'Les Choix' is an interactive drama aimed at young people aged 11-14. Filmed on location in Marseille, there are 12 short episodes exploring the theme of identity and covering several teenage issues such as friendship, love, crime and racism.
Each episode focuses on specific vocabulary and grammar. The exercises are based on a video of the story and the interactive activities reinforce the learning associated with each episode.
Full audio, keyword, and subtitle as well as a glossary are available in French and Welsh.
There are two ways of accessing the activities:
1. Play individual activities
To play an individual activity, click on the episode tabs at the top of the screen to see a list of all the activities for that episode, then click on the activity.
2. Play through the Les Choix World
Click on the 'Dechrau' button to enter the world which contains 12 separate locations, each one associated with a particular episode.
The first location is the beach. Move your cursor over the beach scene to highlight four activities that are initially playable. Complete the video based exercises successfully then play the other activities.
To go to other episodes, click on the Menu button in the bottom left hand corner and then select La Carte. The locations of all the episodes are shown on the map of Marseille.
Language help
The following help is available:
• Switch language button
In all activities you can switch screen text between French and Welsh
• Glossary
Each activity features a Glossary listing useful French words with Welsh translations
• Teaching Points
The video based activities contain a list of the language focused on in that episode. Click on the 'i' icon to view the list.
Audio and visual help
You can click on the 'Cymorth clyweledol' button to:
• resize on-screen text and change text and background colours
• hear on-screen text being read out.
These preferences are not accessible while you are in the Information section.
You can also navigate most content using the keyboard.
