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French KS3

Our French service is a vast library of digital resources for use in the classroom at Key Stage 3.

Our resources cover National Curriculum areas of French and provide students with ample opportunity to develop their language skills and cultural awareness.

If you subscribe to Espresso, our content will be installed in your school or LA for instant access and will be updated monthly with new content which means you will always have access to the freshest and most stimulating resources available.

Espresso's French service can be used on its own or alongside our services for KS3 PSHE & Citizenship and KS4 PE.

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Espresso - an innovative resource that will end your search for engaging ways to enhance the French curriculum.

Features

All Espresso resource banks feature...

Topical interactive video - Over 70 news-based video clips totalling more than 1.4 hours (at June 2003), viewable full-screen and narrated by native speakers of French from different parts of the world. Includes transcripts which students can also listen to, section by section
Activities - Target language multimedia games such as 'snap', storyboards and quizzes.
Teacher Staffroom - Teaching and learning strategies with comprehensive linkage between the resources and the National Curriculum requirement, the QCA Scheme of Work, and a number of mainstream French textbooks
Homework area - A site accessible via an internet connection containing activities to reinforce and extend ideas and skills
WWW - A selection of teacher-vetted websites that directly support topics, including relevant French-speaking websites, contained in a safe area
Other resources - Dictionary, grammar guides, photos, maps and other reference information

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Benefits

Engaging, highly interactive resources will truly motivate your KS3 students
Access to a vast range of engaging material mapped to curriculum requirements including QCA schemes of work
updated monthly to provide access to the freshest, most up-to-date resources
Provides ample opportunity for students to develop their understanding, listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
Delivers upon objectives from the 'Language for Learning in Key Stage 3' document
Multimedia support for students of all ages, ability ranges and learning styles
Motivates pupils and provides them with ample opportunity to develop language skills and cultural awareness
saves teachers time and money

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Coverage

Espresso's resource banks...

are structured around QCA schemes of work
deliver objectives from the Language for Learning document
give you the freedom to select content for existing schemes of work or to follow a more topic-based approach

There are 21 resource banks on the French service as at April/July 2005 (see below for the full list) We regularly update existing resource banks as well as add new ones.

Topic	Sub-Topic	Resource Bank
Everyday Life	Basics	C'est parti
	Daily routine	Comme d'habitude
	Family	La famille
	Fashion	À la mode
	Food	La cuisine
	Health	La santé
	Home	Chez Moi
	Opinions	A mon avis
	School	A l'école
	Sport	La Coupe du Monde
Making Journeys	Holidays	On y va! Une visite Un voyage à Paris
	Local	En ville Le transport
Around the World	Current events	Branché Les droits humains
	Countries	Le village planétaire Chez nous / chez vous
	Communication	La technologie
	Environment	Notre monde

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Free taster

Try some sample video online or order a free CD.

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Price

List price is £3 per pupil per year based on your Key Stage 3 cohort. Espresso pricing can vary based on: school size, technological infrastructure, training needs, and broadband consortium relationships. Find out more...

We are happy to develop a pricing quotation based directly on your individual school needs or LA requirements.

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