LGfL PML Podcasts La Coupe du Monde 2 (The World Cup 2

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PML
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FRENCH
La Coupe du Monde 2
A
Lancashire
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(The World Cup 2)
Episode Notes:
Welcome to this episode – La Coupe du Monde 2
This episode continues the theme of the World Cup and provides some simple activities for
teachers to try out as well as information about nouns in French
Let’s find out a few facts about football in France
Football is the most popular sport in France and is just as popular there as it is in England.
The national side is often called les bleus (after the colour of the shirts they wear) or les
Tricolores (after the French national flag). Teams play in a league system similar to our own.
There are 2 top leagues Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 with 46 teams in total. The current champions
are Marseille. There are then the lower leagues – le Championnat National.
The national side has had success at the highest levels winning the World Cup in 1998 and the
European Football Championships in 2000. Many of their top players play for teams in the
English Premiership and will be familiar names to many children. Similarly many children may
be familiar with some of the top French club teams through their participation in the Champions
League and the Europa Cup. You can find out lots of information on French teams and players
via the internet.
Activity One
Les Résultats - The football results
Here is a very simple activity based on numbers 0 – 5 alongside some of the top French
football teams. This could be used to practice numbers, work on pronunciation or even to
locate the teams and places on a map of France.
Marseille
Paris St Germain
Bordeaux
Lyon
Valenciennes
Auxerre
3
1
4
2
5
1
Rennes
Monaco
Lens
St Etienne
Lille
Toulouse
1
1
2
0
2
4
Nouns in French
All nouns in French are either masculine or feminine. French gender is a constant challenge
for many learners of French. Why is a particular word masculine and another feminine, when
they relate to both men and women? What's the logic behind gender in French? If only there
was a logical explanation! But there's no simple answer to this question, and no simple way to
know the gender of every noun other than just learning the gender with each word.
Masculine nouns will be preceded by un (meaning a or one) or le (meaning the) and feminine
nouns by une (a or one) or la (the). Le and la change to l’ before a vowel. Plural nouns are
preceded by les (the) or des (meaning some).
Presentation of key words
Here are some key nouns linked to the topic of football and the world cup
Ecoutez
The match
The pitch
The player
A penalty kick
A goal
The competition
The final score
The losers
The world champions
A red card
A yellow card
A sending off
le match
le terrain de foot
le joueur
un pénalty
un but
la compétition
le score final
les perdants
les championnats du monde
un carton rouge
un carton jaune
une exclusion
Practice of key words
Now you have a go
Ecoutez et répétez
Le match
Le terrain de foot
Le joueur
Un pénalty
Un but
La compétition
Le score final
Les perdants
Les championnats du monde
Un carton rouge
Un carton jaune
Une exclusion
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le match
le terrain de foot
le joueur
un pénalty
un but
la compétition
le score final
les perdants
les championnats du monde
un carton rouge
un carton jaune
une exclusion
Activity 2
If you are unsure if a word is masculine or feminine you can always use a bilingual dictionary
or an online bilingual dictionary to find out or check the gender of a word. If a word is
masculine it will have the letter m beside it, an f for feminine words and pl would indicate a
plural noun.
Try looking up the following words. Which ones are masculine and which ones are feminine?
Stade
Arbitre
Coupe
Finale
Score
Joueurs
the stadium
the referee
the cup
the final
the score
the players
masculine
masculine
feminine
feminine
masculine
masculine plural
le stade
l’arbitre
la coupe
la finale
le score
les joueurs
Activity 3
To end this episode here are a couple of French football chants.
On est en finale – We’re in the final
On est en finale
On est en finale
On est, on est
On est en finale
( x 2)
Here’s a second song
Si t'es fier d'être français frappe dans tes mains
(If you’re proud to be French clap your hands) sung to a tune similar to ‘If you’re happy and
you know it’.
Si t'es fier d'être français frappe dans tes mains
Si t'es fier d'être français frappe dans tes mains
Si t'es fier d'être français, si t'es fier d'être français
Si t'es fier d'être français frappe dans tes mains
Si t'es fier d'être français frappe dans tes mains
Si t'es fier d'être français frappe dans tes mains
Si t'es fier d'être français, si t'es fier d'être français
Si t'es fier d'être français frappe dans tes mains
Les bleus ! ! ! Les bleus ! ! ! Les bleus ! ! !
You might like to change ‘être français’ to ‘être anglais’ (to be English)
That’s the end of this episode
Au revoir À bientôt
Bye and listen in again soon
Au revoir À bientôt