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Re: French resources
Debated whether to post this here or in my log. Mods can feel free to move it whereever they like.
A list of my Youtube subscriptions which show videos in French that I can understand, albeit sometimes with difficulty. There are lots of videos in French, but many of them are still beyond my reach. Some of you may have suggested them, I can’t remember.
The topics of the videos are general, unless they are obvious from the name of the subscription.
As the days go by, I will include a reference to the subscription in my log, but only one per day (and not necessarily in order).
A list of my Youtube subscriptions which show videos in French that I can understand, albeit sometimes with difficulty. There are lots of videos in French, but many of them are still beyond my reach. Some of you may have suggested them, I can’t remember.
- Artesquieu
Arte
France Inter
Documentaire aviation
Documentaire des animaux
Documentaire Français
Filmes Documentaires
France Culture*
imineo Documetaires (topics vary)
Le Précepteur
Nota Bene (tough, takes all my concentration)
Notre Histoire
Destins—100% documentaires
Radio France *
Terra Mirabilis
Thinkerview, longish, general topics
The topics of the videos are general, unless they are obvious from the name of the subscription.
As the days go by, I will include a reference to the subscription in my log, but only one per day (and not necessarily in order).
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Re: French resources
French doctoral theses
https://www.theses.fr/fr/?q=comprehensible+input
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https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01335814
HAL thèses en ligne
Recherches sur l’opposition entre ser et estar en espagnol
Historique de la question, et application à l’étude des variations dans
leurs emplois en espagnol spontané contemporain au Mexique
https://www.theses.fr/fr/?q=comprehensible+input
A search engine for French doctoral theses Thèses is a powerful search engine that allows you to find all French doctoral theses defended since 1985. But, this rich database doesn't stop there. It offers advanced search functions that can be very useful.
Un moteur de recherche des thèses de doctorat françaises
Thèses est un puissant moteur de recherche qui permet de retrouver toutes les thèses de doctorat françaises soutenues depuis 1985. Mais, cette riche base de données ne s’arrête pas là. Elle offre des fonctions de recherche avancées qui peuvent se révéler très utiles.
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https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01335814
HAL thèses en ligne
Recherches sur l’opposition entre ser et estar en espagnol
Historique de la question, et application à l’étude des variations dans
leurs emplois en espagnol spontané contemporain au Mexique
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Re: French resources
Set texts for A-levels (A levels are exams taken by 18 year olds in the UK).
- Set texts for examination in 2023
Section 1
1 Le Mariage de Figaro, Beaumarchais
2 Les jeux sont faits, Jean-Paul Sartre
3 Eugénie Grandet, Honoré de Balzac
4 Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan
Section 2
5 Un Secret, Philippe Grimbert
6 Petit Pays, Gaël Faye
7 La Maison de Claudine, Colette
8 No et moi, Delphine de Vigan
- Set texts for examination in 2024
Section 1
1 Le Mariage de Figaro, Beaumarchais
2 Britannicus, Racine
3 Eugénie Grandet, Honoré de Balzac
4 Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan
Section 2
5 Un Secret, Philippe Grimbert
6 Petit Pays, Gaël Faye
7 La Maison de Claudine, Colette
8 La Place, Annie Ernaux
- Texts
Molière Le Tartuffe
Voltaire Candide
Guy de Maupassant Boule de Suif et autres contes de la guerre
Albert Camus L’étranger
Françoise Sagan Bonjour tristesse
Claire Etcherelli Elise ou la vraie vie
Joseph Joffo Un sac de billes
Faïza Guène Kiffe kiffe demain
Philippe Grimbert Un secret
Delphine de Vigan No et moi
- Literary texts
● Boule de Suif et autres contes de guerre (Boule de Suif, Un Duel, Deux Amis, La Mère Sauvage), Guy de Maupassant, 1880 (short stories)
● La Place, Annie Ernaux, 1983 (novel)
● Le Blé en Herbe, Colette, 1923 (novel)
● Le Château de ma Mère, Marcel Pagnol, 1957 (novel)
● Le Gone du Chaâba, Azouz Begag, 2005 (novel)
● Les Mains Sales, Jean-Paul Sartre, 1948 (play)
● Les Petits Enfants du siècle, Christiane Rochefort, 1961 (novel)
● Le Tartuffe, Molière, 1669 (play)
● L’Étranger, Albert Camus, 1942 (novel)
● No et Moi, Delphine de Vigan, 2007 (novel)
● Thérèse Desqueyroux, François Mauriac, 1927 (novel)
● Une si longue lettre, Mariama Bâ, 1981 (novel)
● Un Sac de Billes, Joseph Joffo, 1973 (novel)
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Re: French resources
How do other members of the Forum score on reading books from this list? I myself have read so very few of them:
Honoré de Balzac. Eugénie Grandet.
