We subscribe to an on line textbook and learning platform called Kerboodle.
Kerboodle is an interactive website which gives our pupils full access to both the Higher and Foundation textbooks specifically written for the AQA French GCSE. The on-line books include all the listening materials as well as many other accompanying resources for each topic. A range of interactive activities are available which give instant and detailed feedback to reinforce what they has been covered in the book encouraging our pupils to develop into fully engaged and independent learners. The learning platform also contains vocabulary lists, grammar explanations and accompanying exercises.
In the run up to the examinations, pupils can use Kerboodle independently to practice exam style questions on the website. Your son will be given a unique username and login to access this once he begins the GCSE course. The link for Kerboodle is:
https://www.kerboodle.com/users/login
We also subscribe to an online vocabulary learning website called Vocab Express. Vocabulary learning is essential for success in GCSE languages and the Vocab Express website enables students to learn and revise words and phrases relevant to the topics they are studying in an interactive and competitive environment. Furthermore this is a resource that pupils can use independently for revision without the need for specific lists to be set by their teacher. Pupils find this a very useful and an enjoyable way of learning vocabulary.
The link for Vocab Express is:
www.vocabexpress.com
Other websites that are freely available to pupils are:
www.languagesonline.org.uk
(particularly good for revising grammar - verbs, tenses and other various grammar points)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
(useful at the end of the course for revision)
Kerboodle is an interactive website which gives our pupils full access to both the Higher and Foundation textbooks specifically written for the AQA French GCSE. The on-line books include all the listening materials as well as many other accompanying resources for each topic. A range of interactive activities are available which give instant and detailed feedback to reinforce what they has been covered in the book encouraging our pupils to develop into fully engaged and independent learners. The learning platform also contains vocabulary lists, grammar explanations and accompanying exercises.
In the run up to the examinations, pupils can use Kerboodle independently to practice exam style questions on the website. Your son will be given a unique username and login to access this once he begins the GCSE course. The link for Kerboodle is:
https://www.kerboodle.com/users/login
We also subscribe to an online vocabulary learning website called Vocab Express. Vocabulary learning is essential for success in GCSE languages and the Vocab Express website enables students to learn and revise words and phrases relevant to the topics they are studying in an interactive and competitive environment. Furthermore this is a resource that pupils can use independently for revision without the need for specific lists to be set by their teacher. Pupils find this a very useful and an enjoyable way of learning vocabulary.
The link for Vocab Express is:
www.vocabexpress.com
Other websites that are freely available to pupils are:
www.languagesonline.org.uk
(particularly good for revising grammar - verbs, tenses and other various grammar points)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
(useful at the end of the course for revision)