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!

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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