Planet French gives French teachers and students age and level-appropriate complete curriculum-compliant courses as well as weekly Canadian news videos and articles. Here’s what’s inside:
THE COMPLETE BOOKSMARTS PLANET FRENCH ONLINE LIBRARY:
www.planetfrench.com
the only all-in-one French solution with
PLANET FRENCH WEEKLY CANADIAN NEWS/CURRENT EVENTS VIDEOS IN LEVELLED FRENCH!
The Only French platform that releases WEEKLY Canadian & World News videos in levelled French
Planet French releases the News in levelled French each week. Why?
Because the news is a great way to make French relevant and to expose your students to real life comprehensible input.
What’s more relevant than the news to start authentic conversations in your French class?
Planet French and Booksmarts Courses make up “The Complete Booksmarts Planet French online library”, the BP.
Complete French culture courses include Le Carnaval, France, Montreal, Quebec, Les Franco-Ontariens, Les Acadiens, L’Érablière, La Saint-Jean, Haiti, and more!
To see samples and go to the French Culture page, click here.
Each course contains texts and videos at different levels of difficulty. This allows the teacher to quickly differentiate depending on each student’s proficiency. The teacher can cover all grade levels with one course, which saves time. These courses are used in core French FSL and with French immersion students. Printed versions of each book are available to order.
Everyday situations courses. These make French relevant, comprehensible and fun.
There are courses from everything in your student’s experiential universe, from eating to sports. Each course shows a huge variety of French speakers of all ages in authentic situations. Each book/eBook has chapters at different levels and matching videos and activities. These courses are used in core French FSL and with French immersion students. Click here to go to the Everyday situations page with samples.
NEW VIDEO COURSES FOR IMMERSION COVERING THE SCIENCES CURRICULUM, IN LEVELLED FRENCH!
We have a dozen new courses in progress to cover the science curriculum for grades 2-12. Courses include Space exploration, Cells and biology, Aerodynamics and flight, The Rock cycle, the Water cycle, Seasons, Animal growth, Tectonic plates, Volcanoes, Electricity, and more. We are constantly adding more science videos in levelled, comprehensible French to this fascinating collection designed especially for the French immersion curriculum. Click here for the Science courses page.
Social studies courses including Canada’s First Nations, The Middle Ages, and more, in levelled French!
The amazing course LES PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES DU CANADA is designed specifically to meet curriculum outcomes. It’s large team of authors and collaborators is comprised of First Nations members from all provinces. It features a comprehensive text and over 25 videos matching the text’s chapters, as well as activities in downloadable blackline masters. Click here for the samples page.
For samples of LE MOYEN ÂGE, click here for the Middle Ages page.
Plays on all your and your student’s devices!
Here’s how to order:
To subscribe your school to Planet French, CLICK HERE. If you have a DISCOUNT PROMO CODE, enter it on the ordering page.
To download a printable brochure, click here
Here’s how to order:
To subscribe your school to Planet French, CLICK HERE. If you have a DISCOUNT PROMO CODE, enter it on the ordering page.
Canadian school districts can get a discount up to 95% based on volume. Contact us for a price quote.
To see or order products from our catalogue, CLICK HERE.
To see how the courses work, CLICK HERE
To watch more tutorial videos, CLICK HERE
The Only French resource with multi-levelled courses
The easiest French videos
There are other online French platforms. But their videos are too advanced for our students.
The BP has a more “dynamic range” ie: a broader range of levels than any other platform.
From absolute beginners to advanced native French speakers
To download a printable brochure, click here
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