Linguascope – February 2020

Towards More Strategic Approaches to Listening in MFL

- Martine Pillette -

mjppillette@aol.com

A B

À votre avis...

(In your opinion...)

Enough listening opportunities?

Appropriateactivity styles?

Challenging enough resources?

Engaging resources?

Good listeners...

A. can sustain c-----------n.

B. have a good short-term m----y.

C. cope without having everything rep----d.

D. draw on their knowledge of ph----s.

E. can listen for g--- as well as detail.

F. make pr-d------s.

G. recognise fam----r words in varied con----s.

H. don’t feel the need to un-------d everything.

I. can work out the meaning of some unf------r words.

J. pay attention to high fr-----cy words & gr----r clues.

K. cope with speech spoken at a fairly n----l sp--d.

Based on resource packs L’oreille fine & Zappy lesson starters

- Martine Pillette – mjppillette@aol.com

1. Sciences2. Maths3. Histoire

C’est bien comme cadeau d’anniversaire?

Qui a placé ma tortue dans le réfrigérateur?

Listening to a passage(no notes allowed)

‘What do you remember?’

Several challenging passages(pupils won’t understand much detail)

‘For each passage, try to identify the topic.’

Reading work on a text

Aural true/false statements(without looking at the text)

Vrai/faux?

• La salle 24 est plus grande que la salle 20.• La Reine Elizabeth est moins jeune que moi. • Leeds n’est pas aussi grande que Londres.• (...)

Listen & translate.

• Tengo que trabajar.• Voy a trabajar.• Quiero trabajar.• Me gustaria trabajar.• (...)

Based on resource packs L’oreille fine & Zappy lesson starters- Martine Pillette – mjppillette@aol.com

Grammar

Listen & translate.

• Va a trabajar.• Voy a trabajar.• Vas a trabajar?• No van a trabajar.• (...)

Behaviour in class Mehdi Aurélie Jérôme

A I use my mobile in class.

B I talk a lot.

C I never do my homework.

D I don’t listen to the teacher.

E I never finish my work.

F I always forget my equipment.

G I eat in class.

H I am always late.

• Alors, Mehdi?• J’envoie des textos en classe, ce n’est pas bien! En plus, j’oublie toujours mes

cahiers et mon stylo.• Et toi, Aurélie?• Je suis très calme en classe, mais je n’écoute pas le prof.• Jérôme?• J’arrive toujours en retard, mais je travaille bien. (Edexcel specimen Listening)

Asnarrative

1. Congo

2. grands singes

3. les bonobos

4. fascinants

5. les autres primates

6. en voie de disparition

7. leur défense

8. une réserve unique au monde

9. capturé par les hommes

10. les dangers de la jungle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVwDYWdDcmg

a. 44 kilos / 34 kilosb. avril / juilletc. la dernière naissance / la nouvelle naissanced. un bébé jaguar / un bébé tigree. animaux menacés / animaux sauvagesf. parcs animaliers / parcs zoologiquesg. conservatoires scientifiques / conservatoires génétiquesh. la biodiversité / l’écodiversitéi. le mâle dominant / le mâle trop vieuxj. cinq repas par jour / sept repas par jour

Written by

Martine

Pillette

for

Vrai de Vrai

• Engaging authentic texts for KS3-4 French.

• 36 texts varying in length & complexity.

• Interactive activities on the texts for the development of reading skills.

• Also included:– a recorded version of the texts– a printable version of the texts + worksheets.

• Downloadable from the Microsoft app store:

o FREE for Linguascope subscribers.

o Free trial available for non-subscribers.

MFL - Prioritising learning over evidencing(... for its own sake)

• Listening + Speaking = 2/4 skill areas & 50% of GCSE marks.

• Amount of work in exercise books <-> amount of MFL lesson time.

• Evidencing for its own sake: waste of lesson time + negative impact on motivation (can make practice activities feel like tests).

• Practice activities re. recently-introduced content: trial & error, so oral feedback makes more sense than evidencing.

• Exercise books best used exclusively for:• written homeworks• work that is to be marked formally• what pupils can usefully refer back to at a later stage.

• ‘Ofsted does not expect to see a particular frequency or quantity of work in pupils’ books or folders.’

Martine Pillette