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In connection with Chapter 15 of French Made Simple , we had an overview of the French object pronouns. This is not an easy topic and we'll re-visit it later, but for now I hope this series of lessons was helpful and didn't confuse you all too badly... I. Class Handouts  Direct Object (COD) and Indirect Object (COI) Pronouns . This handout combines two documents created by osfr  at ISLCollective.com : a quick lesson on the two types of object pronouns and a page of exercises . I also added an answer sheet to the document - hopefully it will come in handy. The pronoun Y - lesson and exercise : this handout comes from the Podcast Français Facile website. You'll find the same exercise with answers in interactive form  on their webpage . The pronoun EN - lesson and exercises : this handout is adapted from a document created by lolha  at ISLCollective.com . We didn't do all the exercises in class but I included an answer sheet at the end of the pdf....

" Tout le bonheur du monde " is a 2004 song by the French Reggae / Ska group Sinsemilia . This is the official video clip -- very cute! I think the translation in class was a bit confusing, so I reworked the class handout to include an English translation next to the French lyrics.  The song was also covered by the French group Kids United .  For the singers among you (yes, I know you're there), here's the Sinsemilia version  of the song with lyrics, and here's the Kids United version , also with lyrics. They sing in different keys, so pick your favorite one to sing along! 😉

Where have the last two months gone?? With my apologies for the lateness, here are handouts and links for topics we've covered in October and November 2019.           1. Movie: Demi-paire Demi-paire is a court-métrage (short film) by Yannick Pecherand-Molliex. The movie itself is silent, but we used it in class as a way to practice descriptions. I've adapted my class handout from the document created by the Institut Français . (Their document includes an answer sheet and some information about the film's author. It's designed for the teacher, though, so it's not easy to understand.)           2. Joyeuse Halloween ! Halloween was almost unknown in France fifteen years ago, but now it's everywhere. Cultural enrichment or commercial exploitation? You decide... Here are the activities we did in class: Halloween Vocabulary (created by mafaldita47 at  ISLCollective ), followed by Halloween Crosswords (also by mafal...

Between Chapter 14 and Chapter 15 of French Made Simple , there is a review section covering chapters 10 to 14. We completed the book with a few other exercices, mostly about numbers. At the Train Station [BEGINNER] This is an easy listening exercice to review numbers and hours. Click on the sound file to listen to a short dialogue between a customer and an employee at the train station's ticket window, then answer the questions by using the information on the right of the screen. At the Farmer's Market This is another exercice about numbers and prices. Listen to each sound bite and complete the chart, using the information at the top of the screen. For each line, you need to indicate what fruit or veggie is sold, what is the price and what is the quantity for that price. Understanding a Phone Message Answering the phone is one of the hardest things to do in a foreign language. Understanding a phone message is slightly easier because you can hit the repeat but...

Today we watched "Cliché !", a wonderful little animation film, created by Cedric Villain, that collects many of the stereotypes about the French. Enjoy! (Click on the "settings" icon at the bottom right of the screen to select the French or English subtitles.) The questions about the movie I handed out in class were created by Coralie Maurin at Oh mon FLE! As for the transcript , it comes from the Version FLE blog. Are the clichés mostly true? Mostly false? Where do they come from? What's a cliché, anyways? And why is the movie so funny? We'll continue the discussion next week...

Here is everything we've seen in connection with chapter 14 of French Made Simple .           1. The Numbers (part 3) Although our study of numbers technically ended with chapter 13 , we kept practicing with progressively larger numbers. Here is what we did in class. All the exercises come from the Podcast Français Facile website. A Few Dates : This is a listening exercise about well-known (and less known) dates in French history and culture. Click on the " Exercise " icon to access the handout. Numbers from 1,000 to 9,999 - List A : Another listening exercise, with slightly bigger numbers. Click on " Imprimer le document " to print the handout. Car Prices (numbers between 10,000 and 99,999) : The first audio link is an easy "listen and repeat" exercise that you can do at home. The Car Price exercise we did in class is the second audio link. There was no handout on the website, but I had fun creating this one . 😊       ...

Here is everything we studied in connection with Chapter 13 of French Made Simple . 1. Shopping for clothes Our study of numbers took us on a detour down the clothing aisle of our favorite department store. We started with the following exercise from Podcast Français Facile : Listen to the price  (numbers from 1 to 400): t his text describes a customer's shopping trip to a boutique. Listen to the audio file from the link above and fill in the prices in  the class handout . I adapted my handout from   this original pdf , which includes the answers.  Buying Clothes   (created by tkdana at ISLCollective ): w e took the shopping theme a little further with these two short dialogues between a customer and a clothing store attendant. In class, we used these as templates to improvise little dialogues.  [BEGINNER] Clothing vocabulary : t his is a useful vocabulary list, also created by Podcast Français Facile . You can hear an audio vers...

Music Day , la fête de la musique , is celebrated on June 21st, the longest day of the year and the first day of Summer. In this video by FrenchPod101.com , Ingrid tells us everything about this special Holiday: In class, we also studied the text " La fête de la musique " (with audio version) from Podcast Français Facile . I reformatted their pdf to create the class handout , which includes a fill-in-the-blanks exercise, vocabulary notes and comprehension questions. We also took this opportunity to study a song in class: "Parce qu'on vient de loin" ("Because we Come from Far Away") by singer-songwriter Corneille . Here is the official music clip: Here are the chords with guitar tabs I used for the class handout . You can also find here the French lyrics with English translation. In order to fully understand this song, it is necessary to know the singer's story. Corneille grew up in Rwanda. At 17, his whole family w...

Last week, we did two unrelated exercises. To begin, we practiced again our food, color and clothing vocabulary with this image description exercise : Un bon petit déjeuner (created by s ilvialefevre on ISLCollective ). We then studied how to say the date in French with this handout (adapted from a document by osfr on ISLCollective ). [BEGINNER] You can also visit this page on Podcast Français Facile for another overview of the date and seasons in French.

In chapter 12 of French Made Simple , we are continuing our study of numbers and we're having a look at two other verbs in the present tense.           1. Faire and croire Both verbs belong to the 3rd group, so they are irregular and their conjugations need to be memorized. Generally speaking, the verb faire corresponds to the English verbs to do or to make , but there are some idiomatic uses. For example: faire faire quelque chose : to have somebody do something, to have something done. ex.: Je fais réparer ma voiture = I'm having my car repaired faire de... (+ sport or leisure activity): to do / practice an activity, to play a sport... I handed out in class this exercise (created by Paugaliza on ISLCollective ) to practice using the verb faire with names of sports or activities. You can also practice conjugating the verb faire with the following exercises: http://www.didieraccord.com/exercices/index.php?ex=2.2.10 https://fog.ccsf.e...