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French Festivals and Traditions

Activities and Teaching Ideas for Primary Schools

Book

NICOLETTE HANNAM & MICHELLE WILLIAMS

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French Festivals and Traditions helps children to better understand how French children lead their lives. Comparisons are regularly made with similar routines and traditions in England.There is an event for each month of the year with each event containing:

background information
key vocabulary
detailed lists of possible teaching activities
optional photocopiable sheets

Ideas range from making cards and reading/writing poems to playing games and cooking traditional recipes.

Analysis grids show where and how the Intercultural Strand of the Framework of Modern Languages is covered, both by objective and year group.

The final section provides detailed plans for organizing a French Day in your school - an ideal way to raise the profile of modern foreign languages and enthuse both staff and children.

The Learning Objectives covered include:

learning about the different languages spoken by children in the school	learning about ways of travelling to the country/countries
locating country/countries where the languages are spoken	looking at further aspects of their everyday lives
identifying social conventions at home and in other cultures	recognising similarities and differences between places
making direct or indirect contact with the country/countries where the languages is spoken	comparing symbols, objects or products which represent their own culture with those of another country
learning about festivals and celebrations in different cultures	comparing attitudes towards aspects of everyday life
knowing about some aspects of everyday life and compare them to their own	recognising and understanding some of the differences between people
comparing traditional stories	presenting information about an aspect of culture

Copy of "Contents" and "Introduction" and pages and other useful information

There is one chapter for each month of the year

You can see at a glance where the objectives are convered in the book

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There are also suggestions to help with the learning of new vocabulary

Copy of second chapter - February (février)

Lots of amusing activities to reinforce the learning

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