Hexagonie, Part 1: An Innovative Way to Teach French Maria Rice-Jones
Hexagonie, Part 1 is a unique scheme for introducing Key Stage 2 pupils to French. Language elements are introduced in a logical, easy-to-understand way, so that children quickly communicate with confidence. Language is broken down into manageable chunks and presented to pupis in a methodical manner enabling them feel that they can converse in French. The scheme brings French to life, engaging pupils' imaginations, and furthering their understanding of French language structures. It develops effective learning strategies that can be applied to other languages and across the curriculum. Topics introduced range from greetings, classroom objects and colours to numbers, animals and parts of the body. Language points covered: un/une; c'est and ce n'est pas; le/la/l'; etre with je/tu/il/elle, negative sentences; prepositions; plural nouns/les; avoir with je/tu/il/elle; ma/mon/mes; sentences with il y a; ta/ton/tes and sa/son/tes; parler, habiter, etudier and aimer with je/tu/il/elle. The topics and activities in this book are designed for 7-13 year olds just starting to learn French. If you are a KS3 (Years 7-9; 11-14 year olds) teacher you may wish to order the Year 7 version of this book (9781905780389). It contains the same topics and activities.