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Free game on France : R�gionalix II

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Game on France Regionalix II

Speak French with this French card game

Download this free game

A free card game to have fun discovering France's 22 regions : choose the best answer to the questions on France's gastronomy, history, geography, famous people, wildlife and other subjects.

This game set contains

game rules in English and French
84 quiz cards
answer cards

You'll also need

a map of France with its 22 regions
chips to count points

French language level

Regionalix II is for intermediate levels B1 and B2 of the CEFR

Teaching

« Régionalix » is very useful after you have had a lesson or two on French geography or culture. It allows a fun time relawing all the while concentrating on the map of France to get familiar with the different regions and some of its historical and cultural background as well as getting to know some famous people, regional dishes and even economical facts about the area. It’s very useful for the teacher to give additional facts and information after a card has been played, and tell them why such answer is not correct in this or that case.

Have fun playing!

French expressions to play board games

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Download the French expressions

French expressions to play board games to learn and study French. Download and print this free ressource for your French foreign language class.

Tutorial to create alea games

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Tutorial to create alea language games

Download the game tutorial (English version)

This is the place for more information on how to print, cut and assemble the games, download the user's manual above.

Illustrated French verbs through slide shows

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Learn French verbs with Word-slides

Play with illustrations and verbs

Use these slide shows to teach or learn French verbs. This series helps learn French tenses for common verbs.

You can download these 3 Word-slides for French level A1 (discovery) :

French Verb-slides : infinitive form of "er" verbs
20 verbs to discover in French class : demander, rencontrer, amener, acheter, appeler, cuisiner, déjeuner, danser, manger, monter, jouer, pleurer, aller, rentrer, saluer, aider, grimper, présenter, écouter, regarder.

French Verb-slides : present tense of "er" verbs
20 verbs to conjugate in French present tense : demander, rencontrer, amener, acheter, appeler, cuisiner, déjeuner, danser, manger, monter, jouer, pleurer, aller, rentrer, saluer, aider, grimper, présenter, écouter, regarder.

French Verb-slides : present perfect tense of "er" verbs
20 verbs to conjugate in French past perfect tense : demander, rencontrer, emprunter, amener, acheter, appeler, cuisiner, déjeuner, danser, manger, jouer, pleurer, tousser, saluer, aider, grimper, nettoyer, présenter, écouter, regarder.

Note : all images used are royalty free images. You can find them and more image sources on this directory for language courses under "images pour la classe".

To use these Word-slides, download the instructions here.

How do I use these word-slides

Oral discovery

1.    Start the slide-show (key F5)
2.    Say each word and have students repeat.
3.    After 20 verbs, stop the slide show (Esc key) or go one more round.

Written discovery

4.    After the oral activity, ask students to write down the new verbs as verbs appear on the screen. The should try and remember the meaning of verbs from the illustrations.
5.    Do this twice so that students have the time to write down the verbs the first round and check them the second round.

Diamoramax : slide show game – Who'll be fastest? !

1.    Divide the class into two teams, the Reds and the Blues.
2.    Start the slide-show and the first person to say correctly the verb gets a point for their team.
3.    Every verb correctly pronounced before the entire verb appears on the screen counts 1 point. Any answer given after the verb appears completely doesn't count.
4.    The team with most points wins.

Have fun studying!

English vocabulary game Marathonouns

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Vocabulary game to learn English

Review your English vocabulary with this simple and fun game. Your team runs against the clock to guess the words of a hidden list in a given vocabulary field. A simple card game to download, print, assemble and play.

For English second language and English foreign language classes, but also great to use with family and friends. For 2 to 6 players (or even for the whole English class)

This game covers american English. We'll soon have a version for British English.

