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One primary school used the professional video-conferencing equipment at their local college for regular sessions with their partner school abroad. For up-to-date advice on how to organise a video-conference, refer to the Becta website, and search for 'video conference': http://www.becta.org.uk You will also find a guide to recommended suppliers. |
 What is seen in France: insert picture is of the French student., main picture is the UK school group. |
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Videoconferencing in Foreign
Language Education This site is run by Robert O'Dowd, a lecturer in EFL at the University of León, Spain. http://www3.unileon.es/personal/wwdfmrod/videoc.html |
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Many schools take part in an
international event to celebrate language learning and
diversity. See the European
Commission's EYL page at http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/policies/lang/year/index_en.html |
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Compare your progress with this list of "I can" statements from the Common Eeuropean Framework (CEF), relating to listening skills for levels A1 to B1 (B1 correspondis to a good GCSE). You could take the DIALANG listening tests (which follow a very similar framework) and see how far you get - : http://www.dialang.org CEF listening "I can" statements · A1 I can understand everyday expressions dealing with simple and concrete everyday needs, in clear, slow and repeated speech. · A1 I can follow speech which is very slow and carefully articulated, with long pauses for me to get the meaning. · A1 I can understand questions and instructions and follow short, simple directions. · A1 I can understand numbers, prices and times.
· A2 I can understand enough to manage simple, routine exchanges without too much effort. · A2 I can generally identify the topic of discussion around me which is conducted slowly and clearly. · A2 I can generally understand clear, standard speech on familiar matters, although in a real life situation I might have to ask for repetition or reformulation. · A2 I can understand enough to be able to meet concrete needs in everyday life provided speech is clear and slow. · A2 I can understand phrases and expressions related to immediate needs. · A2 I can handle simple business in shops, post offices or banks. · A2 I can understand simple directions relating to how to get from X to Y, by foot or public transport. · A2 I can understand the essential information from short recorded passages dealing with predictable everyday matters which are spoken slowly and clearly. · A2 I can identify the main point of TV news items reporting events, accidents, etc, where the visual material supports the commentary. · A2 I can catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.
· B1 I can guess the meaning of occasional unknown words from the context and understand sentence meaning if the topic discussed is familiar. · B1 I can generally follow the main points of extended discussion around me, provided speech is clear and in standard language. · B1 I can follow clear speech in everyday conversation, though in a real life situation I will sometimes have to ask for repetition of particular words and phrases. · B1 I can understand straightforward factual information about common everyday or job-related topics, identifying both general messages and specific details, provided speech is clear and generally familiar accent is used. · B1 I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters which occur regularly. · B1 I can follow a lecture or a talk within my own feld, provided the subject matter is familiar and the presentation straightforward and clearly organised. · B1 I can understand simple technical information, such as operation instructions for everyday equipment. · B1 I can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material about familiar subjects spoken relatively slowly and clearly. · B1 I can follow many films in which visuals and action carry much of the storyline, and in which the story is straightforward and the language clear. · B1 I can catch the main points in broadcasts on familiar topics and topics of personal interest when the language is relatively slow and clear. |
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All of the DVD's I am talking about are French original language (or animated so that it does not matter), but the big issue is of course the subtitles which are offered. I have bought films from 2 websites - Amazon.fr and Play.com. Both of thesesites are very good as you can search for a particular film by typing the title in a search box and both provide details on every DVD with information on subtitles. Another way of finding out if a DVD exists with French subtitles is to look at at http://www.medias-soustitres.com/dvd. This is an excellent website which is trying to increase the provision of French subtitles in films, TV programmes etc. DVDs WITH FRENCH AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES;
DVDs WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES, BUT NO FRENCH SUBTITLES
Acknowledgements to Andrew Edwards, Head of Modern Foreign Languages, Port Regis School |
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