How do languages of the past influence modern day languages?
Florence (Year 12) explores the evolution of the French language. The ancient name for the country of France was Gaul,
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Category: French
La langue française coloniale
Lucille (Year 12) considers how the French language was brought to the African continent through colonialism. With 321 million speakers,
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Two-Faced!
Darcey, Georgia and Grace (Y7) have been experimenting with the video website Flipgrid to record dialogues in French where they
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Comment fêter Noël en France ?
In this article, Sascha (Y12) explores Christmas traditions in France and challenges you to write a Christmas wish list in
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Chantez!
Enjoy our selection of French, German and Spanish Christmas songs Petit Papa Noël Le refrain: Petit papa Noël Quand tu descendras du ciel Avec des jouets par milliers N’oublie pas mon petit soulier. Mais avant de partir Il faudra bien te couvrir Dehors tu vas avoir si froid C’est un peu à cause
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Christmas puzzle
Darcey and Tamsin (Y7) test your knowledge of French Christmas vocabulary in their fun crossword.
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Jours ordinaires, jours de fête
With Christmas approaching, Anabelle (Y10) reflects on celebrations she enjoys – past, present and future, and considers the importance of
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STEAM+ classroom tour
Olivia and Isabelle (Year 10) have created a video to show some exciting features of one of our new STEAM classrooms. In
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La plage
Julia (Year 12) writes creatively for this year’s ISMLA original writing competition. You wake up, lying on the sand. You hear the approach of the water
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La photographie “à la sauvette”
Henri Cartier-Bresson liked to take photographs à la sauvette, like a thief stealing an image in a fraction of a second. Imogen (Year
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