So let me get this straight. You're painting your city?
Oui. On crée ensemble un portrait de Marseille.
So you're painting a portrait of Marseille. Together?
ALL: Oui !
OK. While you do that… …I'll paint a portrait of my city. On est prêt ?
ALL: Ouais !
Je prends du vert.
Du vert !
Je mets du marron.
Du marron.
Du noir.
Du noir.
C'est beau !
Ce n'est pas beau !
Du jaune s'il te plaît.
Du jaune !
Je mets du bleu !
Du bleu !
Je mets de l'orange.
De l'orange !
Je n'aime pas l'orange.
J'ai du rouge !
Du rouge !
Du blanc !
Je mets du mauve !
J'aime le mauve !
So have you nearly finished?
ALL: Voici Marseille !
Bravo !
Ou habitez-vous ?
Moi j'habite ici.
Moi j'habite ici.
Et moi j'habite ici.
Moi j'habite ici. C'est très beau !
And yours? Erm mine… Well… Erm… Here it is.
C'est beau Ben !
THEY LAUGH
Yeah. Well it's French.
Impressionism.
Video summary
Ben is keen to improve his French. He links up online with friends in Marseille who are busy together painting a large picture of their city.
Ben decides that as well as watching Ingrid, Thibaud, Lili and Ulysse paint a picture of Marseille, he will draw a picture of his hometown.
As the children apply different colours to their painting, they talk about which colours they like and dislike - J'aime le mauve, je n'aime pas le marron.
Things get a little out of hand with a lot of paint ending up on Thibault, Lili, Ingrid, and Ulysse. Ben's drawing has also not gone quite to plan.
This clip is from the series Virtually There: France.
Teacher Notes
This could be used as a good listening activity by reading out a sequence of colours and asking the pupils to build a tower using multi-link cubes in the same colour order as their sequence.
It could also be used to support pronunciation by highlighting the final silent consonants in words like 'vert' and 'blanc', and practising expressing likes and dislikes, for example 'J'aime le vert', 'je n'aime pas le noir'.
It will also support the understanding of grammar by comparing how in English we say 'I like red', but in French it is 'I like the red' - 'J'aime le rouge'.
These clips could be used for teaching French at KS2 in England, Foundation KS1,KS2 in Northern Ireland, KS2 and KS3 in Wales and 2nd Level in Scotland.
Morning routines. video
Ben links up online with Ulysse in Marseille early one morning to learns about Ulysse’s morning routine.
Following directions. video
An English schoolboy helps two of his French friends find a cafe.
How to introduce yourself. video
Ben links up online with children in France and practices French greetings before they take him on a virtual tour of their neighbourhood.
Meet the family. video
An English schoolboy meets a French family through the use of a tablet.
Favourite hobbies. video
Ben is waiting for his Mum to take him to his swimming lesson so decides to link up online with his friends in Marseille to find out their hobbies.
Shopping for food. video
Ben links up online again with his friends in France who are in a supermarket buying ingredients to make pizzas for a 'Pizza Party'.
Masculine and Feminine body parts video
A lively song to practise parts of the body with a focus on masculine and feminine nouns.
Clothes and colours. video
A lively song to practise vocabulary for clothes and colours and a variety of other adjectives.
Days of the week. video
A lively song to practise the days of the week. A clip from a series teaching the basics of French.
