Do you know these French oral communication games to play in your French Immersion or Core French classrooms?
They’re called “Roule, parle et couvre”, but how do you play them?
In what ways can they help your second-language students improve their speaking skills?
Keep reading to learn more.
French Oral Communication Games
One of the most popular speaking games is the “J’ai… Qui a…?”, but it’s not the only one.
As a teacher, you’re probably familiar with “roll & cover” games.
There are many variations that might get your students reading words, adding up numbers, and so on.
The games I want to show you are a variation involving mini-dialogues.
Students roll dice, choose a square from the board, and then say a mini-dialogue including the information from the square they selected.
For example, in the image above:
- Student A rolls a “3” and chooses the square with the hat.
- Along with Student B, in pair work, Student A starts the mini-dialogue (at the top right of the board) and says: “Veux-tu acheter un chapeau?”, where “un chapeau” is the image in the square they selected.
- Student B then says the second line from the mini-dialogue and they get to express what they want to do (buy or not buy). So Student B could say: “Oui, je veux acheter un chapeau.” OR “Non, pas du tout.”
Each set of games focuses on 3 different mini-dialogues and includes 4 printable game boards.
The sets also include reference sheets with the vocabulary words from that set.
Everything comes in color and B&W.
How do these French Speaking Games Help with Oral Communication?
These games are perfect to get your students speaking because they’ll think they’re just playing, but they’ll be working hard on their oral communication skills.
They’ll be repeating mini-dialogues many times without noticing because there’s a part of the mini-dialogue that keeps changing so it doesn’t feel repetitive.
Students will also be using themed vocabulary words in sentences that sound like real-life.
Another board from the “les vêtements” set focuses on asking the price of clothing items (see image below).
By playing with the board in the image above, for example, students will be using a mini-dialogue that will be super useful in their lives if they need to speak French in the real world.
They’ll be asking how much something costs and saying how much it does.
In addition, they’ll practice saying numbers, which is always a tricky topic that deserves attention.
French Oral Communication Games: Jeux de communication orale
You can find these games on my TPT store.
There’s the full bundle, which currently includes the 3 individual sets, and that’s the best deal because of the bundle discount.
Here’s the link:
➡️ French Oral Communication Speaking Games Bundle: Roll, Speak and Cover
You can instead buy just one of the individual sets.
(If you’re buying the bundle, don’t buy the individual sets because you’ll already have them!)
Out of the four strands, speaking is arguably the most important one for someone learning a second language.
Help your student work on their speaking skills with these simple and fun games.
Oh, and did I mention they’re NO PREP: all you’ll have to do is print… and grab some dice!
Thank you for stopping by!
Merci 🙂
Lucy
