Essential+Classroom+Phrases+-+French


 * __10 Essential Classroom Phrases in French__** [[image:mcruniprimarypgce/images.jpg align="right"]]

by Jenny Hughes, Rachel Docherty and Sophie Cockerill

We hope this will be a useful reference tool for anyone who lacks confidence in their knowledge of French. If you are specialising in another language, you could also use this as a template to recreate the list in Spanish or German.

Example of use: Repeat if it is true Is it true or false? Vrai/Faux are also used to mean correct/ incorrect when the answer is a fact (but not for moral right and wrong). || Vrai/Faux Repetez, si c’est vrai C’est vrai ou faux? || ** ﻿To listen to these phrases click below: **
 * **__English__** || **__French__** ||
 * Welcome! || Bienvenue! ||
 * Stand up || Levez-vous! ||
 * Sit down || Asseyez-vous! ||
 * Quiet please || En silence s’il vous plaît ! ||
 * Listen please || Écoutez s’il vous plait! ||
 * Line up || Mettez vous en ligne! ||
 * Turn to page… || Tournez à la page… ||
 * Repeat please || Repetez s’il vous plaît ||
 * Well done || Tres bien! Or C’est super! ||
 * True/False

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 * Top Tips!**

All of these phrases can be used in a cross-curricular way to reinforce pupils’ knowledge of French in context. Classroom instructions can be given in French in any lesson.

Taking the register is the perfect time to get some French into the busy day. A standard approach would be: Teacher: Bonjour Chloe! Chloe: Bonjour Madame Smith! Etc However this can be quickly developed into the children saying their favourite colour, an animal or whatever has been recently covered in French.

When creating resources it is important to include the correct accents and symbols of written French. To do this on a computer click: Insert > Symbol > More Symbols > Pick the relevant letter/symbol from the list > Insert

Click to see how this looks:





__**Other Useful Links to resources!!**__


 * MFL Body Parts a wiki on body parts in french and spanish
 * [] fantastic tool for basic phrases in French. Also applicable when researching other languages, either for MFL teaching or to welcome new international arrivals in your class.
 * [|www.primarylanguages.org.uk] Official website where you can find KS2 frameworks for MFL.
 * [] - list of Teachers' TV videos for primary French. Watch lessons ranging from absolute beginner to more advanced lessons in upper KS2.