A very good show about Languages.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00thxg0/You_and_Yours_31_08_2010

I have found this very useful Radio program about learning a language. We will certainly talk about in class.

Have a nice weekend

M. Buré

revision 1st year 1G

Click here to get ready for the test

Revision Sport

Revision weather


Don't forget linguascope as well.

Have fun
Mr Buré

CLICHES

Please do not take this serisouly. I am fighting against that!!

Mr Buré

Hommage a un grand chanteur de la chanson Francaise

En plus Mr Anderson est completement fan de lui; Ca vaut la peine de l'écouter :)

http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/visuel/2011/03/02/gainsbourg-du-seducteur-poete-au-fumeur-de-gitanes-provocateur_1487168_3246.html#ens_id=1487178

Survey on development

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=fr&formkey=dGJQaDFLMTFzRDJvNTctU0RTcmhXV1E6MQ#gid=0

Take the survey and answer accordng to your daily practise.

M. Buré

Higher / Int 2: lundi 20 février 2011

Good afternoon Girls.

Apologise for not being here, a doctor's appointement prevents me to be here today.

After correcting your prelims, I thought a lesson based on grammar would be quite useful.

Follow the links, read the lesson and do the tests / quizz. Please do not guess the answers, try to have a reason behind all your choice.

http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources/French/fralpp2.ppt


http://french.about.com/library/verb/bl-modals.htm (For information only, only reading)

http://www.didierconnexions.com/niveau1/?id=3-8-2-2

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/gmoskos1/interexercice/pouvoir.htm

http://www.didierconnexions.com/niveau1/?id=2-4-1-2

http://www.lepointdufle.net/ressources_fle/present_auxiliaires.htm

http://www.didierconnexions.com/niveau1/?id=2-4-1-3

you should have enough to keep you busy for 2 hours.
I hope this will be useful for the future.

See you on wednesday

Le petit éléphant 1C

Le petit éléphant



To read:

Le petit éléphant (pièce de théatre)

View more documents from Portlethen Academy.

To listen:



To download:

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B3o05wFDr-vtYjgwY2Y5YjMtN2UyNi00NTgzLThhOTMtNDI2ZTQyZDI3YWY1&hl=en

RELAX REALX RELAX RELAX

All these videos will help you to relax.

http://www.lemonde.fr/week-end/visuel/2011/02/11/le-corps-retrouve-comment-le-yoga-m-a-change_1478294_1477893.html

Higher: possible topics

Friendships / family relationships
Problems with family
Where I live - Advantages / disadvantages for tourists - youbg people
Holidays
fashion
Future plans
School
School
Leisure pursuits
Part time jobs
Health / food / diet
Fashion
The importance of learning a foreign language
What would I do if i win the lottery
Dangers of smoking / drinking / drugs
What is important for me in life


Remember to include past and future tenses in all the above essays. This is not an exhaustive list.

M Buré

Speaking Dates Higher and Advanced higher

Good morning

AH: You will be pleased to know that we have just received the dates for your speaking. The external examiner wil come Tuesday 22nd of March.

Highers: The speaking will be assessed internally during March. I'll issue more information during class.

Amicalement votre

Mr Buré

Le gruffalo 2nd year

TO make sure the words you say sounds right, have a look (or should I say listen) to the file below

To listen



To download:
http://www.divshare.com/download/14013302-944


https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B3o05wFDr-vtYzU3OTY3ZDAtMTQ0Zi00YjdlLWFhZDEtYjVjZmZiZDY1NGQ2&hl=en

To read

Gruffalo script

View more documents from Portlethen Academy.

Have a nice break and make sure you listen to it a couple of times before coming back at school.

Mr Buré

France and the world!!

One of the lastest articles on l'exception Francaise coming from the US.

http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2011/01/31/philip-gourevitch-la-culture-francaise-n-apparait-plus-necessaire-ni-agreable_1473089_3246.html

Lorna, if you would like to come and get feedback on your essay, you know where i'll be.

M. Buré

Advanced Higher!! Essay Titles on Women and society

Good morning Girls

Here is a selection of essay title that appeared in the last couple of years. They all deal with women in society.

"Il y a une trentaine d'année, beaucoup de gens pensaient que la libération de ka femme etait souhaitable et inévitable. D'autres coroyaient qu'un féminisme radical aboutirait à la destruction du couple, base essentielle de notre société. Est ce qu'ils avaient raison? Quel est votre point de vue aujourd'hui?"

"Le féminisme n'a reussi qu'a créer la version féminime d'un homme plutot désagréable" Que pensez vous de cette opinion de trente ans de féminisme? Est-il temps de trouver d'autres moyens pour ameliorer encore la condition des femmes ou est ce qu'on a tout fait?"

