A lively video introduction to learning French at a beginners' level. French speakers are shown in their local environment bringing the language to life. There are word games so that you can practise the vocabulary and grammar featured in the videos.
The British Council can offer professional opportunities and support international work in UK schools. There are details of training opportunities and resources for English language teachers.
The Primary Languages website supports the introduction and development of primary languages in Key Stage 2 by providing access to online training. It has been designed to support the implementation of the National Languages Strategy for England.
Super primary languages teaching materials in French, German, Spanish and Irish which work well on an interactive whiteboard. The themes are Houses and Homes, Bugs, Birds and Beasts and Whatever the Weather.
A superb revision resource for 7 to 18 year olds. It includes Bitesize KS1, KS2, KS3 and GCSE Bitesize as well as Welsh TGAU, Scottish Standard Grade, Scottish Highers and revision planners.
Improve your knowledge of French or German with these games which are based on key areas such as family relationships, food, numbers, colours, directions and clothing. Not a full language course, but designed to be fun activities for 9 to 13 year olds.
The Bonjour les amis! website provides presentation, practice and production activities for primary French lessons. Each scenario starts with an attractive animation featuring new linguistic and cultural content. A Canadian site.
Here the BBC provide a brilliant resource for pupils which has animated activities, songs, games and audio clips of French children. There are printable activities too.
Here are series of 6 interactive activities for introducing vocabulary for common classroom objects, classroom instructions, numbers 1-10 and colours. There are teachers' notes accompanying each resource.
This unit has 5 popular songs for young children to sing along with. Each song has both a karaoke version and a version with Spanish children singing. You need to download the activities to run them. Each song has accompanying interactive activities.