On est Fou du Foot Football Crazy Author:Marie Doublier, Simon Green, Steve Haworth This teaching pack uses football as a way of encouraging pupils' interest in French language and culture. The video deals with the life of Franck Leboeuf, how he started in football in France, how he came to play for Chelsea, and his thoughts on life in England compared with France. There are many action shots plus scenes from his home region in... more » France and interviews with the player. The workbook advises teachers of French: how to exploit the video to motivate teenage learners; how to improve listening skills; how to skim and scan the video for vocabulary acquisition; how to encourage pupils to use parts of the video for their own reflections and presentations on French and France; how to exploit the theme of cultural awareness through the medium of football in the year of the World Cup in France; how to integrate other skill areas, such as speaking and writing, through use of the video; and how to use the video at different levels from GCSE through to A Level. The workbook has pages devoted to methodology with photocopiable worksheets and the full transcript of the video.« less