Part 3 – Try these activities to create good habits for learning French over the year. Improve French whilst having fun. Suitable for KS3 French, Common Entrance exams, GCSE amd IGCSE students and beyond. To get the full list to your inbox, pop your email below. 🗼Culture 🚲Watch a video about the Tour de France on the 1jour1actu website. The transcript appears below the video … Continue reading 🎉 Fun Summer French Activities Pt 3
Part 2 – Try these activities to practise your French over the summer and create a habit for September which will improve your French whilst having fun. To get the full list to your inbox, pop your email below. 📱 Play & Explore 🦉Play a language app for 10 minutes a day – like Duolingo, Gus on the Go, or Studycat. 📲Change your phone or … Continue reading Fun Summer French Activities Pt 2
Part 1 – No matter where you are on your French journey, one thing’s certain: the key to success is practice, practice, practice. This is the first in a series of fun activities – including books, music, podcasts and more – that I will be posting over the coming days. To get the full list to your inbox, pop your email below. 🎧 Listen & … Continue reading 🎉 Fun Summer French Activities
A strong vocabulary is one of the most powerful tools a French student can have — especially when preparing for GCSE or IGCSE exams. Whether you’re aiming for top marks or just want to feel more confident expressing yourself, expanding your word bank is key to success in speaking, writing, reading and listening. Here are some smart, manageable strategies to help you build vocabulary that … Continue reading Building a Robust French Vocabulary for GCSE & IGCSE Success
Want to improve your French speaking skills? Start with your ears! Many learners focus on speaking practice alone, but listening is just as important—if not more so—when it comes to sounding natural and confident. Why is listening so powerful? 1. You absorb pronunciation naturally French has tricky sounds that don’t always match how words are written. By listening to native speakers, you train your brain … Continue reading How Listening Practice Boosts Your French Speaking Skills
If you’ve ever struggled with understanding spoken or written French, paying attention to accents might just be the key to unlocking meaning. While accents in French can seem like an extra challenge, they often carry hidden clues about a word’s history, pronunciation, and even its English equivalent. One of the most fascinating accent-related patterns in French is how the circumflex accent (ˆ) replaces an “s” … Continue reading How French Accents Can Help You Recognise Words in Reading and Listening Tasks
The futur proche is the construction pronoun + present tense of aller (to go) + infinitive verb, e.g. Je vais manger une pizza (I am going to eat a pizza). If you need a reminder of the futur proche watch this video: However, the futur simple is even easier! The futur simple (simple future) describes what will happen for predictions and future projects. Form the … Continue reading How to form the simple future
I spent many Christmases in France when my son was young. We would always spend Christmas Eve to Boxing Day (the latter doesn’t exist in France – it is just a normal day) with my son’s French grandparents. So what are the differences between Christmas in France and the U.K? Read below in English or scroll down for the French version. As in the U.K, … Continue reading Noël en France
This week’s blog continues with the mnemonic CROISSANT, a simple tool to remember what to include in your answers to the longer writing questions: C: Connectives R: Reasons O: Opinions I: Intensifiers S S: Sophisticated structures/subordinate clauses A: Adverbs N: Negative phrases T: Tenses This post is going to concentrate on reasons, which are relevant for the 80-90 and 130-150 question (Edexcel and IGCSE) and … Continue reading Strengthen Your French Writing: How to Back Up Your Opinions
I have blogged before about the mnemonic CROISSANT. It is a simple tool to remember what to include in your answers to the longer writing questions: C: Connectives R: Reasons O: Opinions I: Intensifiers S S: Sophisticated structures/subordinate clauses A: Adverbs N: Negative phrases T: Tenses This post is going to concentrate on opinions, which are relevant for the 80-90 and 130-150 question (Edexcel and … Continue reading Ace your GCSE or IGCSE writing exam
