GCSEGeneralResources

= GCSE French = We follow the WJEC GCSE course.

We will cover material relating to the following 4 themes:
 * **Personal and Social Life**[[image:eiffel_tower_paris003.jpg width="259" height="360" align="right"]]
 * **The Local Community**
 * **The World of Work**
 * **The Wider World**

Useful resources for GCSE French

 * Topic-based vocab for GCSE - if it's not in here, you don't need to learn it! [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://madamethomasgcsefrench.wikispaces.com/file/view/topic-based+vocab.pdf"]] [|topic-based vocab.pdf]
 * Vocab man! Here's a copy to download if you've lost yours: [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://madamethomasgcsefrench.wikispaces.com/file/view/VOCAB+MAN.doc"]] [|VOCAB MAN.doc]
 * [|Wordle] - __create word clouds to help in your speaking and writing preparatio__n
 * [|.] [|Useful phrases when writing emails]
 * [|Word Reference] - the best online dictionary around
 * Aiglon College - exercises and links
 * GCSE Vocab quizzes - from Aiglon college
 * ** [|Voki] - create speaking avatars to help you to practise your pronunciation. **
 * ** Task magic ** - download a home version from here so you can play games with your school TM files.

Revision materials

 * GCSE Bitesize - the original and best revision site.
 * A game from GCSE bitesize: Destination Death - absolutely brilliant!
 * Wordreference - the best online dictionary around.


 * [|RealFrench.net] - lots of practice organised into easy to access units.
 * Revision map - tool to help you to plan your revision
 * Bitesize Bingo - to help you to learn your vocab
 * RealFrench - a site from Manchester Metropolitan University - lots of vocab games.
 * [|Ashcombe School Video quizzes] - good for listening practice
 * [|Task Magic games for revision] - and a version of Task Magic that you can download onto your home computer
 * Zut - a good resource for all areas of the WJEC specification
 * S-Cool French - a good all-round resource - has exam-style questions on it.
 * WildFrench - some simple reading exercises - good to help you practise vocab.
 * Past papers to complete - they're from Edexcel, but still have the same types of questions.
 * Words that sound the same - practise the words you mix up
 * listening practice - lots of audio tracks to help you to revise for your listening paper

** [|Grammar Resources] **
 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-excel.png width="32" height="32" link="http://madamethomasgcsefrench.wikispaces.com/file/view/present+tense+of+common+verbs+test.xls"]] [|present tense of common verbs test.xls]- how are your verbs? Test your knowledge of the present tense with this. Download it, save it to your network space, then fill in the French for each of the verb phrases. The squares will turn green if you get it right first time.
 * Do a bit of detective work - you may find the verb conjugator from the University of Texas helps you.