Bonjour bonjour ! Comment ça va ?

Here are some fun videos to practice listening comprehension of words and phrases related to greeting people and asking how they're doing:

"Bonjour, Hello" by BASHO and Friends -- song with onscreen lyrics and lots of repetition of several ways to ask and answer "how are you" in French; designed for non-native speakers; no photos, videos, or other illustrations of what the words mean.

devoirs from 5/30/15

1.  Watch this adorable stop-motion clay animation video of Roule Galette:

devoirs from 5/26/15

1.  Faire les exercices A-F, p. 1-3
2.  Apprendre les mots de vocabulaire pour la salle de classe
3.  Regarder ces deux vidéos de "Roule galette" :

(This one is a cartoon version of the story.)

toodle-oo?

"Toodle-oo" is an expression in English that means "good-bye."  It is actually a mispronunciation of a French phrase--which one?

devoirs from 5/17/15

1.  Jouer au Buzz pour pratiquer les chiffres 1-100.

2.   Lire "Competence 1" (formal and informal greetings).

3.  Écrire un dialogue entre deux personnes celebres avec le vocabulaire d'aujourd'hui.

devoirs (homework) from 5/2/15

Practice reading, recognizing, and saying the numbers!


1.  Watch this video to review how to form the numbers 1-100 in French:

practice the numbers!

About.com offers a clear, concise explanation of French numbers, along with the pronunciation of each individual number.

Read this description of how the numbers work in French, listen to the pronunciation of the numbers 1-100, repeat the pronunciation, and practice with the random number generator.  Then, try out one or two of the quizzes for each set of numbers!

chanson d'au revoir

"Ainsi font font font" is our farewell song:

chanson de bonjour

We'll always sing the same opening song at the beginning of class:

Dans la forêt lointaine

le calendrier français

Pay close attention the next time we talk about today's date…what is the major difference between the American calendar and the French calendar?