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Speaking with confidence

Confident French is not about a perfect accent from day one — it is about speaking clearly and not stopping to worry over every sound.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Speaking: Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation

Key learning points

  • • Vowel sounds
  • • Intonation for questions
  • • Building fluency

This lesson at a glance

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

Words to know

coherentlyconfidentlyincreasinglyaccuratepronunciation

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Speaking with confidence

An English teaching video on this topic from French in Plain Sight. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Speak coherently and confidently, with increasingly accurate pronunciation and intonation

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · Vowel sounds

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

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Explore the idea

Part 3 of 13

Learn

Vowel sounds

French vowels are pure, not gliding like English ones. 'Beau' is one clean sound, not 'bee-oh'. Practising vowels like 'u' (as in 'tu', made with rounded lips) improves clarity fast.

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Explore the idea

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Intonation for questions

A statement said with rising pitch at the end becomes a question: 'Tu aimes le foot?' (Do you like football?) can be spoken with the same words as a statement, just with rising intonation.

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Quick check

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Quick check

How can a statement become a question in spoken French?

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Reset break

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Pause

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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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Quick check

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Quick check

French vowels are best described as...

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Building fluency

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

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Explore the idea

Part 9 of 13

Learn

Building fluency

Link short phrases smoothly instead of pausing between every word: 'je m'appelle... j'ai... treize ans' should flow as 'Je m'appelle Léa, j'ai treize ans', with natural rhythm.

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Quick check

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Quick check

'Je m'appelle Léa, j'ai treize ans' means...

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Challenge round

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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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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Speaking with confidence

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

  1. 1. How can a statement become a question in spoken French?

  2. 2. French vowels are best described as...

  3. 3. 'Je m'appelle Léa, j'ai treize ans' means...

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Lesson round-up

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Lesson round-up

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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.

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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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