Thursday, August 28, 2008

Sound document project

1. Find a French-speaking (or singing) sound document on the Internet using the following websites. Email me the url for the document you have chosen along with your analysis of the sound document using the questions from class (written below).
Songs : hover your mouse over the green menu to the left and choose one of the many songs available.
Poems : click on the grey links
Fables
Speeches
Letters
Others

Questions:
• What type of document?
• What adjectives describe it?
• Who is speaking or singing? To whom?
• What nationality?
• What type of message?
• What is the message?
• Do you like it? Why or why not?


Optional 1: If you want to listen to the dialogue from which you will memorize one part, go to "Voisins" (Neighbors).

Optional 2: Listen to numbers from 0-59 on the textbook website.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Bonjour, classe!

Bienvenue en cours de français! Welcome to French class. Please consult this site frequently for important class information such as homework assignments and language resources that you'll need.

Dans ce site il y a beaucoup d'information importante pour la classe.

Homework assignment due Thursday, August 28:

1. E-mail me at sjohns@stab.org (in English). Use good e-mail etiquette!
  • full name & what you like to be called
  • something you’re excited about in relation to French
  • something you’re worried about
  • something French or francophone that you like/dislike
  • something you want to learn this year
2. Read Course Expectations and bring questions to class.