Aude Gagnier - J'ai dans le coeur
Source: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ_IVxK-3dk
Teacher notes:
Below are the full lyrics of the Aude Gagnier song (which is to the tune of Keane / Lilly Allen
'Somewhere only we know'
Gold:
Have the learners simply listen to the song (without the need for the gap fill exercise) and ask
them to listen out for any words that they might be able to recognise, focusing perhaps on
cognates (mots identiques) and near cognates (mots similaires).
Then present them with the gap fill task to the learners and ask them to listen carefully to the
song x 2 with the aim of filling in the missing French words.
Have the learners then try to work out some of the meaning in English before showing them
the video one last time with the English subtitles to allow them to check. This could be done
independently or in pairs.
Silver:
Have the learners simply listen to the song (without the need for the gap fill exercise) and ask
them to listen out for any words that they might be able to recognise, focusing perhaps on
cognates (mots identiques) and near cognates (mots similaires).
Then present them with the gap fill task and ask your learners to listen carefully to the song x 2
with the aim of filling in the missing French words. Below the video, there is also the option to
show the French subtitles as they listen so as to offer some extra support in the form of the
written text. Ask learners to complete the gap fill as per Gold task but with this additional help.
As an extension task, they could then be given the option of working out some of the meaning
in English (as a class / in pairs) before showing them the video one last time with the English
subtitles to allow them to check.
Bronze:
Have the learners simply listen to the song (without the need for the gap fill exercise) and ask
them to listen out for any words that they might be able to recognise, focusing mainly on
cognates (mots identiques) and near cognates (mots similaires). Then ask them to reveal the
lyrics and play the song with French then English subtitles to allow them to check their work.