Instructional Video24:24
Curated Video

Jobs: plural 'avoir' or 'être'. Article use with professions

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use plural forms of 'être' and 'avoir' and articles to talk about jobs. Key learning points: - Omit indefinite articles with être + profession but include articles when describing jobs in general or with adjectives....
Instructional Video23:12
Curated Video

What is that? C'est and singular indefinite articles

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use ‘c’est’ and singular indefinite articles to describe what it is/that is. Key learning points: - The [e] sounds like 'je'. - The final 't' in 'c'est' is a silent final consonant but if followed by a vowel it is...
Instructional Video28:10
Curated Video

More than one: plural nouns and plural definite article 'les'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the plural definite article 'les' with plural nouns and 'l'' with nouns starting with a vowel to talk about one and more than one thing. Key learning points: - 'On' sounds like 'non'. - Add -s to most nouns in...
Instructional Video32:30
Curated Video

Numbers 1-12: 'il y a'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use numbers 1-12 with 'il y a' to say how many of something there is or there are. Key learning points: - The sound-symbol correspondence [eu] sounds like the 'eu' in 'deux', two. - Adding -s to nouns makes them...
Instructional Video31:49
Curated Video

What people do: 'faire' 3rd persons singular and plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the 3rd persons singular and plural of ‘faire’ to describe activities. Key learning points: - ‘T’ at the end of a word is usually silent but liaison means that we can pronounce it when followed by a vowel. - To...
Instructional Video39:49
Curated Video

Belongings: possessive adjectives 'mon', 'ma', 'mes' and 'ton', 'ta', 'tes'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use possessive adjectives to talk about everyday life. Key learning points: - French has different words for possessive adjectives because all nouns have grammatical gender. - To say my/your, use mon/ton for...
Instructional Video33:47
Curated Video

Des histoires diverses : Present tense with depuis

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand different life experiences of people living in countries where French is spoken. Key learning points: - Depuis can mean since or for in English. - To talk about something that started in the past but...
Instructional Video34:06
Curated Video

What people have: 'avoir' 3rd persons singular and plural

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use 'ils ont' and 'elles ont' to describe what they (masculine and feminine) have. Key learning points: - A cognate is a word that looks and sounds the same, or similar, in English and French. - 'Ils ont' and 'elles...
Instructional Video33:19
Curated Video

Age: 'avoir' meaning 'be'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use 'avoir' and numbers 1-12 to ask and answer questions about age. Key learning points: - Some numbers are exceptions to the SFC rule and do not have silent final consonants, e.g. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. - When numbers...
Instructional Video37:31
Curated Video

Mon voyage dangereux : Direct and indirect object pronouns in the past tense

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can understand and use direct and indirect object pronouns in the perfect tense, exploring the context of immigration. Key learning points: - Indirect object pronouns met are: me, te, lui, and vous. They replace the...
Instructional Video34:49
Curated Video

Every week and this weekend: more practice with plural verbs like 'choisir'

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupil outcome: I can use the plural forms of verbs like 'choisir' to discuss what I and other people do this weekend and every weekend. Key learning points: - If a word ends with an SFC, the consonant is pronounced before a word...
Instructional Video6:44
Learn French With Alexa

Savoir (to know / know how to do something) — French verb conjugated by in the past tense

9th - 12th
Alexa conjugates the French verb savoir (to know/know how to do something) in the past tense.
Instructional Video6:20
Learn French With Alexa

Écouter (to listen) in 5 Main French Tenses

9th - 12th
Alexa teaches you how to conjugate the French verb ÉCOUTER (to listen) in 5 main French tenses.
Instructional Video6:57
Learn French With Alexa

Aimer (to like/love) in 5 Main French Tenses

9th - 12th
Alexa teaches you how to conjugate Aimer (to like/love) in 5 main French tenses.
Instructional Video15:36
Learn French With Alexa

Practise your French verb AVOIR (TO HAVE)

9th - 12th
In this episode of 'Practise Your French', Alexa helps you practise the very important French auxiliary verb: avoir (to have).
Instructional Video5:39
Learn French With Alexa

How to pronounce the "S", "SS" & "SC" sounds in French

9th - 12th
Alexa teaches you how to pronounce the "S", "SS" & "SC" in French.
Instructional Video8:15
Learn French With Alexa

When do you pronounce the end of the word in French? LES LIAISONS the key to speaking French!

9th - 12th
How do you know when to pronounce the last few letters of a word in French? What's the key to speaking French like a real native? In this video, Alexa explains how to properly speak French like a native by using Les Liasons. (Or, the...
Instructional Video6:30
Learn French With Alexa

Aimer (to like/love) - Present Tense (French verbs conjugated by Learn French With Alexa)

9th - 12th
Alexa conjugates the French verb aimer (to like/love) in the present tense.
Instructional Video5:28
Cerebellum

French: Avoir - To Have

9th - 12th
New verbs and how to conjugate them! This clip focuses on the French verb 'Avoir', meaning 'to have'. This is part 1 in the series: 'French: Asking About The Weather'.
Instructional Video1:18
Next Animation Studio

North Korea destroys north-south joint liaison office: report

12th - Higher Ed
North Korea blew up the joint liaison office in the border city of Kaesong used for bettering ties with South Korea after days of rising tensions on June 16.
News Clip3:09
Curated Video

Health Canada approves COVID-19 antibody test

9th - Higher Ed
Health Canada says it has authorized the first COVID-19 serological test for use in the country to detect antibodies specific to the virus.  
News Clip1:36
Curated Video

Alberta's Child and Youth Advocate concerned about new advisory position

9th - Higher Ed
There is concern about a new advisory position expected in the Office of Alberta's Child and Youth Advocate. It's included in a private member's bill that passed third reading in the legislature last month. But as Emily Rae Pasuik...
News Clip2:38
Bloomberg

Fed Officials Reiterate Aggressive Stance

Higher Ed
Fed officials have been hammering home their aggressive stance on inflation for weeks now, but now the St. Louis and Minneapolis chiefs say a pause might come some time next year. Enda Curran reports on Bloomberg Television.
News Clip1:30
Curated Video

State department on shooting of Yemen national who worked at US embassy

Higher Ed
1. Wide of State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland walking to podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Victoria Nuland, State Department Spokespe
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"Mr (Qassem) Aqlani, a Yemeni citizen, worked as a...