Sentence chaos
Structure production: Quelque chose
Structure production: Find your match
Expansion: Grammar recap on future tense, conditional and SI clauses
Expansion: Choose between the conditional or future tenses
Expansion: Choose between the imperfect, conditional or future tenses
Autonomy Routinisation : One pen One di
Autonomy Routinisation : Disappearing text
Autonomy Routinisation : No snakes no ladders
Circle
Spontaneity: Group composition
Spontaneity: Tous pour un et un pour tous
This powerpoint covers the KS3 topic “Talking about animals" in Spanish using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
It also recycles the previous six Year 7 units uploaded, labelled (01, 02, 03, 04, 05 & 06).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
This or that
Unjumble the sentences
Faulty translation
Complete with the missing letters
Reading and Listening tasks (Narrow reading and Listening) (no Audio - teacher to read)
Narrow Listening
Mispronounced words LAM
MIssing words LAM
Bad translation LAM
Tangled translation
7 Levels disappearing text
Explicit grammar on adjective agreement and nouns
Sentence stealer
Delayed dictation
Mind reading
Group composition
Photo description
All for one and one for all
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Food” present tense, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
In the spontaneous phase, it recycles the previous units uploaded (15 & 16 on Getting on / Not getting on with family members, as well as unit 17 on role models, and unit 18 on Childhood ). It contains 49 slides (all corrections included) and should last for 5-6 lessons.
Activities include:
White board translations
Match up
Gapped translation
Write the missing letters
Positif ou négatif?
Faulty translation
Broken sentences
Vrai ou faux
Complete with the missing verb
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio included - teacher to read)
Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in English
Reading: Gapped translation
Listen and answer True or false (LAM)
Listen and answer the questions in English
Listen and write the missing words
Structured production: Mini paragraph translation
Structured production: 130-140 words paragraph writing
Structured production: oral ping pong
Autonomy-Routinisation: Retrieval grid on Units 15,16,17,18 and current unit
Autonomy-Routinisation: Faulty transcript on Units 15,16,17,18 and current
Autonomy-Routinisation: Multiple choice quiz
Autonomy-Routinisation: No snakes no ladder
Autonomy-Routinisation: Plus vite !
Spontaneity: Group composition
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Food” in the perfect tense, present indicative, and near future, in FRENCH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
More effective if used after Unit 21 previously uploaded on Food
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Match up
Find the error in the sentence
This or that
Spot my error (phonological error)
Find the intruder in each sentence
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio included - teacher to read)
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Reading: Answer the questions in French
Reading: Gapped translation
Comment dit-on?
Listen and highlight the mispronounced words (LAM)
Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM)
Listen and write the missing words and cross out the intruders (LAM)
Listen and answer the questions in French - focus on short answers (LAM)
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Un stylo un dé
Expansion: Grammar explanation Passé composé
Expansion: Fast and Furious Passé composé
Expansion: Grammar explanation Near future
Expansion: Parsing grid Near future
Autonomy-Routinisation: Mad Dictation
Autonomy-Routinisation: Pyramid Translation
Autonomy-Routinisation: No Snakes No Ladders
Spontaneity: Communicative Drills
Spontaneity: Pull the Switch
Spontaneity: 4,3,2
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***Edited 12.11.2024 to add 5x communicative spoken tasks and AI videos"
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about hobbies in different weathers" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Jouer, Faire, Aller & Rester with full retrieval of previous 4 units and some year 7 content.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the SB
Gapped Translation
This or that
Spot the error
Finish my sentence
Faulty translation
This or that quiz
Unjumble the sentences
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Comprehension questions
Narrow Reading triple table
LAM Spot the intruders (AI video included)
LAM The missing words (AI video included)
LAM Mispronounced words (AI video included)
LAM Spot the error (Recording included)
Production : Delayed copying
Production : Tangled translation
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on “Faire and Weather"
Grammar tasks
Staircase translation
Oral Ping Pong
No Snakes No ladders
Find someone who
Communicative drills
Sentence stealer
Act out a story
4,3,2 technique
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This powerpoint is an EPI unit to help lower ability students with their French B SL course. A sub-unit part of the “Human Ingenuity theme, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the Sentence Builder
Find the error in the sentence
This or that
Spot my error (phonological error)
Find the intruder in each sentence
Comment dit-on?
Reading and listening tasks (no Audio included - teacher to read)
Narrow Reading: Find the French for
Narrow Reading: Answer the questions in French
Narrow Reading: Gapped translation
Listen and highlight the mispronounced words (LAM)
Listen and write the missing words - no gaps provided (LAM)
Listen and answer the questions in French
Structured production: Narrow Translation (x3 paragraphs)
Structured production: Un stylo un dé
Expansion: Table of key grammar/chunks in this sub-unit
Autonomy-Routinisation: Mad Dictation
Autonomy-Routinisation: Pyramid Translation
Autonomy-Routinisation: No Snakes No Ladders
Spontaneity: Questions and answers in class
Spontaneity: Pull the Switch
Spontaneity: Production écrite niveau NM (without SB)
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This powerpoint covers the GCSE topic “Technology in every day life” in SPANISH, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. It covers both the present tense and preterite.
This sequence should be enough for 8-11 lessons, depending on individual schools’ timetable.
