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French Interviews: Weather, The Weekend, Vacations |
URL: |
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/sites/laits.utexas.edu.fi/files/vid_int_fr_03.pdf |
Content Source: |
Other University of Texas at Austin
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Type: |
Learning Activity
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Overview: |
This novice low to novice mid-French activity allows students to gather information from four different heritage French speakers: Franck, J-C, Stephanie, and Virginie. Students are asked to gather basic information pertaining to weather, this weekend, next weekend, and vacations. After using interpretive listening skills to gather this information, students record their findings on a printable worksheet. Each section is separated allowing students to focus on one task at a time while listening to the provided links. The links to the interviews used in this activity are posted in the comment section below. Each video provides optional French and English transcripts.
Key Grammar Points in these activities include near future, to go, prepositions with places. |
Content Standard(s): |
World Languages WLAN (2017) Grade: 7-12 Level I | 2) Interpret what is heard, read, or viewed on familiar topics using the present tense.
a. Identify main characters, themes, and ideas from narrative text.
b. Recognize words, phrases and simple sentences in an informational text.
c. Interpret visual and auditory cues. Unpacked Content
| World Languages WLAN (2017) Grade: 7-12 Level I | 8) Identify characteristics of the target language and the native language.
a. Observe formal and informal forms of language.
b. Identify word order for dates and placement of descriptors.
c. Identify high-frequency idiomatic expressions.
d. Identify cognates. Unpacked Content
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Tags:
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Communication, Comparisons, French, Future Tense, Interpretive Listening, Novice High, Novice Low, Novice Mid, Prepositions, Present Tense, To Go, Travel, Vacations, Weather, Weekend |
License Type:
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Attribution For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses
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Accessibility | Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles |
Comments | Listening links for this activity are posted:
Activity #1: Weather- Franck, J-C, Stephanie, and Virginie
Activity #2: The Weekend- Franck, J-C, Stephanie, and Virginie
Activity #3: Next Weekend -Franck, Stephanie, and Virginie
Activity #4: Vacations- Franck, J-C, Stephanie, and Virginie |