Game contents :
1 game board
120 thematic cards grouped into 3 levels of difficulty
English and French game rules and options
4 unique paper pawns (for the game you'll only need 2 pawns to choose from the four)

English language levels :
green cards : levels A1 and A2
red cards : levels B1 and B2
purple cards : levels C1 and C2
8.50�€ VAT INCLUDED

Japanese vocabulary game Hayakuchi-Marathon

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Japanese language game Hayakuchi-Marathon ©

Vocabulary game to learn Japanese words.

Released on August 8th 2008 Olympic games opening day

Review your Japanese vocabulary with this simple and fun game. Your team runs against the clock to guess the words of a hidden list in a given vocabulary field. A simple card game to download, print, assemble and play.

For japanese language classes, but also great to use with friends who learn Japanese. For 2 to 6 players (or the whole japanese class)

Game contents :
1 game board
120 thematic cards grouped into 3 levels of difficulty
Japanese, English and French game rules and options

These Japanese game cards are in hiragana for elementary level 3 kyu, and for the other levels cards combine kanji and hiragana.

Japanese language levels :
green cards : level shokyu (elementary 3kyu)
red cards : level chuukyu (intermediate 2kyu)
purple cards : level jokyu (advanced 1kyu)

8.50�€ VAT INCLUDED

French vocabulary game Mots-Marathon

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Board game to learn French vocabulary

Review your French vocabulary with this simple and fun game. Your team runs against the clock to guess the words of a hidden list in a given vocabulary field. A simple card game to download, print, assemble and play.

For French second language and French foreign language classes, but also great to use with family and friends. For 2 to 6 players (or more)

Game contents :
1 game board
120 thematic cards grouped into 3 levels of difficulty
English and French game rules and options
4 unique paper pawns (you'll only need 2 pawns for the game)

French language levels :
green cards : levels A1 and A2
red cards : levels B1 and B2
purple cards : levels C1 and C2
8.50�€ VAT INCLUDED

Free games created by vietnamese teachers

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Free games to learn French

These games were created as part of a teacher training program for Vietnamese teachers of French at a French language school in France in July 2008.

These games will be best used by teachers of French second language or French foreign language. You can download, print, cut and assemble these games for your classes. These games are just first drafts and not professional creations so you might find it useful to adapt these games before using them. This is easy to do since the games are all under word format and easily edited.

Here is the list of 8 games you will find under WORD (in French) :

Jouer sportif : card game to use for sports vocabulary and the verbs "jouer" and "faire"
Commencez une bonne journée : 2 game dice with hours and expressions and words for daily activities
Tous sont musiciens : a dice with musical instruments
Que choisis-tu? : game on clothing
Quel est ton métier : one dice + 3 sets of cards to talk about professions.
Etre ou Avoir : use these verbs with 16 game cards and 2 dice.
Où vas-tu use prepositions à, à la, au, aux with 12 cards (images and text).
Matériel scolaire use two dice to play with possessives.

Note : all images used are royalty free images. You can find them and more image sources on this directory for language courses under "images pour la classe".

Game rules in French come with every game.

Have fun!

Card game builder

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Make cards for your language class

< Download this tutorial (in French) to create your own language cards.

We have 4 card matrixes according to the number and size of the cards you wish to make :

32 card game matrix, H 3,36 cm ; L 4,75 cm (small cards)

16 card game matrix, H 6,74 cm; L 4,75 cm

08 card game matrix, H 6,74 cm; L 9,5 cm

04 card game matrix , H 13,49 cm; L 9,5 cm (flash cards)

You can create your own cards to use for games to learn French or English or any other language. Add directly into each box your text (words, verbs, adjectives, idiomatic expressions, questions, etc.) or import images from the web or your favorite image gallery.

You have two card sets : a first front set to insert images and a second back set to insert text depending on the use you want to make out of it.

We'll soon provide you with free card rules that you can use according to the language goals you set for the game.

French expressions to play cards

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French expressions to play cards

Download the French expressions

French expressions to play cards in your French language class for levels A2 to C2 of the CEFR.

Game on French compound words Recompose-Moi

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© Recompose-Moi

Mime this vocabulary game!

