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Les transports

Station announcements are fast, but they always contain the same four pieces of information. Know the frame and you only need to catch the details.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Listening: Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately

Key learning points

  • • Getting around
  • • At the station
  • • Listening for the four facts

This lesson at a glance

  • 25 minutes
  • 16 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

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Watch first

Les transports

An English teaching video on this topic from beamafalda FRANCÉS. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Listen to a variety of forms of spoken language to obtain information and respond appropriately

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · Getting around

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

Part 3 of 16

Learn

Getting around

Je vais au collège en bus / en voiture / en train / à pied (on foot) / à vélo. Note the two little words: en for things you get inside, à for things you sit on or use with your body.

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Explore the idea

Part 4 of 16

Learn

At the station

un aller simple (single), un aller-retour (return), le quai (platform), le départ / l'arrivée, le billet (ticket), en retard (late), à l'heure (on time). 'Le train à destination de Lille part du quai numéro trois.'

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Quick check

Part 5 of 16

Quick check

How do you say 'by bike'?

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Quick check

Part 6 of 16

Quick check

'Un aller-retour' is a ___ ticket.

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Reset break

Part 7 of 16

Pause

That's sitting 1 of 2 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Listening for the four facts

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

Part 9 of 16

Learn

Listening for the four facts

Announcements give destination, time, platform and status. Write four boxes before you listen and fill them in as you hear them, rather than trying to translate the whole sentence as it goes past.

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Quick check

Part 10 of 16

Quick check

'Le train est en retard' means the train is...

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Quick check

Part 11 of 16

Quick check

'Le quai numéro trois' tells you the...

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Explore the idea

Part 12 of 16

Worked example

Worked listening

Announcement: 'Le train de quatorze heures dix à destination de Bordeaux partira du quai numéro cinq avec un retard de dix minutes.' Destination: Bordeaux. Time: 14:10. Platform: 5. Status: ten minutes late.

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Challenge round

Part 13 of 16

Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

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Challenge round

Part 14 of 16

Game · Fill the gaps

Finish the sentences

Choose the word that belongs in each gap.

Write four boxes before you ____ and fill them in as you hear them, rather than trying to translate the whole sentence as it goes past.

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Mastery quiz

Part 15 of 16

Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Les transports

4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. How do you say 'by bike'?

  2. 2. 'Un aller-retour' is a ___ ticket.

  3. 3. 'Le train est en retard' means the train is...

  4. 4. 'Le quai numéro trois' tells you the...

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Lesson round-up

Part 16 of 16

Lesson round-up

Ready when you are

Quiz score

Not sat

Games

Not played

Points this lesson

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Best run

0 in a row

Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

Ask Luna

Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Extract

Une journée à Lyon

Samedi matin, je me lève à sept heures et demie. Je prends le petit déjeuner avec ma sœur — du pain, du beurre et un chocolat chaud. Ensuite, nous prenons le bus jusqu'au centre-ville.

J'aime beaucoup Lyon parce qu'il y a un grand marché près du fleuve. Ma sœur préfère les magasins, mais moi, je préfère le marché : c'est moins cher et c'est plus intéressant. À midi, nous mangeons un sandwich au parc.

L'après-midi, il commence à pleuvoir, alors nous rentrons à la maison en tram. Le soir, je fais mes devoirs et je regarde un film avec mes parents.

Original text written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. In English, say what the writer does in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
  2. Find the phrases that give an opinion and a reason, and copy them out.
  3. Write 8–10 sentences about your own Saturday, using at least three phrases from the text.

  • Written practice

    Writing

    Write the sentences out in the language, then translate them back into English.

    8–10 sentences

  • Vocabulary page

    Working out

    Copy the new words, cover them, and test yourself. Note the ones you keep missing.

    15 words

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