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Interview prep

by CAM78

Mar 1, 2013

Hi all, I am getting back into the job market after being off for 3 years and 2 children. I am trying to get back up to snuff so I can apply for immersion positions. Just wondering if anyone had any ideas of what questions will be asked during a French pool interview? I know I have to do a written portion and that question is usually about how your...See More

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PedagoNet Voici des exemples de questions possibles lors d'entrevues

Mar 2, 2013

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Cam78 On 3/02/13, PedagoNet wrote: > Voici des exemples de questions possibles lors d'entrevues

Merci beaucoup

Mar 2, 2013

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from a french french teacher to american french teachers

by pages philippe

Mar 23, 2013

Hi all! I'm looking for a family in the US who'd receive my kids (son & daughter aged 14 and 17) for linguistic holiday.. In exchange I will be happy to receive their kid(s) in my family in France. I'm a teacher myself and I'm teaching french, philosophy, and spanish.. My kids are very nice and well educated kids :)We live in a very touristic r...See More

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Susan Shoup On 3/23/13, pages philippe wrote: > Hi all! I'm looking for a family in the US who'd receive my > kids (son & daughter aged 14 and 17) for linguistic > holiday..

Bonjour Philippe,

Je suis prof de français dans l'etat de Michigan. I have 4 children ages 4, 6, 12 & 14. My older two have been to France just this pa...See More

May 1, 2013

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Short Answer Rubric

by Frenchdesilu

Apr 23, 2013

I always struggle with scoring short response questions that may produce several correct answers. I don't want to pigeon-hole students into one answer as we all know that real-life situations typically do not have a canned answer.

Does anybody successfully use a rubric or scoring key that they are willing to share? Any feedback is appreci...See More

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mmeehs On 4/23/13, Frenchdesilu wrote: > I always struggle with scoring short response questions > that may produce several correct answers. I don't want to > pigeon-hole students into one answer as we all know that > real-life situations typically do not have a canned answer. > > Does anybody successfully use a rubric or scoring key tha...See More

Apr 28, 2013

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AP Textbook

by Frenchdesilu

Aug 15, 2013

Might be thrown into AP French next year, so I am looking for resources. Looking at different syllabi on the web, teachers are using "Allons au-dela" to address the topics for the new test. It seems pretty new. Has anybody used it? How did you like it? Thanks

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website or another source for readings in French

by Jen

Aug 17, 2013

I'd be grateful for any readings I can use regularly that may align to topics in Discovering French Blanc. I teach French 2 and 3 (freshmen and sophomores). Merci!

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James in Belgium Greetings,

Nothing that you find will be perfect. Regardless, I suggest that you look at my collection of articles on high interest topics which come from a home builders weekly sales magazine. The French is easy as the target audience was builders and DYI people. Many non-native speakers of French also work in the trades.

I have...See More

Aug 22, 2013

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Julia Hello,

Where can I find a link to the articles? Thanks so much.

On 8/22/13, James in Belgium wrote: > Greetings, > > Nothing that you find will be perfect. Regardless, I suggest > that you look at my collection of articles on high interest > topics which come from a home builders weekly sales magazine. > The Fren...See More

Aug 23, 2013

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French 1 High School, first week ideas, please!

by kmrdz

Aug 24, 2013

Hi!

I'm actually posting for a friend who normally teaches upper level French classes, but just took a position and French 1 is one of his assignments.

Could any of you share some ideas to get him started the first week? Something to get the students excited about taking French and ideas where he could start of the class in French...See More

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French 1 High School, first week ideas, please!

by Ellen Shrager

Aug 24, 2013

Hi

It's hard to remember what different levels can and can't do once you have been away from teaching those levels.

Attached below is the French version of what I do the first day of the first year using my remote clicker. It keeps the students in the target language and highly engaged with comprehensible input. It is about 50 sli...See More

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Pacing- Discovering French Bleu

by Amna

Aug 24, 2013

Bonjour,

I was wondering if someone can explain how they do their pacing for high school French 1. It was recommended to me that I only cover half of the book the first year. That means 2 units each semester. Is that normal? It seems soooooo slow to me. I feel like most high school students can handle a little more, but maybe I am wrong.

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James in Belgium First, I am glad to read the postings on this website. I had not heard of "DF Today". A former employee of theirs said that DF was finished and was no longer being supported. Well things change. hum.

Pacing ! There will be some very divergent opinions of pacing for DF. My version of DF, the Euro edition, has in the teacher's edition of Bl...See More

Aug 25, 2013

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Jaron HM I think that most people get through Unit 5 or 6 for French I, but I think that people make the mistake of trying to divide the time evenly between the units.

Units 1 and 2 have very little content, so I tend to combine the content into one big unit and did a final project at the end. The only thing I took out of the section was time sinc...See More

Aug 25, 2013

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Ca va comme ci comme ca?

by Amna

Aug 25, 2013

Another question for all you French teachers.

Discovering French Bleu teaches "Ca va comme ci comme ca" as a response to ca va. However, I have never actually heard a native speaker use it that way. I have heard "comme ci, comme ca". Just wondering how you teach "comme ci, comme ca"? Merci once again:-)

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Jaron HM I eliminated "comme ci, comme ça" from my list of expressions because they should have language that people their age would use and I doubt a middle/high school age kid would use it on a regular basis

On 8/26/13, Kim Uyyek wrote: > I haven't heard the entire phrase "Ca va comme ci comme ça" > used unless there is a pause between �...See More

Aug 26, 2013

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Pascale On 8/25/13, Amna wrote: > Another question for all you French teachers. > > Discovering French Bleu teaches "Ca va comme ci comme ca" as > a response to ca va. However, I have never actually heard a > native speaker use it that way. I have heard "comme ci, > comme ca". Just wondering how you teach "comme ci, comme > ca"? Merci ...See More

Aug 30, 2013

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