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This section includes the full Le Foot et La Francophonie handbook, as well as appendices which have been extracted for ease of access.

• Handbook
• Appendix 1: Timeline
• Appendix 2: Suggested Teacher Planner
• Appendix 3: Judging Criteria
• Appendix 4: Reference materials

These resources were kindly shared by teachers from Knightswood Secondary School, Lourdes Secondary School, St Roch’s Secondary School and Shawlands Academy, who participated in the 2021-22 pilot phase:

Reading

• La France, une équipe africaine (abridged)
• La France, une équipe africaine (extended)
• Les Mbappés sont une vraie famille de sportifs
• Riyad Mahrez reading as PowerPoint (PDF)
• Riyad Mahrez reading as Word 
• Sadio Mané reading
• Tu manges sainement

Listening

• French listening Kylian Mbappe interview transcript
• French listening Sadio Mane interview transcript
• Riyad Mahrez listening transcript
• Riyad Mahrez listening

Writing

• blank player profile
• Riyad Mahrez writing
• Sadio Mané writing

Football Commands in French

• Football drills in French
• Football vocab

Languages and my career

In this video, SCILT Development Officer Suzanne Ritchie explains how languages have played a big part in her career, including time working for FIFA.

In this video, SCILT Development Officer Dr Paul Hare talks about how his knowledge of languages has enabled him to work in the area of professional football.

Websites

• Mingalaba who aim to teach and promote languages through football
• Learning through football (SFA) which aims to use football as a means to learn in the classroom

Thoroughly enjoyed the competition, really well organised and the pupils loved it! Bien joué!

It was a great way to engage some of the more difficult groups of pupils and inspire them to pick a language.

It exposed areas that as a department and school we are keen to improve; confidence using target language and ability to work in a team.

French disguised as football!

Congratulations to Mearns Castle High, winners of Le foot et la francophonie 2023!

Combining creativity with humour and flair in French, Mearns Castle High School took home the 2023 trophy. Watch their performances in the videos below. Bravo, Mearns Castle!

Congratulations to Lourdes Secondary School, who won the inaugural competition in May 2022. 

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These videos from 2022 winners, Lourdes Secondary School, show teamwork and creativity the development of the footballing drills and the player interviews alongside clear, accurate and confident use of French language. Bien joué, Lourdes!