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Saying rhymes with opportunities for interaction and dramatisation is an ideal way for young children to practise another language. Opal Dunn shows how. Young children's innate ability to pick up rhymes in English is transferable to French, but it tends to be under-used. Through learning rhymes, children increase their spoken ability and at the same time find out about the French sound system, which will be invaluable for later learning to read and write creatively in French.