A very funny game to discover or guess compound words in French such as "déjà-vu" or "centre ville" : excitement guaranteed for class! Divide the class in two groups and in turn they have their team guess words through mime or rephrasing.

Families and friends also get excited about "Recompose-Moi"

For groups of 6 to 60 players.

Game set contents
270 compound words divided into 3 levels of difficulty (90 compound words per level)
One card holder
Game rules in English and French.

You will also need a sand clock or watch or any other means to keep track of time.

French language levels
green cards : level A2
red cards : levels B1 and B2
violet cards : levels C1 and C2

5.00�€ VAT INCLUDED

Free rectangular pawns

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Free pawns, 6 sided for your board games

Download these free pawns here

These free pawns are easy to build for your board games. Print and build as many as you like on some strong paper. You cannot store these flat like the simple rectangular pawns.

print
cut around the edge (a)
fold on the lines (b)
assemble : glue or staple the gray area (c) into the inside of the parallelepiped.

Free rectangular pawns with top closed

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Free rectangular pawns with top side closed

Download these free pawns here

These free pawns are easy to build for your board games. Print and build as many as you like on some strong paper. You cannot store these flat like the simple rectangular pawns.

print
cut around the edge (a)
fold on the lines (b)
assemble : glue or staple the gray area (c) into the inside of the parallelepiped. Or better yet, tape the gray area onto the last color side (d) : this will reinforce the pawn.

wooden discs

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Wooden discs for your board games

These wooden discs will add character to your board games.

Dimensions : Diameter 15 mm, thickness 4 mm

To make your order, scroll down the "product options" and choose :

either a given color disc and its quantity : you can order just one piece or more to complete a missing disc from your favorite game. Colors available : blue, green, yellow, orange, red or purple.

or order sets of 6 different color discs : blue, green, yellow, orange, red and purple.

Note : delivery costs are not included in the price.

You can also download free pawns to print and cut.

0.13�€ VAT INCLUDED

wooden pawns

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Wooden pawns for your board games

These wooden pawns will add character to your board games.

Dimensions : Height 24 mm, base diameter 11 mm

To make your order, scroll down the "product options" and choose :

either a given color pawn and its quantity : you can order just one piece or more to complete a missing pawn from your favorite game. Colors available : blue, green, yellow, pink, red or purple.

or order sets of 6 different color pawns : blue, green, yellow, pink, red and purple.

Note : delivery costs are not included in the price.

You can also download free pawns to print and cut.

0.16�€ VAT INCLUDED

free pyramid pawns

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Pyramidal free pawns for your board games

Download these free pawns

These pawns are very easy to assemble for your board games. Print and build as many as you like on some strong paper.

Building triangular pawns

print
cut around the edge (a)
fold on the 4 lines (b)
note: it is easier to fold when you press the blade of scissors or a knife along the lines to fold (b). Use a ruler to be more precise.
assemble : glue or staple the gray area (c) into the inside of the pyramid. Or better yet, tape the gray area onto the last color side (d) : this will reinforce the pawn.

Free simple rectangular pawns

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Simple rectangular pawns for your board games

Download these free pawns here

These free pawns are easy to build for your board games. Print and build as many as you like on some strong paper. Easy to use, you can fold them to put them away flat into a box and then unfold them again to play.

print
cut around the edge (a)
fold on the lines (b)
assemble : glue or staple the gray area (c) into the inside of the parallelepiped. Or better yet, tape the gray area onto the last color side (d) : this will reinforce the pawn.

Free board game "Chutomots"

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French board game "Chutomots"

Learn French with this vocabulary board game

Download this free game

A free board and card game to have fun learning French. Players must discover as many words as possible in less than a minute without using certain banned words.

This game set contains :

game rules in English and French
1 board game
60 "Chutomots" cards level A2

You'll also need something to keep time up to one minute such as a watch, mobile-phone, hourglass, etc.

Have fun with "Chutomots"!