Canadian living in the US, French educator, CI enthusiast, taiko drummer, she/her
Vermont, USA
Joined March 2015
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When I was in kindergarten, I did something mean. I chewed up Christopher Hudon's pencil on purpose. I told this story to my HS French class and they would like closure. Chris, if you're out there, I'm really sorry for chewing your pencil and I regret it all these years later!
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A4 If I'm using a video (music or commercial) I use screen shots to talk about what is happening before watching the video, like a clip chat. I might do a story listening activity and draw pictures to familiarize students with the story before showing the video. #langchat
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A3 Also, if you haven't seen Loïc Suberville on youtube or tiktok, his videos are great! #langchat
A3 I really enjoy using French commercials around the holidays as a way of examining "products, practices, and perspectives" during that time of year. I also LOVE Manie Musicale and being able to discuss geography, culture, biographies, etc. thru music videos. #langchat
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A2 I use videos in particular to expose students to a wider variety of ways that French is spoken so that I'm not the only French speaker they hear. #langchat
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A1 I think that "authentic" is content that is created for L1 speakers of that language as the intended audience. In broad terms, I think of content that isn't necessarily designed for education as authentic: menus, brochures, publicities, newspapers, interviews, etc. #langchat
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#langchat Bonsoir! I'm Alana and I'm originally from Ottawa, Canada. I teach HS French in Vermont and something that worked well for me was going back to the basics with card talk and write and discuss.
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Took my students for a walk today and picked up a snake! I thought they would be more impressed 😂 #teachinginruralvt
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This is Piper. She wants to come in but the grass is too long so she's asking for someone to carry her across.
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Scots Guards perform Eurovision tribute for Ukraine Independence Day metro.co.uk/video/scots-guar… via @MetroUK
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Hamilton fans, can you imagine the emotional impact of a reprise of Alexander's part of "Dear Theodosia" at Philip's deathbed? I start crying just thinking about it. I guess I'm kind of glad it isn't there, but I kind of like the idea.
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In 2019, I got tickets for my family to see Hamilton. We finally got to see it on Saturday! I guess you could say I was "willing to wait for it".
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