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See, for example, the French version of an article exploring how modern technology saves ancient tongues from extinction which you could use as a stimulus for a class discussion in French, giving pupils the opportunity to practise expressing themselves in the language. For pronunciation practice, teacher Starr Green has created an activity called Sound Islands.
It aims to help pupils identify different graphemes by grouping words according to how they sound.
It can be used alongside this phonics activity and sound dictionary. These are ideal as quick activities for pupils working on a computer independently or in pairs. For more languages resources, check out our How to teach articles on Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. For additional information on changes to the languages curriculum, see the Guardian article Languages in primary schools — getting ready for Follow us on Twitter via GuardianTeach.
Join the Guardian Teacher Network for lesson resources, comment and job opportunities, direct to your inbox. Topics Teacher Network How to teach Primary schools Schools Secondary schools Languages Teaching blogposts. Order by newest oldest recommendations. If you need more sheets, go to Day 2 to print them out. Day 8 Episode 2 Write down what you think the words mean. Day 9 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. You may find more than one French word listed in the online dictionary.
That happens in English too. You can say sofa or couch. They mean the same thing. Car and automobile are the same thing. Plane and airplane are the same thing. If there is a list of options, look for one that is related to the Latin. Day 10 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities.
Day 11 Why am I not having you look up the Latin words to see what they mean? When you are living in another country, you often learn by observing, making assumptions and then testing them. Episode 3 Just watch and listen. Day 12 Episode 3 Write down the Latin words. Day 13 Episode 3 Write down what you think the words mean. Day 14 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 15 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 16 You may have made some mistakes in coming up with what the Latin means.
The Fox and the Grapes Just watch and listen. Day 18 The Fox and the Grapes Write down what you think the words mean. Day 19 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities.
Any French word that you think is related to the Latin write down on your sheet on the line with that Latin word in it. Day 20 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 21 My most embarrassing language moment was when I was first learning Turkish. I was able to use some Turkish words and felt good about myself. Leaving one store the owner pointed out some underwear in a bin and asked us if we were interested in buying any.
His mouth dropped open and his eyes bugged out. The Three Little Pigs Just watch and listen. Day 24 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Any French word that you think is related to the Latin, write it down on your sheet on the line with that Latin word in it.
Day 25 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 26 Thanksgiving for a Timid Hawk Use this like you would the video. Read it out loud the best you can the first day.
Day 28 Seeing how words are related can help you figure out the meanings of English words too. What clues are there? What are related words. You know that construction is building things. Maybe you know words like declutter and deactivate. So, the opposite of constructing or building things. Deconstruct means to take apart. Thanksgiving for a Timid Hawk Write down what you think the words mean. Day 29 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 30 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities.
Day 31 Rocket Before Bed Read it out loud the best you can. When you are using a textbook, you can find the right answers to a Spanish question, but when you are overseas and hearing people speak in their own dialect with their own slang and intonations, you are going to have to use every bit of your powers of observation to piece together what they are saying.
Write something from each page. Day 33 Rocket Before Bed Write down what you think the words mean. Day 34 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 35 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 36 Construction Yard Read the story the best you can. Day 37 Construction Yard Write down the Latin words that you think you might know. Day 38 Construction Yard Write down what you think the words mean. Day 39 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities.
Day 40 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 41 Today you are going to start another video series. These are some of the same words. One reason is that language learning needs repetition. Also, words come in more than one context. Little Moments 1 Just watch and listen. Day 42 Little Moments 1 Write down the Latin words. Day 43 Little Moments 1. Write down what you think the words mean.
Day 44 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 45 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. You could include this sheet in your portfolio.
Day 46 Little Moments 2. Just watch and listen. Day 47 Little Moments 2. Write down the Latin words. Day 48 Little Moments 2. Day 49 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 50 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 51 Little Moments 3. Day 52 Little Moments 3. Day 53 Little Moments 3. Day 54 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 55 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities.
Day 56 Little Moments 4. Look over your word lists. If you are interested, you can look up a couple of the Latin words you are unsure of. Day 57 Little Moments 4. Day 58 Little Moments 4. Day 59 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 60 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities.
Day 61 Little Moments 5. If you got a Latin word wrong, you can re-look up the Spanish and French and see if you can find a new connection.
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Day 62 Little Moments 5. Day 63 Little Moments 5. Day 64 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 65 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities.
Day 66 Little Moments 6. Look over your lists. Day 67 Little Moments 6. Day 68 Little Moments 6. Day 69 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 70 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Day 71 Little Moments 7. Day 72 Little Moments 7. Day 73 Little Moments 7. Day 74 Look up the French words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities.
