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Google Translate

by Lynn Dixon

May 22, 2011

How are you dealing with students' use of Google Translate when submitting written work? Has anyone found a way to detect this? Has anyone found a way to prevent students from attempting to submit "Google-translated" work as their own?

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robert leabo On 5/22/11, Lynn Dixon wrote: > How are you dealing with students' use of Google Translate > when submitting written work? Has anyone found a way to > detect this? Has anyone found a way to prevent students > from attempting to submit "Google-translated" work as their own?

Haha in Spanish my teachers used to get 'itchy' when th...See More

Dec 7, 2012

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ABPF If the assignment is just homework, then no credit should be assigned for accuracy. In class assignments receive scores on accuracy.

Is it not better to have made the effort to complete the work, to have a somewhat perfect translation if not already 100% correct, that to have wasted time and to have very bad translations?

We nee...See More

Dec 9, 2012

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Learn French with Jokes

by Jeremy Taylor

May 29, 2011

I have produced a new version of Learn English with Jokes which can be read on a much wider variety of electronic devices. You can download a sample at [link removed]

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French Grammar workbook

by Lynn Dixon

Jun 1, 2011

I am looking for a good French grammar workbook - any advice?

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James in Belgium On 6/01/11, Lynn Dixon wrote: > I am looking for a good French grammar workbook - any advice?

Greetings:

Who is your audiance? This makes a difference.

I strongly recommed the niveau intermédiare, Grammaire progressive du français by CLE International. Be if you are not an expert in French, be sure to order the answe...See More

Jun 12, 2011

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New Boutique for French teachers

by Marilyn banack

Jun 6, 2011

a great online site for des cadeaux pour les profs de Français.

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Idiomatic Expressions & Slang

by Mme Szeljack

Jun 15, 2011

This upcoming school year, I will be teaching an upper-level class and I really want to incorporate a unit on idiomatic expressions, spoken French vs. written French, and introducing them to slang (like verlan). Does anyone have resources they'd be willing to share with this type of thing?

Also, I would LOVE to find French equivalents to c...See More

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Volesprit69 Hi,

you can try this website

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It's in french but there are all the words you need as well as a verlan dictionnary. As a french person, I would advice you not to make them learn too much of verlan. Despite the fact that almost every words can be translated into verlan, only a very small part are used frequ...See More

Jun 18, 2011

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High School French

by Jeanne Marie

Jun 26, 2011

I will be teaching two periods of French next school year with 2 levels in a class (one class is a French II/ AP Language combination with 32 students total, 25 Fr.II and 7 AP, the other is a French III/IV split with 18 of each). I have not taught a split class in over 34 years. Any suggestions for effective ways to plan so that each group gets a f...See More

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Jason On 6/26/11, Jeanne Marie wrote: > I will be teaching two periods of French next school year > with 2 levels in a class (one class is a French II/ AP > Language combination with 32 students total, 25 Fr.II and > 7 AP, the other is a French III/IV split with 18 of each). > I have not taught a split class in over 34 years. Any > sugg...See MoreOn 6/26/11, Jeanne Marie wrote: > I will be teaching two periods of French next school year > with 2 levels in a class (one class is a French II/ AP > Language combination with 32 students total, 25 Fr.II and > 7 AP, the other is a French III/IV split with 18 of each). > I have not taught a split class in over 34 years. Any > suggestions for effective ways to plan so that each group > gets a fair amount of attention are needed. Does anyone out > there have some creative methods that you can share?

The same thing is happening to me! Next year, I have a pure 2nd Yr, one 2nd/3rd Yr combo and one 3rd/4th Yr combo. What are they thinking! Such a disservice to our students. Any way I look at it, there will be down time for each level.

I attended a differentiated lesson planning in-service last week. I walked away with the notion that there will be a lot more work for the teacher. The basic idea is that all students work on a common topic and the teacher creates lessons, tasks and assessments for each level. Of course you can't forgot personal interests, home life, access to media and/or technology and student readiness when planning! That is fine for things like past tense when the lower level just starting it. What happens when you want to introduce the subjunctive or literature for the upper level?

