Hello, class! It's hard to believe, but we're coming to some of our last classes of the year. Many of us will be continuing our French language study in French 2, so I wanted to spend a little of our limited time discussing different resources available to you to practice French over the summer. Listen to French RadioThere's something about listening to the music of another language. I remember exploring the music store when I was studying in France and feeling like I was a treasure hunter uncovering different types of beauty. Nowadays, I get the same kind of feeling from exploring French radio online. I can discover French musicians I like. Even listening to the advertisements is interesting, because it's a very specific lens into another culture. Plus, you can listen to the radio on walks, car drives, knitting, or exercising.
Watch French TVThere are so many interesting (and funny) French shows on Netflix, and so many different ways to interact with the language. When my husband was learning Spanish, he turned on the Spanish subtitles to even the English language shows we watched to sort of casually reinforce his knowledge. For the video gamers out there, he also liked to change the language on his favorite video games to Spanish. Either of these strategies work with French as well. But also:
Watch or Read the News in FrenchOne of the most satisfying things about learning or speaking another language is being able to look at the world from a different perspective. Whenever I read the news in French, I'm reminded of how powerful this can be.
Read Webtoons and Graphic Novels in FrenchI know of more than one person who swear by comics when it comes to language learning. You get the image + vocab benefit of movies and tv, but the action is frozen, and therefore much easier to comprehend and more accessible to learners. Plus, comics, graphic novels, and webtoons are fun to read. And they are composed of 100% dialogue, which helps reinforce our speaking and listening skills in particular. Plus, did I mention they are fun?
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AuthorI'm a Houston high school teacher during the Covid19 pandemic. Welcome to my adapted, socially-distanced, quarantined French 1 classroom. Archives
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