1. Famille et copains
2 Learning skills
Memorising pictures in your head may help you to remember 2.3
Funny phrases, sentences or
French words
some French words. Here are some examples:
Feuille
Expo 1
• Saying ‘15 cans of beans’ helps me to remember that 15 is quinze.
• Saying ‘Five boats sank’ helps me to remember that 5 is cinq.
• Singing ‘Frère Jacques’ helps me to remember that frère means ‘brother’.
A
Work in a group. Think about the sound of the words. Can you think of a funny
way of remembering that ...
1 seize means ‘sixteen’?
2 où means ‘where’?
3 dos means ‘back’?
4 qui means ‘who’?
5 lit means ‘bed’?
6 août means ‘August’?
Another way to remember the meaning of words is by linking the word to another
word in your mind:
e.g. hiver is ‘winter’, because animals hibernate.
printemps is ‘spring’: put s in front of it, and you get Sprin-temps.
B
Can you think of ways to remember that ...
1 dix means ‘ten’?
2 bibliothèque means ‘library’?
3 médecin means ‘doctor’?
4 enfant means ‘child’?
5 sur means ‘on’?
C
Sometimes you will learn to spell a list of words for homework. In a group,
brainstorm different ways of learning to spell words. Think about work you’ve
done in English or Literacy lessons. List your ideas here:
You can help yourself remember the
‘Look, say, cover, write, check’ is gender of words by e.g. noting masculine
a very useful strategy for learning nouns in blue and feminine ones in red, or
to spell new words. highlighting them in different colours when
you note them down.
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