I’d like to share with you a playlist from Disney Channel France’s YouTube channel. It’s about a giraffe called Monsieur Sacha, and it’s got a little something for everyone. These short to medium length videos are great for listening activities. “Une journée avec Monsieur Sacha” is great for reinforcing time and daily activities, “Monsieur Sacha est à nouveau papa” and “Tel père, tel fils” are great for reinforcing family and adjectives,” and the longer videos are suitable for upper level students.
I’ll confess I’ve only used one of the videos in my classroom so far (“Une journée avec Monsieur Sacha”). Here are some questions I asked students at the end:
À quelle heure est ….
1. Le petit-déjeuner ?
2. La balade ?
3. Le déjeuner (le buffet) ?
4. À quatorze heures, M. Sacha… (A, B, C)
5. À dix-neuf heures, M. Sacha… (A, B, C)
My questions here are really more about memorizing what they saw in the video than having to produce the vocabulary, but I liked having them listen to the vocabulary in an authentic context.
What might you do with these videos?
