List of Publications

by Sue Finnie and Danièle Bourdais

French teaching materials for primary

Being French (2009) BBC Active

Teacher’s notes and pupils’ worksheets exploiting films about
the everyday lives of French children.

Telling Tales (2009) BBC Active

Teacher’s notes and pupils’ worksheets exploiting cartoon
fllms of traditional stories and myths.

Language Learners (2003) Ticktock Media

Harry Learns French
Sophie learns Spanish
Julie Learns English
Julie apprend l’anglais (Editions PEMF)
Also Julie learns English – translated into Chinese, Hindi, Urdu,
Bengali, Turkish etc.
Stories about children’s adventures visiting other countries and
learning a little of the language.

French Words I use (2006) Franklin Watts

À l’école, Au parc, À la maison, En ville
First French words and phrases to allow 6 to 8 year
olds to describe the world around them.
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Primary French is Fun 1, 2 (2007/8) BBC Active
CD-Rom for interactive whiteboard using BBC video clips,
Pupils’ book and worksheets
http://www.whiteboardactive.com/showreels/French.html

Salut, Serge ! (2008) BBC Active

Activity book + audio cassette with stories and songs + CD-ROM
to accompany the popular BBC television series (for ages 4 to 8)

Comète 1, 2 (2004) Oxford University Press

Complete course, including pupils’ book, workbooks,
audio CD, posters, handpuppet (for ages 8 -10)

French teaching materials for pupils with learning difficulties

(ages 10-14)

OK ! and OK Mégamag (1993-2001) Nelson

Thornes
Workbook based course and series of cross-curricular
magazines
French teaching materials Secondary level

Clic 1, 2, 3 (2008-9) OUP

Multimedia KS3 course (pupil’s books,
workbooks, teachers’ manual, audio CDs,
cd-rom )

Equipe et Equipe Nouvelle OUP

(1997-2005)
Voted best Secondary Teaching Resource
Education Resources Awards, 2000
KS3 course with multiple components

GCSE French for OCR (2009) OUP

Also
GCSE French for AQA (2010) OUP

Équipe Dynamique (2006) OUP

Envol (1996) OUP
KS4 courses with multiple components
 Supplementary French Resources

France Live (2003) Oxford University Press

Information book about France with explanations and activities

In English. Used to support coursework tasks or for homework
Or cover lessons.
(Also adapted for German and Spanish in Germany Live and
Spain Live)

GCSE Bitesize French Complete Revision and Practice

(2010) BBC
Book and website for GCSE
see : http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/french/

À l’écoute 1, 2, 3 (2004) LCP

Mixed ability listening activities

Entre Nous 1, 2, 3 (2003) LCP

Speaking activities for pair-work practice

À la carte Boxes 1 and 2 (2001) LCP

Graded reading scheme with cards at three different levels
(+ CD-ROM)

Mon album à moi (2001) Channel 4

Activity booklet to accompany Channel 4 TV programme

 Primary French/Learner’s French dictionaries (2007-09) OUP
Cultural and linguistic fact boxes and vocabulary centre section,
+ online worksheets for dictionary skills’ practice

Allons-y, Bonjour, Ça va, Chez nous Mary Glasgow - Scholastic

Magazines for pupils learning French (1977-2004)
www.maryglasgowmagazines.com
 English as a Foreign Language

Everyday Languages (2008)

Tictock
Everyday English
Everyday English (for Polish speakers)

Also: Everyday French, Everyday Spanish

Photo-based phrasebooks for teens

Busy Box (2002)

Éditions Multicolores/Éditions Accès
English course for young learners
comprising plastic briefcases (one per unit)
containing detailed teacher’s notes and lesson plans
in French, full-colour pupil dossiers, posters,
photocopiable activity sheets, audio CDs with
dialogues, songs and rhymes, stories etc, and
flashcards

This course – originally created for teachers and

pupils in France – is now available for adaptation
for other countries. Please contact us for further
details.

Timesaver Vocabulary Activities (2001) Mary Glasgow - Scholastic

Photocopiable worksheets for vocabulary building (elementary level)

Club, Current Mary Glasgow - Scholastic

Magazines for EFL www.maryglasgowmagazines.com
 About Us

Sue Finnie (BSc Hons French/Italian)

« Je suis anglaise et je vis en Écosse. Après avoir été

directrice de collection dans une maison d’édition scolaire
britannique à Londres (Mary Glasgow Publications), je me
consacre depuis plus de vingt ans à la rédaction de ressources
pédagogiques pour l’enseignement du français et de l’anglais
langue étrangère. J’en utilise certaines quand j’enseigne le
français aux 6-10 ans au club français de l’école primaire de
mon village. »

Danièle Bourdais (L-ès-L, M.A, M.I.L)

« Je suis française et j’habite à Londres depuis 1982. J’ai
enseigné le français aux adultes dans de nombreux
établissements, y compris le Working Men’s College où j’ai
mis sur pied le département de français.
Je suis membre de The Institute of Linguists. J’ai travaillé avec
la majorité des éditeurs scolaires britanniques, en tant que
rédactrice et éditrice freelance. Je donne des cours de soutien
scolaire en français aux enfants de 10 à 18 ans.»

FrenchMatters & Kickstart Language

Sue and Danièle have worked together since 1994. They
have created a variety of language learning resources,
from the traditional book to songs, resources for the
interactive whiteboard and websites.
Their best-selling French course Équipe – co-written
with teacher-trainer Anna Lise Gordon – was voted best
secondary teaching resource of 2000.