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Olympic Games Challenge

Here's a challenge! To celebrate the Winter Olympics, go to this website and find out the names for the sports in French. You can switch between the 'English' and 'français' tabs, and you will find out some of the answers. Find the English words for: le patinage, le ski alpin, le ski de fond, le surf des neiges, le hockey sur glace. Attention!! Both pages are in alphabetical order, which means it may be a different order in English to French. Extra challenge! Can you find out the names for the 3 Olympic mascots (les trois mascottes) on this site? Prizes at school...

Les Jeux Olympiques 2010, Vancouver

Did you know that the official languages for the Olympic Games are English and French? That's why you always hear both languages at the medal ceremonies. So we'll be hearing lots of French in London 2012. Canada also has both English and French as official languages, and in Québec (a large area of Canada) the main language is French and English is their second language.

Ca va? Comment ça va?

This is one of the BBC's many clips which show how real French people greet each other. Look at 'la bise' - the cheek-kissing they all do when they say hello! Find out when you would say 'Bonjour' and when you would say 'Bonsoir'. Extra: How many other greetings do you know?

I've just made a voki!

Listen to my voki, do you understand? Click the forward arrow to hear.

Wallwisher - Ma famille

Quiz using map of France!

Have a go at this quiz about French towns. It's fun, you just have to try to place them on the map. My best score is 50,407 and I was very pleased with myself!

Les jours de la semaine

Year 3 are learning the days of the week, and everyone else might like to practise!

Comments

If you tried to comment on a post, and couldn't, well please try again because I think you should be able to now. Have a go, telling me if it works. Merci! And if you have contributed to my blog, either in class or online, read the comments at the bottom of the posts, as you may be mentioned in them!!!

Madame Smith at the Cannes film festival!

Have a look at the clip. Don't worry about understanding all the French - the presenter is just telling us how they are waiting for the most important VIP at the Cannes Film Festival. Have a look for clues about who this might be....