passages and conversation makes the if I do. The objective of demonstrate this with conversation more formal, the exercise is to have an appropriate written which is excellent. an intellectual response. conversation about a book or a film, not to write a review. Produce a variety of N/A Not the purpose of the N/A N/A simple written texts exercise. such as email messages, letters, summaries, brief commentaries. Listen to basic oral Students had to watch the Pronunciation and For some material and imitate film (with subtitles), and intonation exercises are students, correct pronunciation understand it. They had to done at the beginning of pronunciation is and intonation. understand each other. They every class. The oral problematic. practiced the conversation exams are the Students who do in class, and pronunciation culmination of that not pronounce and intonation were work. correctly are also corrected. weak with grammar, understanding, etc. I had only two “below average” students last semester. Expand their In this oral exam, students This was a challenge. Some students understanding of the had to read a novel, and is an appreciated the Zazie dans le métro cultures and customs of watch its filmic adaptation. absurdist text (the film The film… the Francophone world. They compared two and the novel). Most novel seemed to important French artists, students have not seen be more liked by Queneau and Malle. an experimental film students. It is They also learned that the (they have seen important to put English language is not the Hollywood students in same as the French blockbusters), and it is contact with language. Of course, they difficult to make them texts that make learned that words and them think. go beyond “It’s weird”. expressions cannot be translated literally, but they also learned that ways of thinking are different. A language is not a tool for communication. It is the expression of a culture.
passages and demonstrate this with an appropriate written response. conversation makes the conversation more formal, which is excellent. if I do. The objective of the exercise is to have an intellectual conversation about a book or a film, not to write a review. Produce a variety of simple written texts such as email messages, letters, summaries, brief commentaries. N/A Not the purpose of the exercise. N/A N/A Listen to basic oral material and imitate correct pronunciation and intonation. Students had to watch the film (with subtitles), and understand it. They had to understand each other. They practiced the conversation in class, and pronunciation and intonation were corrected. Pronunciation and intonation exercises are done at the beginning of every class. The oral exams are the culmination of that work. For some students, pronunciation is problematic. Students who do not pronounce correctly are also weak with grammar, understanding, etc. I had only two “below average” students last semester. Expand their understanding of the cultures and customs of the Francophone world. In this oral exam, students had to read a novel, and watch its filmic adaptation. They compared two important French artists, Queneau and Malle. They also learned that the English language is not the same as the French language. Of course, they learned that words and expressions cannot be translated literally, but they also learned that ways of thinking are different. A language is not a tool for communication. It is the expression of a culture. This was a challenge. Zazie dans le métro is an absurdist text (the film and the novel). Most students have not seen an experimental film (they have seen Hollywood blockbusters), and it is difficult to make them go beyond “It’s weird”. Some students appreciated the film… The novel seemed to be more liked by students. It is important to put students in contact with texts that make them think.