French A2.13: Through the decades

Au fil des décennies

Conversation exercise

  1. Décrivez les tenues dans les images et discutez de quelle décennie elles proviennent. (Describe the outfits in the pictures and discuss from what decade they are. )
  2. Quelle année êtes-vous né? Quelle était la mode quand vous avez grandi? (What year where you born? What was the fashion when you grew up?)

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Example phrases:

Les filles portent des chemises et des pantalons colorés.

The girls are wearing colerful shirts and trousers.

Les vêtements sont serrés.

The clothes are tight.

Ce sont probablement des tenues des années 1980.

Those are probably outfits from the 1980s.

Je suis né en 1995.

I was born in 1995.

Quand j'étais adolescent, je portais de larges jeans bleus et des chemises colorées.

When I was a teenager I wore wide blue jeans and colourful shirts.

Je portais toujours mon blouson en cuir noir.

I was always wearing my black leather jacket.

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Exercises

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