French 2.02 places v12

Early Start French Pack 2

2. En ville Places in town VIDEO

In this section pupils learn how to identify places that might be significant to children in a French town or in their home town. This is the first step towards being able to describe where you live, ask directions and give information about where places are.

The market - “Voici le marché”. This sequence shows the stalls and produce sold at the Saturday morning market in Roubaix: “Qu’est-ce que c’est?” “C’est le marché”. The supermarket - “Voici le supermarché”. We see images of a small supermarket in Hesdin: “Qu’est-ce que c’est?” “C’est le supermarché”. The café - “Voici le café”. A group of children and their mothers enjoy a cold drink at one of Hesdin’s cafés. “Qu’est-ce que c’est?” “C’est le café”. The museum - “Voici le musée”. Charlotte is shown visiting the Musée du Verre (Glass Museum) in Sars-Poteries. “Qu’est-ce que c’est?” “C’est le musée”. Identifying places in the town: The first four places* are identified again: “Voici le marché”; “Voici le supermarché”; “Voici le café”; “Voici le musée”. *NOTE: these four are masculine (“le”) nouns.

NEW WORDS AND PHRASES le marché le supermarché le café le musée l’école (f) mon école la piscine la gare la boulangerie la pâtisserie

- the market - the supermarket - the café - the museum - the school - my school - see note - the swimming pool - the station - the bakery - the cake shop

la plage - the beach Voici [le musée]

This is [the museum]

... à [Hesdin] il y a [une gare] ... ...at [Hesdin] there is [a station]...

Qu’est-ce que c’est? C’est [le marché] What’s that? It’s [the market] CD Track 14 Scene from video section 2: calling the register -“Présente!”

The school - “Voici mon école”. A pupil introduces her school. We see children arriving at the Ecole Léon Jouhaux at the beginning of the school day. They enter their classroom and their teacher, Monsieur Charles, greets them and takes the register*: “Bonjour à tous”. (Good morning everyone). “Asseyez-vous”. (Sit down). “Alors, je vais faire l’appel”. (Right, I’m going to take the register).

Scene from video section 2: “Voici le marché” - the cheese stall at the Saturday market in Roubaix.

* NOTE: to call the register in French, see ch.2.17. 26