Day 75 Look up the Spanish words for those English meanings and see if you can find any similarities. Write down on your sheet any of the Spanish words that you think are related to the Latin, and if not then the French. Day 76 Click on each sound, listen and repeat. When I say repeat, I mean say each sound out loud. The letter is on the left and the way it sounds is written in parenthesis. Day 77 Click on each letter, listen and repeat. Day 78 Watch the videos. Day 79 Watch the video. Match the letters to their names. Day 80 Watch the video.
Listen and choose which letter the word starts with. Day 81 Watch the first 9 words and phrases and write them down.
Watch them again and repeat after the speaker. Next, show the English and hide the Spanish and work on being able to say the Spanish. Day 82 Review the ones you know and write down the rest of the words and phrases. Day 83 Take the vocab quiz. Take the photo quiz. Play the matching game. Say the Spanish before and after you hear it. Make sure you say the words and phrases out loud. Day 84 Take the photo quiz. Take the spelling challenge. Write down any new sentences or phrases. What have you noticed about Spanish questions? They start with an upside-down question mark.
Practice without the Spanish and without the English. Day 87 Practice the vocabulary. Make sure you are practicing saying the Spanish out loud. Learn your age in Spanish. Click on your age. It will read it to you. Say it out loud. You can insert different names and ages. Perform the dialog with someone else or act out both roles. Day 89 Write a dialog. Use different things than what was in the website dialog. Use the vocabulary and sentences to help you. Write out and perform your dialog. Day 90 Match the sentences.
Put the words in order. I took like years of classes, but that was like a decade ago. I liked it a lot, it was a bit harder than I expected though, definitely harder than English for me. Its grammar is overwhelmingly complicated and the prounuciation isn't a piece of cake either. But it sounds almost magical and one of the most terrific writers that lived in the known Universe spoken the language, so it has its indoubtable place in our world. I won't repeat what all the others addes, just my few cents.
I don't speak French, I speak some Spanish. Not pronouncing half of the written words makes the language waaaay less melodic than other Romance languages and also waaaay more efficient this way, so French people don't have to speak as fast as Spaniards or Italians. I find it really fun to compare French with Spanish. After noticing some patterns how things change from Spanish to French I can make sense of surprisingly many French words when written. The grammar is as complicated as you'd expect from a Romance language. Orthography makes the language even more difficult but easier for me to read!
Has a huge, sophisticated vocabulary. I'm not sure how it compares to most languages but I've already noticed that it beats English as a language for arts. It has immense pun-potential. I think it's related to not pronouncing all those silent letters so even perfectly unrelated words sound the same when spoken.
It has exceptions of exceptions and even the French don't know why they use the language as they do. A friend of mine is living in France and learning it but has to fight with exceptions every day and even his Frech girlfriend doesn't know why are things like that, it's just the way it is. It sounds like a reasonably challenging language to learn for Europeans though, and the tougher the battle the sweeter the victory, isn't it? French supplied a ton of vocab for English and also a good chunk for African languages.
Also, Haitian creole sounds fun. I know two kinds of people: I'm in the Spanish crowd and generally loathe all "r" sounds produced in the back of the throat so for me French is not pretty at all, but it is very interesting. Youtube videos are great for questions like this. When I write it, my tenses and grammar get fucked up but that gets hidden whenever I speak what I like to call "tourist French". How they count is weird. It starts at Im from norway and never noticed that we have the same thing with our number.
Once my friend told me that French is like trying to talk with a dick in your mouth. I don't know where he gained this experience but after learning French for 2 years I might agree to this. Also I think that songs sounds beautiful in this language but I'm not even trying to speak it anymore, I will just listen. There are three types of verbs that conjugate regularly. And then there are all the verbs you actually want to use.
French grammar book back in high school: I love the sound of the language though. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. Log in or sign up in seconds. AskEurope subscribe unsubscribe 34, readers users here now Got a question for a European, about Europe or anything Europe related? Please remember our premier rule: Be polite and courteous to everybody.
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Never heard of octante. It was the langua franca of the european Nobless for several centuries. But it is not originating from French, despite the name. Its etymology is rather strange. The closest we have are insults, I can almost understand everything. Ma che davero davero? Bunch of frigging elitists if you ask me. Miller, Smith, [Something]burg, [cardinal point]ex, [random celtic tribe], [city]shire S'hertogenboch is disgusting, Bois-Le-Duc is far better.
Also has a couple words maybe 0. Influenced my dialect quite a bit during their many occupations here, especially revolutionary and Napoleonic eras What's your dialect? I'll need to think about how this works with natives. I do find French very interesting but I really don't find it pretty. Dont even get me started on conjugation. The second closest is French. Written is quite easy to understand.