"La meilleur facon de juger une société est de regarder de près comment elle traite ses enfants, ses pauvres, ses vieux et ses exclus" Est ce que vous etes d'accord ou non? Quel jugement porteriez vous sur notre société d'aujourd'hui et pourquoi?"

Choose one essay and write up to 200 words on it.

Mr Buré

HIGHER VERBS: Le passé composé / L'imparfait

Following the lesson in class, I would like you to work on these pages to have more practise with tenses mentionned above.


Le passé composé : 1 Lesson
2 TEST
3 More exercise
Irregular verb and irregular past participle

L'imparfait: 1 Lesson
2 TEST
3 More test
More and More


Passé composé vs Imperfect:
When to choose (very good grid summarising everything)1
2 TEST
3 Exercise 1
4 Exercise 2

5 Exercise 3
6 Exercise 3

There is enough work / links for your next 15 days.
Let me know if you don't have enough.

Good luck.
come and see me if you are stuck (1F11)

Mr Buré

embarrassing moments: Come and dine with me

Good morning!!

I have stopped watching the videos when the guests started reading the menus... Too embarrassing... Can anybody guess what they are having?

M. Buré

To see the video click on the link below
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/come-dine-with-me/4od/player/2931904

Rocket!!

Another good that should require some attention.

Excellent if you wuld like to kow how a word sounds.

http://www.rocketlanguages.com/your-community/french

Advanced Higher: L'exception francaise

Have a look at this:, quite old, but still relevant

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1686532,00.html

http://www.paperblog.fr/383199/reponse-de-france-culture-au-dossier-intitule-the-death-of-french-culture-du-time/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/dec/08/france.international

http://www.economist.com/blogs/certainideasofeurope/2007/12/death_of_french_culture

More listening

Time to work on the listening skills from 1st year to 4th year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/french/

Mr Buré

Hence the importance to choose the right university with the right subjects

My advice: Don't just do something you like, do something useful...

http://lemonde-emploi.blog.lemonde.fr/2011/01/27/un-diplome-britannique-sur-cinq-sans-emploi-deux-ans-apres-la-sortie-de-luniversite/

A shame the article is in French

Mr Buré

TO find out more about France and its region

This website will give you the chance to know more about France and its different regions. the videos are easy and short.

Questions can be accessed with each videos.

Bonne émission

http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/regionsdefrance/site.php

Heriot Watt Multilingual debate

" This house believes that the value of further and higher education to society and to individuals outweighs their respective costs"

Start thinking about this statement. Further info about the trip will be announced shortly.

Mr Buré

Higher Homework 31 Janvier

Bonjour à toutes

Int 2: You have a writing to do.

Higher: Could you do the reading and the directed writing of the past paper.

I will give you the questions (for the second part of the speaking on monday)

M Buré

French cinema for AH

http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2011/01/13/les-films-francais-perdent-du-terrain-a-l-etranger_1465339_3476.html
Read the article, it might come handy for numbers and exemple in your folio.

M. Buré

Les sports S1

Bonjour les éleves

Voila quelques sites internet pour vous repérer dans l'univers du web.

www.linguascope.com (beginner and sport)

http://www.zut.org.uk/index.html (year 7 / 8 /9): hobbies

www.languagesonline.org.uk Click on Unit 6 (French section) and do ex.18 / 19 / 22

Good luck

Mr Buré

Higher Homework 17 Janvier

For Monday 17th January

Higher:
I will ask you to do 2 things for monday: Have a look at p 1-2-3 & 4 of the new booklet (Vocab can come handy for writing essays for example) and do "une journée a l'école". Questions are on the next 2 following pages. Stage 1 A + B (16 questions in total)
The 2nd thing is about "le trop petit prince". I would like you to invent / create the end of the clip. Pretend you have another 10 sec of clip to see, what are going to see? (think about the sun rising again / the colour of it...) And what is the relation between the video and the chapter we have studied in class?
Answer these two questions in French and post them in the Etwinning space. Video can be found on the twnispace as well
adresse here Any problem, leave me a message.

Int 2:
Raegan, can you write a neat copy of your 1st writing and prepare the second writing as well. (double line spacing please)
As well as this, I will ask you to do Que pensez vous de l'école? p281 and go as far as possible in the questions (up to 5 would be perfect)

Bon weekend
Bon courage

Les pronoms demonstratifs

To AH
To avoir confusion between the demonstrative pronouns (the what?!?), have a look at those pages.

Demonstratives pronouns consists of ce / ca / celle and the the

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/pro11.html

http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jhreid/grammar/prondem.htm

http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/adjectives_demonstrative.htm

http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa012900t.htm

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=335127 (to be read until the end

M. Buré