The instructor suggested stations or peer teaching. I do not have the physical space to create stations. I have one student computer. Peer teaching requires that the older student knows the material. I found that bright students get very tired of having to teach a lower level students and not get any new information. Last year I had a 3rd/4th Yr class and the students were not independent learners. When they finished their lesson, which turned out to be seat-work, they couldn't/wouldn't go on to the next lesson even when I asked them. Speaking and listening exercises were horrible because it distracted the other level. I tried to schedule assessments on the same day. I dreaded this class everyday.

What does College Board say about AP classes being in a combo class? It might not approve it. Although my situation is bad, yours is worse. Have parents been informed about this? I cannot believe that they would support this combo class.

Sorry I couldn't give you strategies to deal.

Jun 28, 2011

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Jeanne Marie On 6/28/11, Jason wrote: > On 6/26/11, Jeanne Marie wrote: >> I will be teaching two periods of French next school year >> with 2 levels in a class (one class is a French II/ AP >> Language combination with 32 students total, 25 Fr.II and >> 7 AP, the other is a French III/IV split with 18 of each). >> I have not ta...See MoreOn 6/28/11, Jason wrote: > On 6/26/11, Jeanne Marie wrote: >> I will be teaching two periods of French next school year >> with 2 levels in a class (one class is a French II/ AP >> Language combination with 32 students total, 25 Fr.II and >> 7 AP, the other is a French III/IV split with 18 of each). >> I have not taught a split class in over 34 years. Any >> suggestions for effective ways to plan so that each group >> gets a fair amount of attention are needed. Does anyone out >> there have some creative methods that you can share? > > The same thing is happening to me! Next year, I have a pure > 2nd Yr, one 2nd/3rd Yr combo and one 3rd/4th Yr combo. What > are they thinking! Such a disservice to our students. Any > way I look at it, there will be down time for each level. > > I attended a differentiated lesson planning in-service last > week. I walked away with the notion that there will be a lot > more work for the teacher. The basic idea is that all > students work on a common topic and the teacher creates > lessons, tasks and assessments for each level. Of course you > can't forgot personal interests, home life, access to media > and/or technology and student readiness when planning! That > is fine for things like past tense when the lower level just > starting it. What happens when you want to introduce the > subjunctive or literature for the upper level? > > The instructor suggested stations or peer teaching. I do not > have the physical space to create stations. I have one > student computer. Peer teaching requires that the older > student knows the material. I found that bright students get > very tired of having to teach a lower level students and not > get any new information. Last year I had a 3rd/4th Yr class > and the students were not independent learners. When they > finished their lesson, which turned out to be seat-work, they > couldn't/wouldn't go on to the next lesson even when I asked > them. Speaking and listening exercises were horrible because > it distracted the other level. I tried to schedule > assessments on the same day. I dreaded this class everyday. > > What does College Board say about AP classes being in a combo > class? It might not approve it. Although my situation is > bad, yours is worse. Have parents been informed about this? > I cannot believe that they would support this combo class. > > Sorry I couldn't give you strategies to deal.

Thank you for your imput. I have considered the "solutions" that you were also given. My concerns are the same...sometimes you may be able to combine the groups, other times, you must give advance work to the upper level students. Many of my lessons currently integrate a great deal of audio and visual components. How do I show them, play them without being distracting or disruptive to the other group? Also, If the younger group sees and hears these lessons, what will I do with them next year? I don't think the parents knowing will be useful as the school district is adament about maintaining a certain number of students in each class. I fear that by telling them, they may choose to pull the kids out of the class, making it even worse for me and the possibility of having the classes offered again in the future.

Jun 28, 2011

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Help us find AFS loving host families for the fall

by byw

Jul 1, 2011

Make Independence Day memorable and decide to host a talented AFS HS foreign exchange student from one of their 50 countries for this fall. They have community placed scholarship students for here from Italy, Thailand, Bangladesh & India. The Miss Tennky Area AFS Team would like to place these students first, but others are available. For detai...See More

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French AP test

by C. Rathey

Jul 7, 2011

My French AP students (3) did not do well on the exam. Any suggestions? I thought they would do better than scores received.

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Yahoo Group: Tresors du temps

by James in Belgium

Jul 12, 2011

At [link removed]

For teachers using the textbook Tresors du temps.

James

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Kim Uyyek I'm going to start using it this fall, for my IB class. How do you like the textbook? Kim On 7/12/11, James in Belgium wrote: > At [link removed]

Jul 12, 2011

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