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1.8 Listening for information
French · Grade 8 · 3 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Weather-action sentences: Quand il fait chaud, je vais nager; Quand il pleut, je porte un manteau de pluie
- Season and clothing: En hiver on porte un pull; au Kenya, la saison des pluies and la saison sèche
- Physical features: une forêt, une rivière, des collines, une savane, des lacs, l'océan, des montagnes
- Kenyan landscape in French: le mont Kenya, le lac Victoria, la savane, la forêt de Kakamega, l'océan Indien
- Listening for information: two hearings, a note grid (weather / place / action), a key-point check
What you will be able to do
- identify key points from a spoken weather or landscape text
- take notes of key points while listening, then use the notes to show what was heard
- interpret verbal cues (quand, en hiver, il pleut, on porte) from audio stimuli
Key questions
“How do you showcase understanding?”
Lessons
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Quand il fait chaud, je vais nager
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizListen for a weather cue and the action or clothing that follows, including Kenyan rainy and dry seasons.
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Forêt, savane, océan: the land you hear
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizName seven physical features in French and catch them inside a short Kenyan landscape listening text.
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Showcase understanding: notes, then a sentence
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizListen twice to a weather-and-landscape text, fill a three-column grid, and prove understanding by feeding a key point back.