This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 6 Core French students, but is suitable for younger grades and would be easily adaptable for older ones. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Comox Valley Schools, Learn71, Beth Peddle

The very basics of French, as though you have just arrived in a French-speaking country. Instructions are in English.

Topics include:

-Greetings
-Hobbies
-Accommodation
-Meals
-Work
-Health
-Trips

Apprendre le français has many more units and lesson sequences, aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, but the language of instruction is more often in French: https://apprendre.tv5monde.com/en

Ce site vous offre des jeux et des leçons surtout pour Core French.

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 6 Core French students, but is suitable for younger grades and would be easily adaptable for older ones. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in primary French Immersion classes!

THIS UNIT'S THEME: Body Parts & Monsters (Le corps & les monstres)

In addition to tips for incorporating French into daily routines, the unit includes:

-Vocabulary
-Pronunciation videos
-Kahoot/flash card games
-Word games
-Games and activities for oral practice
-An art & writing activity

The same page details other units and a Cultural Study: La culture de Montréal.

Card and board game kits for many of the Comox Valley Schools (SD71, B.C.) middle-grade Core French units (also searchable on the Resource Bank). All would be adaptable for younger and older students. There are also flash card sets with the units themselves.
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Ces jeux sont destinés aux élèves de Core French, mais seraient également très utiles pour susciter la participation à l'oral dans les cours d'Immersion! Des cartes flash sont aussi disponibles avec chaque unité (recherchables dans la Banque de Ressource).

UNIT THEMES (those with flash cards and games, searchable on the Resource Bank):

-Greetings & letters (saluer & alphabet)
-Numbers & calendar (chiffres & calendrier)
-Who are you? (Qui es-tu?)
-Body parts & monsters (le corps & les monstres)
-Clothing (les vêtements)
-Sports (les sports)
-Hobbies (les passe-temps)
-Animals (les animaux)
-High-frequency words (Les mots de haute fréquence)
-Food (la nourriture) - unit 2/2e unité

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 6 Core French students, but is suitable for younger grades and would be easily adaptable for older ones. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in primary French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Comox Valley Schools, Learn71, Beth Peddle

This themed project from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 6 Core French students, but is suitable for younger grades and would be easily adaptable for older ones. Content Authors: Comox Valley Schools, Learn71 

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 7 Core French students, but is suitable and/or adaptable for both younger and older grades. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Beth Peddle, Comox Valley Schools, Learn71

Learning to speak French? Check out our free online French lessons and our children's stories in French. We've also written a huge strategy guide for learning French. Enjoy!

-French children's stories
-online French lessons
-7-part guide

'Following your review of each text, answer the questions of comprehension in our online exercises, and we'll evaluate it immediately. You get instant feedback about your French reading skills. It's challenging, fun and free!

'Hint: Download our texts and exercises as pdf and use it as free teaching materials for your students.'

*The reading speed can be adjusted for all parts of the site where oral readings are available (mostly the Listening and Dictation exercises).*

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« Nous avons sélectionné avec des professeurs expérimentés de français des textes faciles à lire et amusants. A la fin des textes, un exercice sous forme de QCM permet de valider ses acquis. Il est à noter que l'édition gratuite des textes sous forme de PDF est un vrai plus. »

*Le débit de lecture peut être réglé pour tous les extraits lus à l'oral (qui se trouvent principalement parmi les exercices d'Écoute et de Dictée).*

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This site is designed to support Grades 4 - 6 French as a Second Language Teachers across the province. We hope it provides a helpful starting point for teachers new to FSL and provides enrichment for FSL teachers seeking new ideas.
Teachers from across our region have generously contributed favourite go-to sites, lesson ideas and resources that they use with their students. We have done our best to share quality materials, websites and resources, but the lesson ideas have not all been vetted.
Teachers will need to judge what constitutes effective practices for their own context and be conscientious about selecting resources and designing lessons and assessments that align with curricular outcomes and the communicative focus of the Alberta Education FSL Nine-Year Program of Studies Grades 4-12."

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 7 Core French students, but is suitable and/or adaptable for both younger and older grades. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in French Immersion classes!

THIS UNIT'S THEME: High-Frequency Words (Mots de haute fréquence)

In addition to tips for incorporating French into daily routines, the unit includes:

-Vocabulary
-Pronunciation videos
-Kahoot/flash card games
-Word games
-Games and activities for oral practice
-An art & writing activity

The same page details other units and a Cultural Study: La Francophonie.

This thematic unit from Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C. is aimed at Grade 6 Core French students, but is suitable for older grades and would be easily adaptable for younger ones. It is focused on oral practice and participation and would also be useful in French Immersion classes!Content Authors: Comox Valley Schools, Learn71, Beth Peddle

Overview: Courtesy of Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C., an archived site with a series of excellent kits for middle-grade Core French units that carefully structure and encourage oral communication. Some elements would be adaptable for younger or older grades, and/or useful in immersion!

