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*[[User:Squiral|Billy]] - i've been out of practice since high school. | *[[User:Squiral|Billy]] - i've been out of practice since high school. | ||
*[[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] I can have simple conversations. I have one year of college French, plus several years of Spanish and three minus epsilon degrees in Linguistics, which makes me a good faker. I also have motivation: big fan of Franco-Belgian comics, and my wife is a native Francophone. | *[[User:Jeremy|Jeremy]] I can have simple conversations. I have one year of college French, plus several years of Spanish and three minus epsilon degrees in Linguistics, which makes me a good faker. I also have motivation: big fan of Franco-Belgian comics, and my wife is a native Francophone. | ||
*[[User:Eve|Eve]] - sorry to miss first version, will try to come next time. My French is second-rate, I read fairly well but would like to understand spoken French faster. | |||
'''Advanced''' | '''Advanced''' |
Revision as of 10:51, 26 June 2009
Meeting at 8:30 on Wednesday. More advanced students are encouraged to come around 9:00. We'll break around 10. We'll start our first class on 6/24.
A bit of background on me:
I lived in both France and Quebec for about 10 years. I learned to speak French while living in both places, so the French I'll be teaching is very much how people talk. Also, because I learned French by hearing and speaking it, my French writing skills are craptastic, so I am planning to focus more on conversational French. If someone else is a wiz at writing French, speak up!
If you could write down your name and your level of French below that would be really helpful.
-- Laura
Resources:
Ma France -- BBC French Language learning series we'll be using
French Lessons -- Greater focus on traditional learning with a heavier emphasis on grammar
Beginners
- Mitch I can sorta order food in French.
- dpc i lived in france for about a year, during which i learned enough french to be a danger to myself.
Intermediate
- Noah - interested, but probably won't make it on many Wednesdays for a while - I can get around ok in French, but would need a lot of practice to become fluent
- Billy - i've been out of practice since high school.
- Jeremy I can have simple conversations. I have one year of college French, plus several years of Spanish and three minus epsilon degrees in Linguistics, which makes me a good faker. I also have motivation: big fan of Franco-Belgian comics, and my wife is a native Francophone.
- Eve - sorry to miss first version, will try to come next time. My French is second-rate, I read fairly well but would like to understand spoken French faster.
Advanced
Class One Agenda: 6/24
I. Housekeeping
- Discover everyone's level of French
- Determine what people want to be able to do with French
- Do we want to incorporate French culture at all?
- Are there any advanced students that would like to focus on French books/reading?
II. Lesson One
- Talk the way 'they' do: Greetings and Introductions
- A little grammar: To be 'être' and to have 'avoir'
- Cross cultural Minute: Why the French are rude
- Slang/swearing/etc.