Category: French

Teaching 3 Fun French Winter Celebrations

  One of the most special times of year in the core French classroom is winter. There are so many French winter celebrations that we can study to learn more about French culture. This helps our FSL students to see the benefits of studying a second language and makes our

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Thanksgiving in the French as a Second Language Classroom

I absolutely LOVE celebrating holidays in my FSL classroom. Making the learning fun allows students to enjoy learning a second language and encourages them to continue this learning. Here are some ideas for celebrating L’Action de Grace in your French as a Second Language Classroom.  1) Receptive Language  I like

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French Emotions

Launching Event: I start this unit by watching the movie “Inside Out”. This film serves as an excellent launch event for our unit on emotions as my students LOVE watching it. I play the film in French with English subtitles. We pause it every so often to recap the different

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