Licensee - About the Course
The La Jolie Ronde French and Spanish structured course is for 5 to 11 year olds and can be structured over a period of 6 years.
Children learn through a diversity of oral and practical activities, with the addition of reading and writing as they progress. The emphasis is on songs, rhymes, stories, games and role plays and on making familiar classroom/home activities part of the language learning process.
Activities have been carefully selected for each age group, taking into account children’s stages of development.
The La Jolie Ronde course has what we believe to be a unique approach by having three alternative starting points:
- Les aventures de Minou et Trottine et les saisons for 5 – 7 year olds.
- Salut Céline et Antoine! for 7 – 8 year olds.
- Bonjour la France for 8 – 11 year olds.
Pupils then progress on to Mon Tour de France (9 – 11 year olds).
SPANISH
- Las aventuras de Mifú y Tina y las estaciones for 5 – 7 year olds.
- ¡Hola Pedro y Carmen! for 7 – 8 year olds.
- Buenos días España for 8 – 11 year olds.
Pupils then progress on to Mi viaje por España (9 – 11 year olds).
The content and materials of the three starting points are specifically devised for each age-group.
Pupils can either progress from the order shown above, or simply start at Bonjour la France/Buenos días España. Mon tour de France/Mi viaje por España , however, presumes prior learning and aims to build on previous experience to introduce new challenges. By the end of the course, children have the opportunity to develop their language skills to an impressive level of creative language use.