This blog post is for the French Tutoring Session for Harry & Alison.
The links in blue will work for you.
Those in red only work for presentation in the sessions.
Your Google Doc is here
A shortened url to this page is: rebrand.ly/asfrhab
Click here for the blog page on Accents.
The blog posts for the sessions begin below...
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jeudi, 16 mai - 14:00 online (15:00 in France)
See your Google Doc for the link to the meeting and the presentation files.
Today, from Conversations, Situations, We will look at becoming familiar with French homes and polite conversation when invited to a French home.
If time allows, we will look at how to discuss household chores.
jeudi, 11 avril - 15:00
Today, we will begin to look at the furniture in the house.
jeudi, 4 avril - 14:00
There will be some worksheets based on clothing and appearance that we can look at - we can also look at the rooms of a house.
jeudi, 28 mars - 14:00 online (15:00 in France)
See your Google Doc for the link to the meeting and the presentation files.
From Conversations Situations, we will describe clothing, height, hair, eye colour, etc.
There will be a PowerPoint and some worksheets we can look at next time.
Les fêtes
mardi, 19 mars - 14:00
and how to discuss interpersonal relationships.
Parlez-moi de votre famille... / Parlez-nous de votre famille... (tell me/tell us about your family).
Situations 3 to 5 talking about where you live in basic detail, meeting people, giving your nationality, and saying goodnight.
Preparing to write and speak about your family, where you live, what you look like and clothing.
Con-Sit pp6 -8.
mardi, 12 mars - 14:00
We are preparing today to talk about family, learning all of the vocabulary for various family members.
vendredi, 8 mars - 15:30
Preparing for general conversations
You should be able to discuss ...
Who you are. How are you, and how do you talk about people's ages?
Conversations Situations is an ancient book about spoken situations in various scenarios. It could be helpful. (It seems to be totally out of print).
We can start by talking about ourselves, our families, and our friends.
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Revision of the basics
This young French Teacher made these vlogs for his French beginners during the Coronavirus lockdown.
However, he covers many things most people remember from their school lessons, which can serve as a reminder!
In teacher training, they say if you do something at least 6 times, you might remember them!
He certainly seems to use that method...
Here is his video for the places you might find in a town - if you need it...
Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire
There is a coursebook for the beginners' class that I teach at the City of Portsmouth College. I have based the content they study there upon.
You may find it helpful to get a copy for home use and self-study.
Up-to-date map of French Regions - They were merged to make them less numerous.
Worksheets for use in class/at home.
Florabelle et la Mushroom Family - L'Alphabet en chantant - An earworm which will teach you the alphabet.
This guy does a lot of beginner's videos... Now there's enthusiasm, and then there's ~Thomas!
He can, at least, serve as a reminder of the correct pronunciation, should you need one...
Extras
A really useful way to tune your ear into French is to find some singers and bands who perform in French and begin to follow them on youtube, or if you do have a paid-for music streaming service, you may be able to access them on there. I have written much more about French music here.
Mylène Farmer (The French Madonna has been around since 1987 but still gets to number one in France!)
Zaz...
Zaz does a wide variety of old and new songs and Jazz styles. This one is a cover version of a Daniel Balavoine song. he was huge in the 80s but, unfortunately, was killed in a helicopter crash. This song was part of a tribute album to him.
Kyo
A band from Rouen, big in the late nineties and early noughties, made a comeback a few years ago...
I cannot possibly cater to all tastes in music, but searching YouTube will bring you many different artists.
There are so many more, including a multitude of rappers!
For non-rappers, try: Shy'M, Keen'V, M. Pokora, Marc Lavoine, Renaud, Desireless, Louane, Patricia Kaas, Amel Bent, Calogero, Christophe Maé, Christophe Willem, Etienne Daho, Francis Cabrel, Patrick Bruel, Boulevard des Airs, Grégoire, Indila, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Joyce Jonathan, Najoua Belyzel. Navii, Raphaël, Vianney, William Sheller and Yseult....
All have a presence on YouTube, and then there will be recommendations for more similar things down the side...