{"id":10,"date":"2017-07-03T02:22:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T02:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2019-06-25T21:36:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:36:10","slug":"french","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"French"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(includes <a href=\"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affiliate links<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In Mason&#8217;s schools, French was taught first not only because of it&#8217;s proximity to England, but because of it&#8217;s foundation for the English language.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Vocabulary<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the early years, vocabulary is developed through pictures and objects around the student&#8217;s environment. \u00a0Below are resources you could use for vocabulary. \u00a0The key here is to remember that the students are not to see the words. \u00a0In some cases, you may need to find a way to cover the words.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Fp1hxJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teach Me&#8230;French and More French<\/a>-this is a GREAT resource for songs, stories, vocabulary and poems!\u00a0 AND it comes with an audio CD!! Excellent for Form 1 beginners<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2wa7KoG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the Town All Year &#8216;Round<\/a>-this book is nearly perfect for vocabulary development and picture narration, without any words cluttering the pages<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2t3DSba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxford First Flash Cards<\/a>-these flash cards have pictures on one side and words on the other-no need to cover!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2v5apPI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1000 First Words in French<\/a>-this book has the pictures with words and would require the words to be covered.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2t3qnbH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French Audio Flash Cards<\/a>-appears to be a great tool for all ages, but especially for those older beginners<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/ielanguages.com\/frenchindex.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free website<\/a> (ielanguages.com) hosts free audio recordings of common phrases, words and grammar!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Songs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k9242773\/f1.image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vieilles Chansons et Rondes Pour Les Petits Enfants<\/a>\u00a0by Charles Widor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamalisa.com\/?p=22&amp;t=ec&amp;c=22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mama Lisa&#8217;s World: International Music and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HooplaKidzFrancais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HooplaKidz Fran\u00e7ais<\/a> is a YouTube site with lots of French songs.\u00a0\u00a0A quick reminder: in the early years, the work is oral and the means of acquiring language is the ear&#8230;so use these for their audio only. \u00a0You wouldn&#8217;t want to watch these with your children.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlesongster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Songster<\/a> has a sweet collection of songs collected from You Tube, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLpqLpg4YfzhDOr2iAzx17Qz9FOYsGaISO\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2urg1py\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French Playground<\/a>-contemporary French songs for children<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vpLdCS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Song in French for Children<\/a>-classic French songs for children<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2G6wGov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beth Manner&#8217;s Fun French for Kids<\/a>-we&#8217;ve really enjoyed listening to this in the car!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bookoffrenchsong00costiala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Book of French Songs<\/a> by Louisa Stuart Costello<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beelinguapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beelinguapp<\/a> is a new app that reads aloud stories in a variety of languages along with side by side text of the native and target language!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordproject.org\/bibles\/fr\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bible<\/a> in French&#8211;with audio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2HVmxIH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC Petits Contes<\/a> by\u00a0<span class=\"author notFaded\" data-width=\"\">Jules Lema\u00eetre, for free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/ebooks\/30117?msg=welcome_stranger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, and on audio <a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/abc-petits-contes-by-jules-lemaitre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/search?title=&amp;author=&amp;reader=&amp;keywords=&amp;genre_id=1&amp;status=all&amp;project_type=either&amp;recorded_language=2&amp;sort_order=catalog_date&amp;search_page=1&amp;search_form=advanced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Librivox<\/a>\u00a0has a variety of French audio books available including poetry and stories for the young<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefrenchexperiment.com\/stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The French Experiment<\/a> hosts a handful of French nursery stories in audio, perfect for beginners<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.littlesongster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Songster<\/a> also has a collection of stories compiled from You Tube, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLpqLpg4YfzhB7lQKGIw_vr0WhsIAD5yOy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Like with the songs, you would want to use these videos for the audio only in the early years.<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCub5dBzD6H9Qc06ZJms9Ggg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> has a collection of French fairy tales.\u00a0 Use these for the audio only with beginner students.