Literacy - Alphabétisation
Le Français et l'alphabétisation – French and literacy
- Relations entre l'apprentissage d'une langue et le développement de l'alphabétisation
- Languages learning and literacy skill development.
Teaching Literacy in Languages - FRENCH - A document to support the work of secondary teachers of French. It makes clear connections between learning French and the development of literacy.
Stimulus text for use in the French classroom: a report showcasing the use of some French language features and the literacy skills required to decode this text
How to add accents to your French texts
Accent aigu: É, é | Hold down Control key and strike the apostrophe (next to the Enter key). Release Control key and strike the letter key. For a capital letter, hold down the Control key, strike apostrophe key, release, hold down Shift key and strike letter key. |
Accent grave: À, à - è | Hold down Control key and strike ~` key (the first key on the left of the main keyboard). Then follow the same procedure as before for the capital letter. |
Accent circonflexe: ê, â, ô, î, û | Hold down the Control and Shift keys together and strike number 6 on the main keyboard. Release and strike the letter of your choice. |
Tréma: ï, ë, ü | Hold down the Control and Shift keys together, strike colon/semi-colon (: ; ) key (second on the left of the Enter key). Release and strike the letter of your choice. |
Cédille: ç | Hold down the Control key and strike the comma key (<,). Release and strike the letter (c). |
| Euro: € | For PC: check Numbers lock is on, then ALT + 0128 |
Alternatively you may go to insert on the main tool bar, go down to Symbol, choose the one you wish to use, click on it until it changes colour, click on the Insert box at the bottom of the page and presto! As a bonus the letter is kept on a bar which says “Recently used symbols” for future use!
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