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Sentence match (reading and LAM)
Find the error in my Spanish sentence
Write the missing letters
Sentence puzzle
Multiple choice quiz
Narrow Reading 1: Find the Spanish for (present)
Narrow Reading 1: True false (present)
Narrow Reading 1: FIll in the missing words/chunk (present)
Listening 1: Write the 14 missing words (audio included)
Listening 2: Write the 26 missing words (audio included)
Listening 3: LAM Spot the error (audio included)
Narrow Reading 2: Find the Spanish for (Past)
Narrow Reading 2: Gapped translation (Past)
Narrow Reading 2: Correct the mistakes in the English translation
Narrow Reading 2: Tick/Cross
Gapped parallel translation (LAM)
Find the missing words (LAM)
Faulty transcript (LAM)
Structured production (Structured paragraphs to write)
Disappearing texts (6 levels)
Disappearing texts (routinisation stage)
Mind reading
Delayed dictation
Sentence stealer
Mad dictation audio included
Pyramid translation
Group compositions
Listen to the story and draw pictures - retell the story in pairs
Ladder writing
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Updated 26.09.2024!
This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about food you eat, drink and have" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Manger, Boire and Prendre with the partitive articles.
It also recycles the content of unit 1, previously uploaded, as well as content from the year 7 Bundle (labelled 01 - 010).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Finish my sentence
Beat the teacher
Complete with the missing letters
This or that quiz
Ghost time shadow reading
Spot the foreign sound
Break the flow
Faulty translation
Gapped translation
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Fill in table (comprehension task)
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening Find the French for (Narrated by AI Einstein, Anne Hathaway, and Henry Cavill as Superman!)
LAM Dichotomies
LAM Shadow reading
LAM Guess what comes next
Production : rock climbing
Production : mosaic translation
Production : tick and write
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on partitive articles + tasks
grammar explanation on verb prendre
tangled translation
One pen One di
Oral Ping Pong
Sentence stealer
Dictogloss
Pull the switch
One for all and all for one
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about food you eat, drink and have" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Comer, Beber and Tomar.
It also recycles the content of unit 1, previously uploaded, as well as content from the year 7 Bundle (labelled 01 - 010).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Finish my sentence
Beat the teacher
Complete with the missing letters
This or that quiz
Ghost time shadow reading
Spot the foreign sound
Break the flow
Faulty translation
Gapped translation
Narrow reading Find the Spanish For
Narrow Reading Fill in table (comprehension task)
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening Find the Spanish for
LAM Dichotomies
LAM Shadow reading
LAM Guess what comes next
Production : rock climbing
Production : mosaic translation
Production : tick and write
Grammar SB
Grammar tasks
Tangled translation
One pen One di
Sentence stealer
Dictogloss
Pull the switch
One for all and all for one
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This powerpoint is an EPI unit to help lower ability students with their French B SL course. A sub-unit part of the “social organisation” theme, using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework.
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for
This or that (Reading and Listening versions)
Write the missing letters
Reading as modelling: Find the French for
Reading; Answer the questions in French
Find the mistakes in my English translation (RAM)
Listening tasks (no Audio - teacher to read)
LAM find the French for
LAM true or false
LAM Gap fill
Structured production (Mosaic Translation)
Disappearing text
Chunk test
Photo description
NM Writing task
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about future holidays" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is the near future using the “je” and “nous” pronouns. Final exercise recycles the entire Year 8 curriculum (previous 8 lessons).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the French for in the SB
Faulty echo
Match up
Multiple choice x2
Beat the teacher
Broken words
Sentence match
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading English comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM - Listening : Collocations / Colligations training
LAM - Narrow Listening Find the French for (no listening included)
LAM - Narrow Listening Gapped translation (no listening included)
LAM - Which is the correct translations? Narrow Listening (no listening included)
Production : Narrow translation (3 paragraphs)
Grammar explanation on near future + practice
Sentence stealer
Disappearing text
Mad dictation
Group composition
4,3,2
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about hobbies" in FRENCH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is on the verbs Jouer, Faire and Aller with full retrieval of previous 3 units and some year 7 content.
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Faulty echo
Beat the teacher
Complete with the missing letters
Multiple choice quiz
Sentence match
This or that quiz
Break the flow
Gapped translation
Narrow reading Find the French For
Narrow Reading Comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Bad translation
LAM Collocation grids
Narrow Listening Tick or Cross (no listening included)
Narrow Listening Gapped translation (no listening included)
LAM Faulty transcript (no listening included)
LAM Shadow reading (no listening included)
Production : Jigsaw translation
Production : Narrow translation
Grammar SB
Grammar explanation on “Jouer + sport / instruments”
Grammar explanation on “Faire + activities”
Running dictation
Sentence stealer
Photo description
Group composition
One for all and all for one
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This powerpoint covers the KS3 - Year 8 topic “Talking about future holidays" in SPANISH using Gianfranco Conti’s EPI methodoly, and applying the MARS EARS framework. The grammar focus is the near future using the “Yo” and “Nosotros” pronouns in the near future. Final exercise recycles the entire Year 8 curriculum (previous 8 lessons).
Full MARS EARS sequence
Activities include:
White board translations
Find the Spanish for in the SB
Faulty echo
Match up
Multiple choice
Beat the teacher
Broken words
Sentence match
Narrow reading Find the Spanish For
Narrow Reading English comprehension questions
Narrow Reading Find someone who
LAM - Listening : Collocations / Colligations training
LAM - Narrow Listening Find the Spanish for (no listening included)
LAM - Narrow Listening Gapped translation (no listening included)
LAM - Which is the correct translations? Narrow Listening (no listening included)
Production : Narrow translation (3 paragraphs)
Grammar explanation on near future + practice
Sentence stealer
Disappearing text
Mad dictation
Group composition
4,3,2
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