Ca Marche ! 1 is a first-year French package that ensures students have what they need to meet the statements of learning, key skills and learning outcomes for the three strands of the Specification for Junior Cycle Modern Foreign Languages:

Strand 1

Communicative Competence

Strand 2

Language Awareness

Strand 3

Socio-Cultural Knowledge and Intercultural Awareness

• Written using recommended Assessment for Learning (AfL) methodologies
• Ensures alignment with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR)
• Comes with an assessment-focused student's Mon Portfolio
• Bespoke videos, video blogs and photo stories bring the language and culture to life
• Drama, poems, games and cultural activities ensure students are immersed in culture and language.

Ca Marche ! 2 completes the series.

MON PORTFOLIO

Includes a FREE PORTFOLIO BOOKLET where a range of diverse, creative activities allow students to demonstrate real language use, skills and learning. Various presentation modes encourage the use of the target language and ICT.

FREE EBOOK

There is a FREE EBOOK with this textbook with embedded videos, narrated photo stories, audio and weblinks.

THE TEACHER'S RESOURCE BOOK

The Teacher's Resource Book provides invaluable support and planning including:

• An overview of the Junior Cycle Framework
• An introduction to the MFL Specification
• Connection between the Specification and CEFR
• Guidelines to accompany the strategies in the textbook
• Information on the New Spelling/Reforme de l' Orthographe
• Unit-by-unit resources supporting differentiation for teaching at a common level: schemes of work, assessment and feedback rubrics, activities/games, graphic organisers, targets and placemats, pronunciation guides, ICT and oral activities, cultural projects, student certificates, class tests, solutions
• The full CD and video scripts

The Teacher's Resource Book, PowerPoint presentations with relevant vocabulary and grammar for each unit we well as all videos, photo stories and audio is available to teachers on www.gillexplore.ie.