A-level French speaking: Mission Patrimoine
This resource is designed to provide KS5 students with the opportunity to discuss whether a heritage lottery fund is a good way to preserve France's cultural heritage.
To contextualise the discussion, students begin by watching a short video clip (music only) introducing Mission Stéphane Bern. They then match up French synonyms before reading about the organisation's aims on its website. In the next task, they put a French summary of the mission in order then translate it into English or else put the English version of the text in order and translate it into French. Less-able students could just match the French and English sentences.
These preparatory activities lead up to a debate, followed by a speaking card in the style of the AQA exam, with further discussion questions.
An extract from the translation task:
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français |
anglais |
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En septembre 2017, le journaliste Stéphane Bern a été chargé par le président de la République française |
In September 2017, journalist Stéphane Bern was tasked by the President of the French Republic |
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de répertorier les sites en péril et |
with drawing up a list of sites in danger and |
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d’identifier les trésors méconnus du patrimoine français. |
identifying the little-known treasures of French cultural heritage. |
