KS2 Year 3 French Scheme of Work
Intercultural Understanding Lessons
Lessons 1-2
Framework Learning Objectives:
Lesson 1: IU 3.1 Learn about the different languages spoken by children
in the school
IU 3.2 Locate country/countries where the language is spoken
Lesson 2:
IU 3.3 Identify social conventions at home and in other cultures
Resources: Early Start French ‘Salut, Ça va?’ DVD clips relating to
first four chapters
Maps of France, Europe and the world
French Speaking Countries (official)
NOTE: French is an official language in the following countries.
1. Belgium
2. Benin
3. Burkina
4. Burundi
5. Cameroon
6. Canada
7. Central African Republic
8. Chad
9. Comoros
10. Congo
11. Congo, Democratic Republic of
12. Cote d'Ivoire
13. Djibouti
14. France
15. Gabon
Francophone countries in Europe
(MS Word 31 KB)
Francophone countries in Africa
(MS Word 116 KB)
16. Guinea
17. Haiti
18. Luxembourg
19. Madagascar
20. Mali
21. Monaco
22. Niger
23. Rwanda
24. Senegal
25. Seychelles
26. Switzerland
27. Togo
28. Vanuatu
29. Vietnam
Francophone countries in the Americas
(MS Word 37 KB)
Don’t forget to also look at the Caribbean!
Suggested Teaching Sequence:
Lesson One –to be done before the first language based lesson in
the autumn term
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Explain to the class that they will be learning French at school
from now on, just as they learn English/Literacy and other
subjects.
Ask pupils to indicate if they already speak a language other
than English and discuss how important it is to learn other
languages.
In pairs, ask pupils to discuss where they think French is
spoken. Show pupils power point of world map highlighting
countries where French is spoken.
Either using map on board or copies of maps, give each pupil a
country where French is spoken. In groups or as a class, locate
each country.
Invite pupils to discuss countries (and locate them on the map)
representing some of the languages spoken in the class- can
they find England/the U.K on the map. Where else is English
spoken? What about Bengali, Urdu and some of the other
languages familiar to pupils in the class?
Find out what pupils know about children in France: do they all
speak French or are other languages also spoken? In particular,
draw children’s attention to the fact that the French population
is made up of many people of African (francophone) heritage.
Plenary: Explain that during the course of their studies at KS2
they will have an opportunity to learn about several different
countries where French is spoken. During Y3, this will involve
focusing mainly on France as our nearest neighbour. In pairs, ask
the children to make a list of questions that they have about
France as a country, French as a language and French culture.
Keep a record of these to refer back to at the end of the year
to see how much the children have learnt.
Lesson Two
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Introduce the Learning objective for the lesson and ask pupils
to bear in mind that we can often find similarities and
differences between cultures. Ask them to pay special attention
to this when they watch the Early Start DVD that will often
form part of their French lessons. Stress that they need to
look out for these similarities and differences and be ready to
discuss them after watching each of the clips in the French
lessons (you should refer to Early Start for guidance and ideas
on how to do this).
Ask pupils about what cultural things they already know about
France – food, landmarks, games, traditions, celebrations eg.
school on Saturdays, no school uniform, long lunch breaks,
croissants, cheese, boules… This could be done as a game. Ask
for some volunteers and throw beanbag/roll ball to one of them
at a time. Whoever catches it has to say something to do with
France and French culture.
Make use of the resources provided with this lesson to generate
further ideas and discussion.
Plenary: Ask the children about what they have learned this
lesson and the things they have seen in the video clips. Do they
think that the ideas that other children in the class have
shared about France and the video clips represent what life is
like for everybody all over France? If so, why? If not, why not?
How is French culture and day to day life the same or different
from that of the U.K? Does everyone in the U.K do the same
things? Remind them that what they see in the video clips and
what they might think they already know are just examples of
what French culture might be like but that it does not
necessarily represent all aspects of French life and culture.
Follow-up and consolidation
It is essential that Intercultural Understanding is discussed briefly
during every French lesson following the watching of the relevant DVD
clips. For example, after the lesson on greetings and goodbyes, pupils
could discuss how people in France typically greet one another by kissing
on both cheeks and how this is similar or different from the way they
greet people in their own culture.
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www.earlystart.co.uk
The website for Early Start has loads of information and links to other
websites including French schools.
ideas.
Follow this link on the left hand side and you will find endless
.European Day of Languages is on 26th September each year. You may
choose to celebrate this in the school
http://edl.ecml.at/
http://www.cilt.org.uk/home/valuing_languages/european_day_of_languag
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. Have a display to represent languages spoken in the class – maybe flags
on a world map
. Keep aware of events locally and nationally that could be used for
intercultural understanding – the World Cup, Olympics, Tour de France
plus any festivals
See additional documents for more ideas – playground games, websites,
cross curricular activities