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Les célébrités et les réseaux sociaux : extending vocabulary (Edexcel)

Popular culture: les médias

Unit Summary

This unit expands topic-specific vocabulary on a range of media topics, including TV and cinema, computer technology and social networks. It further develops pupil knowledge of negation, revisiting previously met negative structures and introducing ne...ni...ni... with all tenses.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to understand texts about celebrities and their online presence, and acquire topic-specific vocabulary.

Key Notes

  • There are many cognates in this topic which can be used to infer meaning of surrounding words and understand context.
  • Reading texts can be exploited to enrich our vocabulary on current issues.
  • Cognates may look very similar to English but sound quite different so attention must be paid to pronunciation.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • cognate: words with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and French

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Cognates are pronounced the same way in English and French.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

There are many cognates in this topic which can be used to infer meaning of surrounding words and understand context. Reading texts can be exploited to enrich our vocabulary on current issues.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'cognate'

words with the same meaning and same or similar spelling in English and French. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: Cognates are pronounced the same way in English and French. Correction: Cognates often sound very different in French. Students must carefully practise the French pronunciation of these words.

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