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VOCABULARY: HOW TO DEVELOP A LARGER FRENCH VOCABULARY

23/9/2018

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Hey everyone! Thanks for checking in. As the title suggests this week we will be talking about how to develop and learn new vocabulary; a skill necessary for both the internal and external assessments. I.e. the Internal Oral Presentations which I will talk about in greater detail later on, as well as Papers I & II. 

Because your ability to understand depends on your recognizing key words in context, the following tips will help you become familiar with many new words in the French Language. You need not be concerned about pronouncing these perfectly from the start; your pronunciation will become more accurate as you hear more spoken French. 
  • Keep a vocabulary notebook. Your instructor will write key vocabulary words on the board (or share them with you via a classroom website, or simply check the vocabulary section of this website for new vocabulary); jot them down for future reference and study.
  • Go over vocabulary frequently, and make an effort to visualize the person (for words such as "child" or "woman"), thing ("animal" or "person"), characteristics ("young" or "fat"), activity ("sit down"), or situation ("is wearing") conveyed by each word.
  • Follow your instructor's suggestions for working with these words. Concentrate on recognizing their meaning when you hear and see them, and when your instructor uses them in class. 
  • Create and study flashcards. Something that really helped me out when I first started learning French was creating flashcards using either 3 x 4 cards or plain paper cut up into small squares, use the resources available to you. What I really enjoyed about flashcards was the fact that I was able to utilize my creativity and made language acquisition fun for myself. I often found myself cutting out clippings from magazines, sketched and coloured, and even learned to use online flashcard apps, which by the way are now available on your mobile devices. I find that Chegg + has an amazing app with a great interface and, GET THIS, YOU CAN SHARE YOU FLASHCARDS WITH FRIENDS! I linked you to their website, all you have to do is click on Chegg+ up above.

Well that's all I have for you today. I know I've talked about this a few times in the past, but since I relaunched the website with a more user friendly interface, some of the content from years past has been sacrificed. ​
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TIPS FOR THE INTERNAL ORAL ASSESSMENTS

23/9/2018

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Hello everyone! Bonjour! This post is reposted and reformatted from the old 'Ancein Acceuil' page.

Enjoy!

With some schools administering the Internal Oral Assessment within the coming weeks, I thought that I'd take this opportunity to share with you some tips and tricks on how you can do your best to score high marks. More tips to come within the next few days and/or weeks so stay tuned. 

What I would like to talk about now, is expanding your vocabulary. I cannot stress this enough. Developing a varied vocabulary will help you when it comes to the Oral component of these "assessments". Many students tend to develop anxiety because they feel that these oral assessments are more complex than they actually are. Take the time to understand, that although they are important in determining your overall mark, don't think of these orals as assessments, think of them more as conversations with your peers and teachers.

Listen and Talk In Class!

Learning a new language is always difficult because often times students feel self conscious about the way they may pronounce a word or about the accent they produce when they speak. Everyone in class is learning the same concepts, techniques, and content as you. The only way that you will improve your spoken French is if you practice it in class with your teacher present. Your teacher is not there to judge you. Your teacher is there to assist and guide you so that you are able to learn from your mistakes; should you make them. Utilize your valuable class time to learn vocabulary, to ask your instructor how to effectively word a sentence, a phrase; use your instructor to help elevate the skills I know you have within you.

Do Your "Homework"!

What I mean by do your "Homework" is this: Foreign Language acquisition can only be successfully achieved if you put in the effort. You owe it to yourself to do your homework everyday even if none was assigned. Go on youtube, TV5 Monde, LeParisienTV, Tumblr, the list goes on and on but use the resources you have to your advantage; watch an entertaining clip, watch a recipe video, watch the news. The point I am trying to make is that you have the wonderful tool that is the internet. As such, take a few minutes out of your day and dedicate them towards developing your listening skills which will in turn help you with your speaking skills. Keep a journal and jot down words that you hear but don't quite know the meaning to and look them up online or in a French-English dictionary.

Au Revoir for now. 
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Conseil du Jour: Evaluation Orale

23/9/2018

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French B Higher Level teacher, Paul Stenson, provides you with some tips and tricks that will hopefully help you with your French Oral Assessments. Like he states, it's all in the pronunciation and intonation. Think to yourself, how would a French person pronounce this? Try and be French!
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