Objectives
To describe places and things
To use the right conjugation of the verb être when describing someone or something.
Activities
Watch and study the target language in the videos
1. Le verb être au présent
2. La negation in French
3. Describing someone in French.
4. Adjectives when describing
5. Describing someone in French 2
Homework: Devoirs
This week you will study on your own, review the previous objectives and when you feel ready, you will take the quiz. The quiz is not part of your course grades. You will receive credit for taking the quiz, and then reflecting on the experience as part of your weekly participation.
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ReplyDeleteHi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteQuiz Experience Reflection:
So based on the quiz, I was able to determine that I have somewhat of a good understanding on how to differentiate between a formal and an informal conversation in French. For one of the conversations, a woman said "Bonjour, Je m'appelle_________". I immediately knew that it was a formal conversation because in formal conversations we say "Bonjour." Unlike informal conversations, we say "Salut." I was also able to detect that it was a formal conversation because both parties said their first and last names. Unlike informal conversations, we only say our first names.
I also knew the question that said "Bonjour" is used in the morning because in one of the videos I watched a couple of weeks ago, it said that it is best to use "Bonjour" in the morning and "Bonsui" in the afternoon.
Unfortunately, I was not able to understand most of the conversations that were going on in the recordings. I was only able to detect a few words like nationality, family name, what is your name, and what city. For the most part, I drew a blank on almost all the recordings. I think my struggle could have come from not being able to understand the conversations at the rate they were speaking. The speakers were speaking at such a fast pace that I believe it did not allow me the time to quickly detect the words in order to comprehend them. I was so used to the French videos speaking at such a slow pace, that it was just something I was not too familiar with.
A for the content I learned this week, I really enjoyed learning how to describe myself such as "I am short" which translates to "Je suis es petite" in French. I also found it interesting how when trying to say "I am not" with a verb, it is very different compared to English. Like the wording and the placement of where to put the "Ne" and the "Pas" is very different.
Overall, just by taking this quiz, I believe I still have a lot of work to do. I believe I need to work on not only my pronunciation, but also my ability to understand words at a faster rate so that when I hear recordings, like the ones on the quiz, I won't struggle as much, and the content will just flow in.
PS: I was not able to post my recording in the quiz because I could not find the attachment button. I tried explaining why I did not submit my recording in the comment box, but I ran out of time due to having trouble locating the attachment button. I still have the recording, I just did not know how to submit it.
Thank You!
Priscilla Sambrano
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThis is my quiz reflection.
I didn't think it was that bad, but I could be wrong when I get my grade back. Much like Priscilla, the recordings were really fast, one recording did sound like it was sped it too. I was able to determine if it was formal or informal just by the "Bonjour". The last question with the recording I was only able to answer one of the questions because I heard "profession" so I figured it was asking me what my profession was. I thought the first question was asking me what my name was, but I wasn't sure so I didn't answer. I was able to answer the pool one because I remember Priscilla using that in one of her conversations.
Thank you.
One of the interesting part about language learning is the speed we perceive the speakers use. In reality, they are speaking at a normal speed but since we are not able to understand every word, we stop the process and take more time as our brain tries to find the meaning of the word. Another factor is that those teaching the language tend to slow down because it is commonly believed that understanding correlates to speed. I would like to here from you too more about connections between theory and you’re process. How does English influences your French learning? What about age? What area or aspect of language are you finding the most difficult? Why do you think that happens ?
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteMy quiz experience was a bit frustrating. On questions 2-8 I believe, I was not able to open the recordings. I might be wrong on the question numbers. I was able to open the recording from question 1. I closed that window recording right after I answered it. I'm not sure if for questions 2-8, I was supposed to use the recording for question 1 or not. Either way, I know I got those questions wrong since I couldn't access the recordings.
Besides that part, I found the quiz to be beneficial. Prior to taking the quiz I had been feeling like maybe I wasn't retaining that much information in regards to French. However, as I was going through the quiz, it made me realize that maybe I was learning more than I originally thought. I was able to recognize the difference between an informal and formal conversation. I was also able to remember some vocabulary and sentences like "Piscine"and "Quel est votre nom?"
I did struggle a bit though because with some of the recordings, the speed was really fast and it was hard for me to pick up on what was being said. I had to rewind multiple times to try to decipher the conversation. Unfortunately, I took too long on other portions of the quiz and was not able to submit the last question. i need to work on pacing myself better.
I had a hard time hearing what the people were saying because they were talking to fast. The question about the pool was the easiest one because it kind of sounded like the word piscina. For the recording I couldn't decipher what it was asking me, so I didn't respond to many questions. The quiz was a good way for me to identify that I need to practice speaking french and review the french videos.
ReplyDeleteFor my quiz, I had a lot of difficulty because I felt like the people were talking too fast. I also struggled a lot with the recording because I didn't really understand a lot of what it was saying again because I felt like it was too fast. I would have also liked a little bit more time to complete the quiz. I do not feel like I did my best with 15 minutes for the quiz.
ReplyDeleteWow, I can only imagine what the young ELL's in my class think when we are explaining what a linear function is and all they have to go on is the anchor charts on the wall.
ReplyDeleteOn this quiz I confirmed what I already suspected. I am NOT an auditory learner and practice, practice, practice IS A MUST!
Not being able to phonetically write down what I heard made it hard to translate the material. I am trying to do 2 things, hear it in French, relate it to Spanish (because of all the Latin roots and similarities) then making it make sense in English. It is my way of connecting French to English, I have used Spanish as a way to "scrap the foreign alphabet" and as a way to crutch my understanding of the French I heard.
Dr. Avellaneda sounds like a native speaker in French, much more so than he does in English, I wonder if that has to do with his Spanish language mastery as well.
In summary, I feel beat... I have though discovered one thing, since French makes "r" sound like "g" it is similar to Arabic where that sound is resonated throughout the language. It is the only other language where I have seen this.
Now if I could only say all this in French!