Libro: New GCSE French Listening Book - Part 1 (Sentence Builder)

This book covers five core NEW GCSE topics. Healthy Living Celebrity Culture Environment and Where People Live Customs, Festivals, and Celebrations Media and Technology
Each PIRCO sequence consists of: Pre-listening (2 pages) – A comprehensive vocabulary-building phase featuring 11-12 micro-reading and micro-listening tasks that introduce key vocabulary from the upcoming listening text. In-listening (1 page) – A selective listening phase with structured comprehension tasks, including 3-4 questions, true/false/not mentioned activities, and content reordering exercises, typically preceded by a ‘word grab’ game. Review (½ page) – Students listen to the text while reading the transcript, identifying obstacles to comprehension. Teachers may follow up with strategy instruction to tackle these challenges. Consolidation (1½ pages) – Reinforcement of key vocabulary through aural and reading tasks. Output (1 page) – Retrieval of target vocabulary through translation and partial dictation exercises, essential for reinforcing lexical and syntactic patterns. Each unit concludes with 2-3 pages of exam-style listening tasks, designed to assess students' retention of language elements processed in the PIRCO phase.

How Can Teachers Use This Book?
This book is not intended as a primary textbook, but as a workbook designed for multimodal practice of GCSE vocabulary and patterns. It is ideally used at the end of a series of lessons on each theme. We recommend a three-lesson approach: Lesson 1: Pre-listening Lesson 2: In-listening, Review, and Consolidation Lesson 3: Continued Consolidation and Output (Supplement written tasks with oral retrieval practice, role-plays, photocard descriptions, and information-gap exercises.) Lesson 4: Exam-style assessment tasks For Lesson 2, before the In-listening phase, teachers may introduce a reading comprehension task based on a text similar in content and structure to the listening passage. This primes students for subsequent listening tasks.

How Does This Book Complement Our Other Resources?
This workbook is the perfect companion to Smith and Conti’s A New French GCSE Workbook. Additionally, subscribers to www.language-gym.com will soon have access to a range of interactive exercises aligned with this book, including: Vocabulary Workouts Listening Workouts Vocabulary and Listening Trainers Boxing and Audio-Boxing Games Rock Climbing and Sentence Trainers
Is This Book Specifically for EPI Teachers?
No, this book is not exclusively for EPI teachers. It can be used by any teacher seeking a structured input-to-output framework for GCSE vocabulary instruction. However, EPI teachers may choose to introduce the PIRCO sequence by first modelling key patterns using sentence builders, flowcharts, or similar tools.