Objectifs
1. Introduce yourself according to level of formality
2. Ask and state your name, age, nationality
3. Ask and state where you live and your occupation
Activities
Watch and study the material in the following videos.
1. How to introduce yourself
2. How to greet in French
3. Introducing yourself, asking someone's name, age, nationality, place of residence and occupation.
4. Introducing yourself
5. Greetings and Polite Expressions
6. Se présenter
7. Spelling practice 1
8. Spelling practice 2
8. Some things you need to know to write in French
You will create a formal and an informal conversation with two different classmates or two different people you know who speak French. You will use the target language we studied in this unit and publish your video by next Monday at 11:59 P.M.
Hi Everyone!
ReplyDeleteCopy and paste my video to watch me speaking French with two of my classmates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFkCL446ok
Language Learning Progress:
So far I feel like I am starting to get an understanding of the French language. Based on the videos I watched I noticed that a lot of French words have multiple silent letters within their words. I also noticed that some words are pronounced with an extra letter even though it is not included within the actual word. I would have to say what I struggled with the most, was pronunciation. I always found myself making the mistake of pronouncing every single letter. It took time, effort, and a whole lot of listening to pronounce each word correctly. So far I have learned how to say "Hi my name is Priscilla Sambrano. Nice to meet you" both formal and informally. I also know how to say "How old am I" as well as ask "How old are you?" I know how to say "I live in Richmond," "I am a cashier," and "goodbye."
I'm hoping to learn more next week and further enhance my vocabulary in the French language.
Thank You!
Priscilla Sambrano
Priscilla. It is a good start. However, you need to work on fluency. It sounds like you guys were reading from a text. You need to avoid this if you were. You need to memorize the phrases and say them without pauses. The pronunciation of SALUT is with /i/ and not with /u/
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ReplyDeleteHere is my video where I have an informal and formal conversation with two different classmates. This week I was able to practice and learn how to have informal and formal conversations. This video was a little difficult for me. When learning the phrases, I tried to write them down so I could visually see them. When it came to reading them, some words were very difficult to read because either the consonants were silent or the word was said completely different. For example, the word "vous" sounds like "vu" and the s is silent. The phrase "J'ai" was also not pronounced the way it looked on writing. Overall, I think I will need more practice.
You cannot read from a script. Learning implies memorizing and you need to listen to the videos until you memorize the phrases. Once you have memorized them, then you record the video. It must be an actual video of you two speaking, not pictures this time. You must be in the video.
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ReplyDeleteInformal conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t2fEbp7HCI&t=2s
ReplyDeleteFormal conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53RwCE4SE9k
I had a lot of fun creating these videos. To prepare I kept saying the sentences over and over again until I memorized them. I did have trouble with saying the word "Votre" because I kept wanting to pronounce it like vo tray. I also had trouble memorizing the formal conversation because I did the informal first and I would catch myself saying words informally on accident. I kept practicing though and eventually was able to do it.
Great pronunciation, Ruth. Where did you get the question to ask where someone is from? I do not remember that in the videos and it is not common to ask that. There is no /e/ at the end of habite. /etudia˜/. I wonder where you obtained those questions, they are not in the instructional material, are they? In formal on dit "quel est votre occupation?"?
DeleteHi Professor,
DeleteNo they weren't in the instructional videos.I watched the video that you listed as number 3 to prepare but I noticed that in the video I couldn't find how to ask the questions so I found those questions by looking at other instructional videos and looking on other websites.
Informal conversation: https://youtu.be/QTXPDnASEMw
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time remembering how to pronounce the phrases in French. I found this experience helpful because it lets me know that it is hard for people to learn a new language. One word that I have a hard time pronouncing is rencontre. Nonetheless, I think that as I keep studying I will get better in my pronunciation.
Necesita poner atención a la pronunciation de SALUT. El sonido es como la i pero tiene que poner los labios cerrados como una flor. No se dice SUA, de dice /sui/. Necesita poner más cuidado a la pronunciación. It means you need to listen and repeat more. Ask your interlocutor to help you with the correct pronunciation of the sounds. What about the formal conversation? It is missing.
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