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/browse\/languages\/fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Gutenberg<\/a> has a number of French books in print and audio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2un5QTs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tales of Mother Goose:English\/French<\/a> by Charles Perrault<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=TTIJAAAAQAAJ&amp;pg=PP11#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les Contes de F\u00e9es: en prose et en verse<\/a> by Charles Perrault<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=W3QAAAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PP7#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contes de\u00a0F\u00e9es<\/a>\u00a0by Charles Perrault<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aesopfables.com\/aesopjdlf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesop&#8217;s Fables<\/a> by Jean de la Fontaine-this site has them in French and translated in English; <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tvYicu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here <\/a>you can purchase a bilingual edition<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9Th3kKK1ENuXENmLK6jVXt7A98bRzivv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesop&#8217;s Fables<\/a> in French on YouTube-use these for the audio only<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/frenchfablesinac00part\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French Fables<\/a> in Action by Violet Partington<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/progressivefren00bche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Progressive French Reader<\/a> by Ferdinand B\u00f4cher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k6567013v\/f9.image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nos Enfants: Sc\u00e8nes de la ville et des champs<\/a> by Anatole France&#8211;this is a book students in Form 3 would read and narrate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/histoiredemesbt00dumagoog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Histoire de Mes B\u00eates by Alexandre Dumas<\/a>-read &amp; narrated in Form 3, for <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uwKu5p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindle<\/a>, for purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uwCMbe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uWMF2X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Les Deux Bossus<\/a> by Richard Demarcy-read &amp; narrated in Form 3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uyFihp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Mule du Pape<\/a> by Alphonse Daudet-read &amp; narrated in Form 3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uKRQSM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Little Prince<\/a> by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learner.org\/resources\/series83.html\">French in Action<\/a>: full immersion TV series developed to teach viewers French.\u00a0 For the older students (high school).\u00a0 There are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Fy28uF\">workbooks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2RE0EUu\">textbooks<\/a> to go with it to make it a complete course, but it could simply be used as a supplemental listen!\u00a0 Very engaging.\u00a0 Considered a &#8220;cult classic!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Poems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamalisa.com\/blog\/category\/poetry\/french-poems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mama Lisa&#8217;s World: International Music and Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2t3sR9T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Un, Deux, Trois<\/a> by Opal Dunn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uwj9l2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Rounds and Riddles<\/a> by C. B., for free online, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/frenchnurseryrhy00bcfruoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=VdsIAAAAQAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=gbs_ge_summary_r&amp;cad=0#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Lyre Enfantine<\/a> by H.M. Jones-used in Years 4-6\/Form 2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/oxfordbookoffren00lucauoft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Oxford Book of French Verse<\/a>-used in Years 10-12\/Forms 5 &amp; 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">M. Gouin&#8217;s Series<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherrydale Press\u00a0has published <a href=\"http:\/\/cherrydalepress.com\/?page_id=124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking French with Miss Mason and Francois<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=5UEyAQAAMAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;output=reader&amp;hl=en&amp;pg=GBS.PP1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">French Lessons on the Gouin Method Book 2<\/a> by F. Th\u00e9moin-this book was used in Form 2<br \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Formal Lesson Books<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mason used the following books for lessons in her programmes. \u00a0Teachers were required to read the preface to educate themselves and did not use them exhaustively.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/primaryfrenchcou01siep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Primary French Course <\/a>by Otto Siepmann, for purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2h3UrT9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, a Year 4-6\/Form 2 book<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/hachettesillust00bugoog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hachette&#8217;s Illustrated French Primer<\/a> by Henri Bu\u00e9, a Year 1-3\/Form 1 book<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2v7mnbw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Fran\u00e7ais Pour Les Jeunes<\/a> by Gladstone G. Solomon-used initially in Year One, and then became a first French reader for the last term of Year 3\/Form 1A<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vrIhG3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Le Livre Rouge<\/a> by E. Magee-a Year One\/Form 1B book<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/apublicschoolfr00pellgoog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Public School French Primer<\/a> by Otto Siepmann a Year 10-11\/Form 5 book for purchase, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uyK66p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">CM-Friendly Curricula\/Online Programs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theulat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheULAT.com<\/a> is a great resource for older students, with its native speakers and dependence on the ear and gestures for learning&#8211;it would still need to be supplemented with songs, poems, stories, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnables.com\/languages\/french\/\">The Learnables<\/a>-an immersion-based program for older students that begins with listening and speaking before moving on to reading and writing<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learner.org\/resources\/series83.html\">French in Action<\/a>: full immersion TV series developed to teach viewers French.\u00a0 For the older students (high school).\u00a0 There are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Fy28uF\">workbooks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2RE0EUu\">textbooks<\/a> to go with it to make it a complete course, but it could simply be used as a supplemental listen!\u00a0 Very engaging.\u00a0 Considered a &#8220;cult classic!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livelingua.com\/\">Livelingua.com<\/a>: online Skype lessons with native speakers<\/li>\n<li>Fran\u00e7ais Immersion: immersion-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGzA2nGCGvvxz2WRwoEoegg\">YouTube channel<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.francaisimmersion.com\/\">website<\/a> with native speaker who uses drawings and actions to communicate meaning.\u00a0 This is for the older student already reading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(includes affiliate links) In Mason&#8217;s schools, French was taught first not only because of it&#8217;s proximity to England, but because of it&#8217;s foundation for the English language. 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