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BENEFITS of 'LA JOLIE RONDE' method
| Features | Benefits |
| Proven over 27 years of development. Devised by teachers for teachers | - Pupils are getting the best
- Tried and tested
- Reliable and proven for children's learning
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| Structured programme | - Helps teach 4 skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing)
- Develop creativity
- Measurable rapid progress through small amounts of vocabulary often recycled
- Easy to join should a new pupil start mid-year
- Parents can follow child development through child's activity book and term reports
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| Suited to all ages and abilities | - Have opportunities for success at every level
- Differentiation- all can do well!!
- Classes for each age group
- Maximum 12 per class
- For 30 minutes
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| Sound preparation for secondary and designed for transition | - Have firm grounding in language learning techniques
- Children look forward to more language learning at secondary school
- Avoids repetition and boredom at secondary (due to special design of the course)
- Putting language into context (use of different situations relevant to age group)
- Gives confidence
- Complementary to secondary course
- No overlap
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| High quality content and layout of activity books | - Books good to use as a reference
- Two colour books for colouring in at young ages
- Make books their own
- Feel proud
- French stays with them
- Record of progress for parents at the end of each term
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| Course regularly updated | - Course remains interesting/ up to date and current
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| Fun | - Memorable
- Interesting, rewarding, challenging, stimulating and motivating with not only French but also geography and culture included
- Window onto the outside world
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METHODOLOGY
The methodology is based on real communication situations suited to the interests, experience and social and intellectual development of each age-group. It is also aimed at encouraging children to use language for their own purposes.
The methodology includes strategies for reintroducing words and phrases through new and different activities as the child develops. Phrases introduced in a rhyme, song or story at an early age will be used again in a role play situation, a game or a song at a later stage. As confidence grows, a child may be asked to search in his/her memory for words and phrases which will meet the needs of a new situation.
The aim is for each child to enjoy producing his/her own work. Children are encouraged to 'think for themselves', to search for clues, to imagine and make up their own plays and to get involved with the stories or the activities introduced throughout the course.
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