Overview
A new, exciting chapter in Junior Cycle French
- Carefully scaffolded to help students successfully build key language skills
- A wide variety of levelled tasks to build students’ confidence!
- Unrivalled Assessment support
- Fully aligned to the most recent exam paper
- Grammar and Vocabulary lays the groundwork for successful language learning
- Abundance of authentic texts and strong cultural awareness content
- Written by Dervla Murphy, author of the best-selling Tout Va Bien!
Comprehensive Scaffolding
- Sentence builders in the textbook with suggested activities in the Teacher’s Guide.
- Support for pre-teaching vocabulary, including digital vocabulary posters and Bingo games (Book 1)
- Digital monologues with worksheets model production (Book 1)
- Scaffolded oral exercises and pronunciation guides
- Tâches clés and Portfolio activities with clear, sequenced success criteria
- Regular opportunities for pair and group work
Differentiation
- Colour-coded differentiated revision exercises at the end of each unit
- Défi activities for added challenge
- Opportunities for collaborative learning
- Opportunities to use digital tools to support engagement
Extensive Practice and Revision
- Vocabulary and grammar revision activities and grammar PowerPoints
- Additional speaking activities in the Teacher’s Guide
- Editable end-of-unit tests
- Tâches clés incorporate language from previous topics
- Dedicated Devoirs section in each unit
- Dedicated J’écoute bien section (Book 2)
Unrivalled Assessment support
- Fully aligned to the most recent exam paper
- Oral communication videos
- Dedicated Oral communication chapter in Book 1
- Dedicated Assessment chapter in Book 2 with a detailed exam walkthrough
- Two CBA-style activities in every unit
- Assessment task support to get students comfortable with the language of reflection
Cultural Awareness
Magazine-style features showcase the diversity of French and Francophone culture. Students are immersed in the language with accessible, topical, authentic texts and activities to promote student engagement.
How it works
The Tous Ensemble ! programme includes:
- Student Textbook with an engaging design and thematic approach that integrates the five key language skills, authentic texts and carefully planned progression
- Student Portfolio where students can complete scaffolded language tasks, create an ePortfolio in preparation for classroom-based assessment, and evaluate and reflect on their learning
- Teacher’s Guide with comprehensive year plans, guidelines to methodologies used in the textbook, and other useful resources
- Digital Resources featuring activities, games and videos that will enhance teaching and learning experiences in the classroom
Check out our short overviews of how Tous Ensemble ! works:
Is your department planning for both French and German?
The planning resources for Tous Ensemble ! 1 and Gefällt Mir! 1 are designed to support you to teach Junior Cycle French and German your way. The Learning Outcomes in focus in the Tous Ensemble ! 1 and Gefällt Mir! 1 Schemes of Work appear in the PDF below. Overlapping outcomes are listed in bold.
Watch Videos
Check out our short overview video about Tous Ensemble !
Author Expertise
Dervla Murphy is one of Ireland’s leading French authors, teacher trainers, and examiners. She is author of the popular Leaving Certificate programme, Tout va Bien. She teaches at Loreto High School Beaufort in Dublin.
Webinar for French Teachers: Tackling the CBAs
The CBAs can cause a great deal of stress for both teachers and students. In this webinar, Dervla Murphy, one of Ireland’s leading French authors, teacher trainers, examiners, and author of Tout va Bien! and Tous Ensemble ! offers clarity and advice to French teachers tackling CBA1 and CBA2.
Webinar for French Teachers: Scaffolding for success in a mixed-ability MFL classroom
In this webinar, Dervla Murphy, one of Ireland’s leading French authors, teacher trainers, examiners, and author of Tout va Bien! and Tous Ensemble ! discusses scaffolding, which is essential in the mixed-ability Common Level, language classroom.
MFL Audio Player
We have improved how audio content can be played in class!
On FolensHIVE, we have launched an improved audio player, which offers smoother interaction when using the audio and zoom features on a page simultaneously. Read more about the player here.
Sentence Builders
Sentence Builders
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