Post on 30-Mar-2015
FRANÇAIS 1411 – Mme Dodd
FELICITATIONS!
FRENCH?? Why??
• There is a French community here.
• Go see the world! • Be a diplomat (Embassy,
UN, Olympics…)• Fashion Industry (Paris
here we come!)• Improve your English!• Appear
Smart/Cultivated/Suave• Improve your love life*
* As a supplement only and in conjunction with other wooing skills
QUI EST La PROF?
Janet O. Dodd
MA French from UTA 2004
Est. Time spent in France = 4 years
Time spent in Tahiti= TBA (but I’ve lived in Hawaii…)
Years teaching French = 6 1/2 (from 1st grade- college!)
Syllabus (boring but necessary)
• Book and Code Key• Tests, Quizzes*, Work (Lab), Final• ATTENDANCE!!!! (Très Important!)• You have to drop your own classes.• Use your UTA (mymav) address!• Don’t Cheat! (see Online
Translators)• Note Keen Calendar of Events!!• Questions?
*Types of Quizzes
About Quizes/Tests• Let me know if you can’t make it!
(In advance)• You can take it next class day free
of charge.• Otherwise, it’s -5% per class day
until you finally make it up!!!– E.g. 5 class days @-5%= 75% highest
grade possible
LEARNING TYPESAudioVisualKinestheticInvertExtrovertReadingSpeakingAccommodations
On Se Presente!FORMALITIES! Monsieur, Madame,MademoiselleDaytime: Bonjour, (Madame)!Evening: Bonsoir (Monsieur)!
La Bise -vs- HandshakesVOUS= Y’all OR Formal “You” Tu= “you” for one person only;
Informal.
On Se Présente (suite)
Bonjour, Mademoiselle! Comment tu t’appelles?
Je m’appelle Sandrine. Et toi?
Je m’appelle Marc. Enchantée, Marc! Enchanté. (Formal) CHALLENGE! Use
this dialogue to find the names of THREE CLASSMATES!
.
Tu es d’où?Tu es d’où?
Je suis de Lyon. Et toi? Tu es de Paris?
Non, je suis de Dakar.
Comment Ça-va? (How’s it going?)
Salut, Marc! Comment ça-va?
Ça-va bien! Et toi?Pas Mal, Merci!
Salut, Marc! Ça-va?Oui! Ça-va bien! Et
toi?Pas Mal, Merci!
Ça-va très bien Ça-va bien Ça-va Ça-va mal (ça ne va pas)
Bof!
Ways to say Good Bye!
Au revoir! (Allez- au revoir) Salut! À tout à l’heure! À bientôt! À plus! (Adieu) (You better mean it)
L’Alphabet!
Challenge! Spell-a-Celebrity