French grammar resources

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Is anybody able to recommend some good websites for learning French grammar? My son is passionate about the language but the grammar just does not seem to stick. He is a visual learner & enjoys songs, videos, quizzes etc.

He is 13, in Year 9.

Merci d'avance!

I quite like alloprof https://www.alloprof.qc.ca/fr/eleves and also memrise https://www.memrise.com/ tho I always used that more for vocab than grammar.

Or he could make quizlet quizzes of things to learn (verb conjugations, past tense irregulars) and then test himself. There are some good resources on bbc bitesize as well.

If he likes quizzes there might be some good ones on Kahoot! (I've not looked at that lately tho). It’s a good idea to find the way he revises best, but it’s not helpful IMHO to tag a student as “a visual learner” as tho there is no other way for them to learn. My heart always sank when a student piped up “I’m a kinaesthetic learner miss, so I need to do something to be able to understand this”

Thank you, I will look at those links.

He has autism & ADHD (& epilepsy) so he finds reading & writing challenging & has a reader & scribe arrangement in class & for exams. Hence labeling him as a visual learner. It's the way he accesses 90% of his work. I wish it were different for him like it is for his brothers, but it isn't.

If he has ADHD then lots of short tasks might be a good way to learn. Quizlet flashcards are good for that. Or have you thought of recording the details he needs to learn so he can play a 10-minute repeat of (say) irregular past tense on his phone on the way to school? It’s often about trying different ways to learn. I think active - where he has to answer - rather than passive watching of a video may be best. I used to go for a walk with my ND DS and test him on a past paper as we went. No writing was a lot less pressure for him. Best of luck.

This is a great book, obviously somewhat dated in terms of the picture stories, but it clearly and engagingly illustrates grammar points: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grammaire-Clair-Cartoons-Demonstration-Examination/dp/0174444206

BBC Bitesize?

Thank you, I will try all of these.

He already uses BBC bitesize but has done it to death & is getting a little bored of it. So I'm thinking of a multi-pronged attack!