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Comment on Why Learn French In France? by Catherine :[

Catherine :[ — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:38:59 +0000

denetella is right!
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Comment on Why Learn French In France? by Denetella

Denetella — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:36:59 +0000

I am so sick of hearing this . I am from Montreal and even though I consider myself an anglophone, I speak French very well. Now about the misconception… Quebec French and French from France is the same except for accents like you have in England like comparing a cockney English to the Queen’s English but you are all still speaking English. Our swear words in Quebec French are different and the slang words we use are different from the ones in France but apart from that its the SAME language, just spoken in different accents!
Before anybody gives me a thumbs down remember, what do you know and I am a Montrealer!
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Thanks Catherine. I guess we both know from experience!

Comment on Why Learn French In France? by Chris I

Chris I — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:34:59 +0000

That’s like asking if you should learn Cockney before going to London, or hip-hop before going to New York.

Quebec French is just a variant of the language that evolved differently. The main reason being the influence of the English World that surrounds the province. English words have become semi accepted – soulier running instead of souliers de course (running shoe) and the word "anyway" are two examples I hear a lot. The same way most English people here use the word "Dep" (Depanneur) for corner store.

Parisian French is what my kids learned in school here in Quebec and they have no problem working and socializing here.
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Comment on Why Learn French In France? by Layla S

Layla S — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:32:59 +0000

yeah u should ,well its better then nothing
but quebecois french use more english words when they speak
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tabarnak !

Comment on All The Ways To Learn French Words For Kids by dkartuzinski

dkartuzinski — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:31:59 +0000

Hi. My son is 13 years old, about to be 14 years old, and I have relatives in France that would like him to learn French. He is doing better but here are some of the things that we’ve done and notes about his response to them in terms of his learning:

1. The best thing that he has responded to is having me read French childrens books out loud and then have him repeat the words. The thing about French childrens books is that they are mainly conversational so it’s perfect. The key with this is to make sure all the words get defined, as otherwise I noticed he would get a blank look on his face.

Within a class room setting this could be a lot of fun. My English teacher from the 7th grade, Mr. Sheehy, he had us do something he called Chinese Schooling and we learned the Gettsyburg Address and so forth – which I still know 23 years later! – If you had the students repeat your line in unison out loud, it would be a riot and all the kids would participate.

2. The next thing which helped was pointing out objects as we walk around and having him repeat the word and make sentences. Before he could make simple sentences he would speak the examples out in Frenglish! So if the word was "chat", (cat), he would say, "The chat is black". I had him do many sentences as I want him to go from concept in his mind to word and not the other way around.

3. He likes to watch movies in French. I don’t know if this is helping or not.

4. When he has a very basic vocabulary and can say hello and so on, the next step will be a french course.

Other people think flash cards and other games are good and fun, but if you do flash cards and so I would recommend making it part of it to create sentences or examples with the word. Otherwise, I noticed you are teaching them without comprehension, though you may get duplication.

I started on trying to find a good solution and started a website which I am still building. Within the next fews months I will put up a basic free course, but in the meantime you can check out the reviews of some of the courses I looked at.

Let me know if you have any questions. I’d love to hear your feedback after you start the process.
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Comment on Why Learn French In France? by old lady

old lady — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:30:59 +0000

Not much point, since they speak ‘Canadian’ french, not ‘France’ french. You don’t say where you are living, so that makes it a bit difficult to suggest courses of study. If you are in Canada, almost every night school course, correspondence course or other classroom-style course, will teach the Canadian version of French. If you buy a Rosetta Stone or something similar, you will get the European version of french.
If you are not living in Canada, you may have no option but to learn European french. It is still understandable – the Quebecois version of french is like a dialect – so there are some differences, but you can get along okay.
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Comment on Why Learn French In France? by S

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:28:59 +0000

Learn French French – it will be more useful and the Quebecois will understand you. You are definitely right to learn French of some description – in Quebec there are many many people who do not speak English.
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Comment on All The Ways To Learn French Words For Kids by pat l

pat l — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:27:59 +0000

try and make it fun do things they would like cook different kinds of food go on a walk see different things then name them.
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Comment on Why Learn French In France? by Joe I

Joe I — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:26:59 +0000

I would learn standard French, because it will be more useful in other places than Quebec French is. You will not have any trouble being understood if you speak standard French in Quebec. It won’t be too hard to pick up the accent and local expressions.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French

Comment on All The Ways To Learn French Words For Kids by kirstinkiwi

kirstinkiwi — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:25:59 +0000

my 6th grade french teacher just played a lot of games with us and we sang some weird french songs that taught you words. by the end of that class i knew the basics of french. but then i ended up taking spanish. but anyways games and songs worked pretty well
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