I use these matching cards with my Year 12 students to build vocabulary associated with the stresses and strains of A Level studies.

Expressions:

On nous fait travailler comme des fous!

Il est possible que je doive redoubler ma première.

Je suis complètement obsédé par mes notes!

C’est l’angoisse totale quand le prof me rend un contrôle.

J’aimerais bien que les programmes soient moins chargés.

Mes parents ne veulent pas que je prenne cette filière-là.

Je suis hyper stressé(e) !

J’ai un trac fou à chaque fois qu’il faut passer un examen.

You may choose to have different levels of challenge. For example,

Level 1 = match the cards and discuss the pronunciation.

Level 2 = match the cards , discuss the pronunciation and then have quick fire questions from French to English, whereby 1 student closes their eyes and their partner reads out the French cards which the student must translate into English from memory.

Level 3 = As Level 2 but the quick fire questions are from English to French.

Following checking there are 2 fun games to play, either pelmenism or a game I learnt in Japan called Karuta. In Karuta the students put the English language cards to one side and spread out the French cards in front of them. I then say the English and the students compete to touch the correct French card first. Whoever touches it first wins the card. The student with the most cards at the end of the game wins. The students love this game!