Bonjour la France
A new Junior Cycle French textbook for mixed-ability first-year classes, offering a dynamic and modern approach to language learning.
Written by highly experienced teachers Ann Marie Cronin and Jane Mitchell, Bonjour la France 1 is fully aligned with the new Junior Cycle Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) specification with scaffolded task-based teaching integrated throughout.
The exciting new package delivers everything students and teachers need for an interactive, motivating, and future-focused first year of French. In includes:
- A Student Textbook
- An Aural Audio Book (Le Cahier Audio)
- A Free Student E-book
- A Teacher’s Resource Book
- An Audio App
- Free Digital Resources
STUDENT TEXTBOOK
- Up-to-date and is fully aligned to the updated Learning Outcomes in the new Junior Cycle Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) specification.
- Visually appealing and student-friendly layout providing structured and engaging material to support students in their learning.
- Each chapter clearly highlights the relevant learning outcomes across all strands, giving students explicit guidance and helping teachers deliver every element of the course with confidence.
- Clear learning intentions and purposeful collaboration tasks help students reflect, build strong habits and track their progress
- Designed to support differentiated teaching and with a visually appealing layout
- Each unit integrates reading, writing, listening and speaking through varied tasks, cultural input and real-world communication.
- Dedicated culture sections deepen understanding beyond language, enriching students’ appreciation of the francophone world to promote intercultural understanding.
- Rich in authentic texts, practical reading, writing and grammar activities, and clear skill development.
- Designed to build a strong foundation across all four language skills — listening, speaking, reading and writing.
- Grammar is presented in an integrated and accessible way, seamlessly woven into the language learning experience.
- Meaningful pair and group work fostering peer-to-peer interaction throughout the course.
- Throughout the book, learners are given regular opportunities to reflect on their progress, supported by clear success criteria that empower them to take ownership of their learning journey.
- Includes a structured guide to the Student Language Portfolio — all skills and tasks contribute directly to their evolving personal record of achievement.
Aural Audio Book (Le Cahier Audio)
A dedicated QR-enabled Audio Listening Book that features numerous listening exercises as well as Exam-Style and Culture questions, to help students practise key aural techniques and build this skill from First Year onward.
It includes a structured Student Language Portfolio guide.
TEACHER’S RESOURCE BOOK
Bonjour la France 1 Teacher’s Resource Book has everything you need to successfully teach and deliver First Year Junior Cycle French.
It includes:
- Fully editable Schemes of Work for simplified planning and classroom adaptation
- Oral transcripts accompanying all listening activities
- Classroom tests for assessment
- Solutions for all grammar, written, oral and listening activities
- Editable grammar and vocabulary revision sections
- Graphic organisers to support assessment and enhance student understanding
- A wide range of extension activities and teacher-ready worksheets
- Integrated audio recording tasks for the Student Language Portfolio
- End of unit test for every chapter
- Marking rubrics for ease of marking
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Teachers and students can access Bonjour la France 1 digital resources and interactive e-book at www.edcolearning.ie, including:
- A variety of games and digital quizzes to promote active learning and digital competence and more
- A selection of videos bring language and culture to life
- Online links for each unit linked to thematic content
- A wide range of extension activities and teacher-ready worksheets to support differentiation and monitor progress
- A Free Audio App and QR-codes link directly to the dedicated audio files
- Fully editable planning templates
- Classroom tests for end-of-unit assessment
- Templates and marking rubrics with differentiated success criteria
