If you are like most Core French language teachers you are always looking for ways to include speaking activities in your lessons. Without practising speaking French your students will certainly be at a disadvantage should they have the opportunity to travel to a French speaking place in the future. Additionally, if a French speaking tourist comes to your home town, it is wonderful when your students come into the class to tell you that they were able to help someone out while out in their community.
Here are a few ways to include French speaking in your classrooms.
1. Have French speaking only "French Fridays". My students always loved this! (When it is a successful day, I like to offer students a "board game" day in the near future"
2. Have story time games where one student begins a story by saying a French sentence and another student continues along. Each student tells another portion of the story. They can get SO creative with their stories. Imagination is amazing!
3. Show a picture on the class screen and have students work in small groups to take turns describing the picture. It's best to try to choose a picture that could be a springboard to a "story" or "scenario" - being at the post office, heading out on a trip, running into a friend, etc.
You will find that I have also included some speaking activities within my resources. Take a look here!
For more ideas of French speaking resources check out these.
À la prochaine!
Lorraine
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