Brilliant French Information Books, Level 2

Encourage primary school pupils to become independent French readers with this collection of 6 short, highly-illustrated French information readers.The Brilliant French Information Books are ideal for Key Stage 2 (KS2) children who don't like reading stories. Specially written by Danièle Bourdais and Sue Finnie to support young French learners, these non-fiction books consolidate core vocabulary and reinforce language patterns, while being packed full of information and photos of the French-speaking world which will broaden pupils' perceptions and develop their intercultural understanding.The Level 2 books are ideal for children in Years 4 and 5 who have been studying French for one or two years.These colourful photographic books:Consolidate core vocabularyIntroduce unfamiliar language in a controlled way, to enable children to start reading French straight away, without being dauntedInclude repetition to reinforce language patternsContain in-built progression and differentiationIntroduce pupils to life in France and other French-speaking countriesContain fun memory quizzes to check understandingIn-built progressionTo ensure progression and differentiation, there are three easily identifiable levels of difficulty.Level 1 books typically have a single short sentence per page.Level 2 books typically have 1-3 short to medium sentences per page.Level 3 books usually have 3-4 sentences of varying length per page.The 6 Level 2 Brilliant French Information Books are:Inventés en FranceUne journée à l'écoleC'est la fête !J'aime lireBon appétit !Vive le sportTeacher supportIdeal for the non-specialist, the free downloadable teaching guide for Level 2 contains notes for getting the most from the resource, background information on each topic and language focus, English translations of the books and answers to the quizzes. The accompanying free downloadable files contain audio readings of the pupil books, as well as pdf versions of each book enabling them to be displayed on an interactive whiteboard.