Phonics

This is the presentation that Lynn Erler and Jo did at the PL Show in 2009 media type="custom" key="5249125" You can donwload the presentation and all the accompanying resources and ideas which Lynn and I showed and which Julie Prince has been working on in a new book with Lynn over at http://phonologique.wikispaces.com/

Phonics is part of the statutory Programme of Study for MFL
and I believe it not only aids pronounciation, but primarily teaches students how to decode letters and sounds - essentially how to read & write in a foreign language. media type="file" key="French LAlphabet.wmv" width="270" height="270" I found it easiest to introduce phonics through 5 minute starter activities, which I would have on the board as students arrive and they can get started on straight away. Here is a PowerPoint I made of 99 of these 5-minute activities - they are in no order and you might want to rearrange them. Also at least one song: Oldelaf le cafe - you might wish //to check first// that you are comfortable using it with your class. and here are some of the songs (in case youtube is blocked in your school)(I'll add more later)

Published (commercial) Resources
 * Le Manuel Phonique - //Like Jolly Phonics but in French. A powerpoint mini-version with soundfiles is supplied on the disc that accompanies Catherine Cheater Scheme of Work for Year 5.//
 * [|J'apprends à lire avec Sam et Julie] - //fantastic little book with page by page introduction to French phonemes and graphemes, with example words, little diagrams showing shape of mouth and simple child-friendly exercises. You can use it with the children, perhaps concentrating on one phoneme for a few weeks or a unit of work, dip in and out occasionally, or keep it for teacher reference.//
 * [|Letters and Sounds] - //In English of course, but free & all of these games are very useful for practising any language sounds//.
 * [|ABC from Poisson Rouge -] //Free site for younger children (KS1/2) with abc in French, Spanish & Greek//
 * [|TicTac] - //Free online simple alphabet site in French with sounds/pronounciation//.
 * [|Buchstabenübersicht]- //As above in German//.
 * [|Phonétique]- //is a comprehensive French site for teachers to use to improve their own pronounciation (whatever their level of fluency) and also to use selectively with a whole class with lots of sound exercises//.
 * [|About.com Spanish Language] - //a fantastic list of pronounciation/phonic resources for teachers of Spanish//.

There is a huge collection of free resources on Suzi Bewell's 'Do once and share' wikispace, which is well worth signing up to. Suzi is a SSAT lead practitioner.