Teaching French - Grammar - Common expressions 2e1y2u
A handy list of links to resources for teaching common expressions
French Steps (Beginners) 60c38
Stage 1: Taking a taxi. Grammar Tip: Basic greetings and farewells.
Stage 4: Getting your bearings. Grammar Tip: Questions and statements with 'il y a'.
Stage 5: Arranging to go out. Grammar Tip: Saying 'we' using on.
Stage 6: At the chemist's. Grammar Tip: Describing symptoms with avoir mal and faire mal. Stating what you need with il faut + noun.
Ma (Post-Beginners) 264hw
Unit 3: Languages. Grammar Notes: Expressions with ça, like ça se prononce comment ? (how's that pronounced?), ça s'écrit comment ? (how's that spelt?)
Unit 4: Shopping. Grammar Notes: Je voudrais... (I'd like...); quantities ; standard shopping phrases ; je paie par/avec... (I'll pay by/with...)
Unit 6: Arrangements. Grammar Notes: Using pouvoir (to be able) and devoir (to have to)
Unit 8: Adventure sports. Grammar Notes: Saying what must be done using on doit and il faut followed by a verb in the infinitive.
Unit 10: Eating out. Grammar Notes: Using phrases like 'moi aussi' (me too), 'pourquoi pas?' (why not?); expressions using avoir.
Unit 11: Booking a gîte. Grammar Notes: Using the expression 'il y a'
Unit 12: House buying. Grammar Notes: Using on: on peut visiter.. ? (can I/we/ one visit.. ?).
Unit 14: Cooking. Grammar Notes: Using the expression 'il faut' with nouns and infinitives; 'avoir l'air bon' (to smell, look good)
Unit 15: Chemists'. Grammar Notes: Using avoir mal de... to explain what's wrong and avoir qqch pour/contre... to ask for remedies
Unit 21: Flowers & messages. Grammar Notes: Polite formulae and set structures such as je vous souhaite... (I wish you...) veuillez accepter... (please accept...)
French TV 6h4w5d
On Learning Zone Broadband r2re
Telling Tales (French) 711h3u
A collection of animated children's tales in both French and English
On the iPlayer 604s2h
From Our Own Correspondent 4q1m3f
Includes a report on what it means to be French
From the radio archive 272e27
In Our Time: Jean-Paul Sartre 2m3t6m
Melvyn Bragg discusses the French novelist, playwright & philosopher
Your Say 4bk3t
Don't try this abroad! 81s1a
Ever felt flustered in ? Watch this and other funny tales
