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=GCSE French= We follow the WJEC GCSE course.

We will cover material relating to the following 4 themes:
 * **Personal and Social Life**
 * **The Local Community**
 * **The World of Work**
 * **The Wider World**

Useful resources for GCSE French

 * Topic-based vocab for GCSE - if it's not in here, you don't need to learn it! [[file:topic-based vocab.pdf]]
 * Vocab man! Here's a copy to download if you've lost yours: [[file:VOCAB MAN.doc]]
 * [|Wordle] - __create word clouds to help in your speaking and writing preparatio__n
 *  [|.] [|Useful phrases when writing emails]
 * [|Word Reference] - the best online dictionary around
 * Aiglon College - exercises and links
 * GCSE Vocab quizzes - from Aiglon college
 * ** [|Voki] - create speaking avatars to help you to practise your pronunciation. **
 * **Task magic ** - download a home version from here so you can play games with your school TM files.

Revision materials

 * GCSE Bitesize - the original and best revision site.
 * A game from GCSE bitesize: Destination Death - absolutely brilliant!
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Wordreference - the best online dictionary around.


 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|RealFrench.net] - lots of practice organised into easy to access units.
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Revision map - tool to help you to plan your revision
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Bitesize Bingo - to help you to learn your vocab
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">RealFrench - a site from Manchester Metropolitan University - lots of vocab games.
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Ashcombe School Video quizzes] - good for listening practice
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Task Magic games for revision] - and a version of Task Magic that you can download onto your home computer
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Zut - a good resource for all areas of the WJEC specification
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">S-Cool French - a good all-round resource - has exam-style questions on it.
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">WildFrench - some simple reading exercises - good to help you practise vocab.
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Past papers to complete - they're from Edexcel, but still have the same types of questions.
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Words that sound the same - practise the words you mix up
 * <span style="display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">listening practice - lots of audio tracks to help you to revise for your listening pape

Grammar Resources

 * [[file:present tense of common verbs test.xls]] - how are your verbs? Test your knowledge of the present tense with this. Download it, save it to your network space, then fill in the French for each of the verb phrases. The squares will turn green if you get it right first time.
 * Do a bit of detective work - you may find the verb conjugator from the University of Texas helps you.


 * ===<span style="display: block; font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Perfect Tense ** ===
 * <span style="color: #2312a5; display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> [[file:a guide to the perfect tense.doc]]- u se this guide to help you get to grips with the perfect tense.
 * <span style="color: #1f1919; display: block; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> [[file:UNE VISITE SCOLAIRE A PARIS.doc]]- a writing frame to help you get started writing about your school trip