At the beginning of the Summer holidays, Mrs Dickie, Mrs Montgomery and I attended a French immersion course in the south of France for a week.
The aims of this course were:
- To improve methodological expertise in the teaching of French to young learners
- To provide participants with materials and ideas suitable for the teaching of French at primary level
- To develop cultural awareness and understanding of contemporary France
- To improve participants’ competence and performance in French
- To use Internet and other ICT resources in your class
We participated in many different activities and games, all of which can be adapted and used in all stages of primary school. We made board games, new family members for fictional families, found new number learning methods and learned classic French playground games and songs.
We were taken on many cultural tours (for example, the local market) which allowed us to practise our French in real-life contexts and collect any French leaflets and magazines which could be used in the classroom.
At the end of the week, we had to create and present a talk in French to sum up what we had learnt and what we enjoyed about the week we had.
Once we had presented, we were awarded our certificates to say we had completed the week and our training.
It was an incredible week and we would highly recommend it to any other teachers who would like to rush up on their French or find some new activities for in class.
We met so many lovely teachers from all over Scotland and Ireland! We are keeping in contact with each other and plan to meet up again soon.
A huge thank you to Sophie and Angelique who made our week so incredible.
