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If you have native French speakers among your students, or if you have aids or visitors who speak French, the following ideas may be of help.

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How about having them read simple stories to the rest of the class, and then basing a lesson on the story? This gives the class authentic pronunciation to listen to as well.

Groleau, W. Re: elementary French native speakers. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (1 Sept. 2005).

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1. In pairs or individually, they can prepare class survey questionnaires for the other students on any topic (e.g. food preferences and dislikes when you are teaching foods). Then they can tabulate the results and share with classmates.

2. They can create a family tree for Francophone celebrities to share with their classmates (some Internet research could be used).

3. They can conduct authentic French children's games.

4. They can (as a group) create a monthly class newsletter, including their and other classmates' art work, cartoons, poems, stories, simple "did you know?" perhaps about authentic sports and cultural items... for sharing with parents.

5. They can write and illustrate with drawings and photographs, an "About Me" book and time line, telling about their experiences, for sharing with their classmates.

Lipton, G. Re: elementary French native speakers. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (1 Sept. 2005).
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