Apprenons une langue trangre

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Apprenons une langue étrangère!

• (Lets learn a foreign language!)

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Learning a language requires

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Learning a language requires

• attention
• practice
• patience
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Learning a language requires

• attention
• practice
• patience
• abandoning misconceptions
• a change of habits
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Draw pictures of

• a window
• a loaf of bread
• a washcloth

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Which window looks more like the one you drew?
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Which loaf of bread looks more like the one you
drew?
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Which washcloth looks more like the one you drew?
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Basic principle 1

• Languages are culture-specific. Words exist to
  express notions relevant to a particular culture.

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Give a correct version of each awkward phrase

• You can me see?
• I me brush the teeth.
• I have shame to admit it.
• She is mounted into the bus.

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Did your versions look something like the list on
the right?

• You can me see?
• I me brush the teeth.
• I have shame to admit it.
• She is mounted into the bus.

• Can you see me?
• I brush my teeth.
• I am ashamed to admit it.
• She got on the bus.

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Basic principle 2

• It is not possible to translate word for word
  from French to English or vice versa. You must
  find the equivalent structure in each language.

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Listen to your instructor say each sentence

• Je ne sais pas pourquoi.

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Listen to your instructor say each sentence

• Je ne sais pas pourquoi.
• Est-ce que vous avez un stylo?

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Listen to your instructor say each sentence

• Je ne sais pas pourquoi.
• Est-ce que vous avez un stylo?
• Ce ne sont pas mes gants.

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Listen to your instructor say each sentence

• Je ne sais pas pourquoi.
• Est-ce que vous avez un stylo?
• Ce ne sont pas mes gants.
• Il est déjà parti, non?

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Basic principle 3

• French is spoken in groups of words. You should
  learn to listen for the group rather than for
  isolated words. If you try to listen in English
  (that is, translate as you go), you will rapidly
  get lost. Try hard to listen in French.

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English vowels

• a
• e
• i
• o
• u

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French vowels

• a
• e
• i
• o
• u

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Say aloud the sentence

• What are you going to do next summer?

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The equivalent French sentence

• Quest-ce que tu vas faire lété prochain?

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Basic principle 4

• You cannot speak French with a lazy mouth.
  Learn to open and close your mouth, to spread and
  round your lips as a particular sound requires.

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Some English words

• roof
• aunt
• tomato
• either
• route

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Some French words

• roue (wheel)

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Some French words

• roue (wheel)

• rue (street)

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Some French words

• roue (wheel)
• ton (your)

• rue (street)

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Some French words

• roue (wheel)
• ton (your)

• rue (street)
• tôt (early)

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Some French words

• roue (wheel)
• ton (your)
• peur (fear)

• rue (street)
• tôt (early)

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Some French words

• roue (wheel)
• ton (your)
• peur (fear)

• rue (street)
• tôt (early)
• père (father)

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Basic principle 5

• Certain sounds, called phonemes, contrast with
  each other to create the distinctions necessary
  to form meaning. Learn to articulate the phonemes
  of French as correctly as possible.

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More English words

• night
• through
• knave
• knowledge
• doubt

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More French words

• mais

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More French words

• mais
• champ

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More French words

• mais
• champ
• lisent

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More French words

• mais
• champ
• lisent
• prend

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More French words

• mais
• champ
• lisent
• prend
• peine

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More French words

• mais
• champ
• lisent
• prend
• peine

• homme

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More French words

• mais
• champ
• lisent
• prend
• peine

• homme
• honnête

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More French words

• mais
• champ
• lisent
• prend
• peine

• homme
• honnête
• hôtel

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Basic principle 6

• There is no one-to-one correspondence between
  spoken and written French. As a general rule, the
  spoken form is shorter and simpler than the
  written.

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Try to guess the meaning of these French words

• imaginer
• important
• vérifier
• catholique
• délicieux

• musicien
• pharmacie
• optimiste
• naturel
• profession

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Some French-English cognates

• imaginer imagine
• important important
• vérifier verify
• catholique Catholic
• délicieux delicious

• musicien musician
• pharmacie pharmacy
• optimiste optimist
• naturel natural
• profession profession

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Try to guess the meaning of these French words

• wagon
• lecture
• car
• figure
• rester
• demander

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French-English faux amis

• wagon train car
• lecture reading
• car bus
• figure face
• rester to stay
• demander to ask

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Basic principle 7

• There are many similarities between French and
  English vocabulary. However, always check an
  apparent cognate to see if it makes sense in its
  context.

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Identify the spelling differences between these
cognates

• theater / théâtre
• façade / façade
• premier / première

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Basic principle 8

• A French word is not spelled correctly unless
  its diacritic marks are in place.

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• How has this activity impacted your knowledge /
  appreciation of the French language?
• How has it impacted your knowledge / appreciation
  for learning French?