THIS KIT'S THEME: La nourriture (Food)

« After asking and answering questions together as a class, students can then move
between stations. These stations are not sequential, but rather provide practice
communicating about each theme in different ways. The station titles ... are:

a. Bingo
b. Cartes -Memoire/memory game
c. L’intervue -The interview
d. Dictionnaire visual / Visual dictionary
e. Les jeux de vocabulaire / Vocabulary games
f. Sac magique / Magic bag »

Courtesy of Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C., an archived site with a series of excellent kits for middle-grade Core French units that carefully structure and encourage oral communication. Some elements would be adaptable for younger or older grades, and/or useful in immersion!

THIS KIT'S THEME: Les activités (Activities)

« After asking and answering questions together as a class, students can then move
between stations. These stations are not sequential, but rather provide practice
communicating about each theme in different ways. The station titles ... are:

Station A. Memoire / Memory game
Station B. Icônes / Icons
Station C. Un sondage / Survey
Station D. Mon activité préférée / My Preferred Activity
Station E. Les bulles / Bubbles
Station F. Objets d’activités / Activity objects
Station G. Jeux/Games: Partenaires/Chercher les mots »

Courtesy of Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C., an archived site with a series of excellent kits for middle-grade Core French units that carefully structure and encourage oral communication. Some elements would be adaptable for younger or older grades, and/or useful in immersion!

THIS KIT'S THEME: Les vêtements (Clothing)

« After asking and answering questions together as a class, students can then move
between stations. These stations are not sequential, but rather provide practice
communicating about each theme in different ways. The station titles ... are:

Station A. Bingo
Station B. Devinez qui? / Guess who?
Station C. Parade de mode / Fashion show
Station D. Colorier et étiquetter / Colour and label
Station E. Jeux / Games – Partenaires et Mots croisés
Station F. Dialogue
Station G. Sac magique / Magic bag
Station H. Écouter et répondre [/ Listen and respond] »

A free, online, English-French dictionary with the pronunciation of French words!

For pronunciation help: type in the word you are searching for (in French or English), hit Enter or click the magnifying glass/search button - or click on the best result from the live search suggestions that will appear - and press the speaker button beside the result.

This dictionary also has a standard English-to-French and French-to-English search function.

*There are a lot of ads on this site, but it has excellent live search suggestions, recognises many phrases (as opposed to single words), and compares your search with (non-reviewed) external sources to give you context from real-world use on the Internet.*

**Remember that the site's web-based external sources are no more filtered than anything else on the Internet (or most dictionaries, for that matter)!**

Courtesy of Comox Valley Schools (SD71) in B.C., an archived site with a series of excellent kits for middle-grade Core French units that carefully structure and encourage oral communication. Some elements would be adaptable for younger or older grades, and/or useful in immersion!

THIS KIT'S THEME: Ma vie... c'est moi! (My Life... It's Me!)

«This Mon passport theme , “Ma vie” / “My life” includes basic greetings,
basic questions, emotions, colours and numbers.

« After asking and answering questions together as a class, students can then move
between stations. These stations are not sequential, but rather provide practice
communicating about each theme in different ways. The station titles ... are:

a. Comment ça va?
b. Bandes dessinées / Comics
c. Emojis
d. C’est moi! / It’s me!
e. Chanter/Sing
f. Une dictée / Spelling list or Spelling bee
g. Calculer / Calculate
h. Colorier / Colour
i. Sac magique / Magic bag »

Metropolitan French, Familiarization and Short-Term Training (FAST) from the U.S. Foreign Service Institute

«This course is designed to familiarize you with the situations you are likely to encounter abroad, and to provide you with the language skills you need to cope effectively with those situations. The Metropolitan French FAST course is ideal for the long term visitor, student, or permanent resident of France. Forty lessons include finding an apartment; an automobile crisis; calling a doctor; taking the Metro, train and taxi; and ordering in a restaurant. Cultural notes on contemporary French personalities, driving laws, price comparisons for clothes, important telephone numbers for the American visitor, and a glossary of useful words and expressions are included.

The Sub-Saharan French FAST course presents cultural and functional information useful to you in French-speaking areas south of the Sahara desert. The course provides background information, samples of language that you may hear and reproduce, exploration of relevant grammar, supplementary vocabulary, and communicative uses of language for real or simulated purposes. You learn vocabulary and structures for everyday usage. The course is recommended for those seeking a functional knowledge of the language.

The course presents topics including ordering a meal, registering at a hotel, meeting neighbors, asking directions, hiring staff, and getting one's car repaired.»

Free Online French Listening Resources for teachers, students and parents with videos, online quizzes and printable worksheets for online learning, practice at home, lessons and school work.
The videos have subtitles in French AND English, apart from a few repeats with no subtitles or just in French that have been specially requested by French teachers.