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teaching French exclusively in French

by le-prof-de-francais

Dec 6, 2010

Do school teachers succeed to teach French without saying one single word of English?

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le-prof-de-francais Can you give us the ACTFL link?

On 12/09/10, Imposteur d'espagnol wrote: > Wow, I just came over here to ask something I had asked on the > Spanish boards, this: > > When do you use English and in what level classes? I just > saw the ACTFL position statement about using 90% plus of the > target language at all levels and ...See More

Dec 10, 2010

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le-prof-de-francais I found the link. [link removed];

Dec 10, 2010

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le-prof-de-francais What is the percentage of French teachers who teach at least 90% of the lesson in French?

Dec 11, 2010

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Mme Szeljack I don't. I am not saying I'm right to do it my way, but what I do is slowly work them up. In French one, all the explanations/notes start out in English. By the end of French I, all of their written instructions are in simple French and I give short instructions aloud in French throughout the year. I only translate if they ask me too, but by the en...See More

Jun 15, 2011

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prof de francais i>If they are learning and enjoying it, you must do a job.

Technique to teach conjugations only in French. - always use a timeline on the board. - make sure they understand the concepts of "hier, aujourd'hui/maintenant, demain" and place the words on the timeline. - Aujourd'hui je chante (la-la-la-la la-la-la) - Write the conjugaison ta...See Morei>If they are learning and enjoying it, you must do a job.

Technique to teach conjugations only in French. - always use a timeline on the board. - make sure they understand the concepts of "hier, aujourd'hui/maintenant, demain" and place the words on the timeline. - Aujourd'hui je chante (la-la-la-la la-la-la) - Write the conjugaison table always the same way (ex. tense, infinitive, above 2 columns) and add an arrow that points to a spot of the time line. - make them repeat, pointing randomly. Use a gesture to say "repetez"; use another gesture to say "plus long" (faites une phrase plus longue selon votre imagination).

T "aujourd'hui je chante (lalalala lalala)." Repete, T aujourd'hui "je chante", repete, S S ...c'est bien, plus long S aujourd'hui je chante une .... chanson T c'est bien, plus long T aujourd'hui je chante ... une chanson... dans S aujourd'hui je chante une chanson dans la cuisine T c'est bien. Aujourd;hui tu ..... S Aujourd'hui tu chantes une chanson, plus long, dans la..... classe T c'est bien. "Aujourd'hui elle .."

With this, they know the present of chanter, at all persons, with long sentences. And they know what to expect when you go to another tense or anther verb more complex. You have not used a single English word.

On 6/15/11, Mme Szeljack wrote: > I don't. I am not saying I'm right to do it my way, but what I do is slowly > work them up. In French one, all the explanations/notes start out in > English. By the end of French I, all of their written instructions are in > simple French and I give short instructions aloud in French throughout the > year. I only translate if they ask me too, but by the end of the year they > usually don't need it. > By French II, I give almost all of the instructions for activities in > French, but if I am explaining grammar I do the explanations in English. > In French III, we begin to do more reading. We discuss the texts in both > English and French, but of course all of their activities & work is all in > French. > In French IV, it's similar to French III except that when we do > discussions, they are all in French. > > I don't know if my way is the best way, but so far, the kids seem to really > enjoy the classes and I am proud of their progress. I do wish, however, > that I could help them be more confident. They seem to focus so much on > small errors (in both speaking and in writing). > > On 12/11/10, le-prof-de-francais wrote: >> What is the percentage of French teachers who teach at least 90% of >> the lesson in French?

Jun 15, 2011

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