Françoise Sagan. Bonjour Tristesse.
Guy de Maupassant. ONLY "Boule de Suif" from Boule de Suif et autres contes de la guerre.
Albert Camus. L’étranger.
Liking especially L’étranger and Bonjour Tristesse.
Honoré de Balzac. Eugénie Grandet.
Françoise Sagan. Bonjour Tristesse.
Guy de Maupassant. ONLY "Boule de Suif" from Boule de Suif et autres contes de la guerre.
Albert Camus. L’étranger.
Liking especially L’étranger and Bonjour Tristesse.
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Re: French resources
I've read and enjoyed: "Boule de suif", "un sac de billes", and "le château de ma mère".MorkTheFiddle wrote:How do other members of the Forum score on reading books from this list? I myself have read so very few of them:
Honoré de Balzac. Eugénie Grandet.
Françoise Sagan. Bonjour Tristesse.
Guy de Maupassant. ONLY "Boule de Suif" from Boule de Suif et autres contes de la guerre.
Albert Camus. L’étranger.
Liking especially L’étranger and Bonjour Tristesse.
I think I abandoned "les mains sales" before finishing it.
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Re: French resources
So far:
● La Place, Annie Ernaux, 1983 (novel)
● Le Château de ma Mère, Marcel Pagnol, 1957 (novel)
● Francois Sagn, Bonjour Tristess
● L’Étranger, Albert Camus, 1942 (novel)
● Thérèse Desqueyroux, François Mauriac, 1927 (novel) 3 x's at 20 yr. intervals.
● Un Sac de Billes, Joseph Joffo, 1973 (novel)
● La Place, Annie Ernaux, 1983 (novel)
● Le Château de ma Mère, Marcel Pagnol, 1957 (novel)
● Francois Sagn, Bonjour Tristess
● L’Étranger, Albert Camus, 1942 (novel)
● Thérèse Desqueyroux, François Mauriac, 1927 (novel) 3 x's at 20 yr. intervals.
● Un Sac de Billes, Joseph Joffo, 1973 (novel)
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Re: French resources
I've read quite a few of them in translation, but only two in French:
● Francois Sagan - Bonjour Tristess
● Annie Ernaux - La place
● Francois Sagan - Bonjour Tristess
● Annie Ernaux - La place
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Re: French resources
MorkTheFiddle wrote:How do other members of the Forum score on reading books from this list?
Hmmm, let's see:
- I own a paper copy of L’Étranger, and the audio on CD. Not read or listened to it yet.
- I own No et Moi on Kindle, with the audiobook on Audible. Not read or listened to it yet.
- I own a copy of Un sac de billes on paper and on Kindle. I've read about half of it on Kindle.
- I own a copy of Un secret on Kindle. Not read it yet.
- I own and have read a Kindle copy of Kiffe kiffe demain.
So, yeah, doing well.
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Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien (roughly, the perfect is the enemy of the good)
French SC Books: (0/5000 pp)
French SC Films: (0/9000 mins)
French SC Books: (0/5000 pp)
French SC Films: (0/9000 mins)
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Re: French resources
An elementary French grammar, from 1912: "French Grammar Self-Taught" by J. Laffitte.
https://archive.org/details/french-gram ... fitte-1912
(This was part of Marlborough's Self-Taught Series, which at one time seems to have been fairly well-known in Britain.)
There is nothing really remarkable about the book. But it does have exercises, with a complete answer key. So if someone is looking for some additional practice, maybe they will find this useful. (Unfortunately, the exercises seem to be of the disconnected sentence type. I would have preferred some connected stories or anecdotes, at least in the later chapters. I also wish the author had used the IPA, or something similar. (The notation was available, even in 1912.) But there you are.)
I should also apologize for some of the crooked pages, as I struggled to scan this in. But to correct it, I would probably have needed to tear the book apart, which is not something I was willing to do. Also, to get a clear scan, I had to set the resolution to the highest setting (600 dpi), which produced a very large file. If anyone can compress it, without sacrificing the resolution, please let me know.
N.B. If you find the book useful, you might be interested in a similar German grammar that I scanned in:
https://archive.org/details/german-gram ... weber-1930
https://archive.org/details/french-gram ... fitte-1912
(This was part of Marlborough's Self-Taught Series, which at one time seems to have been fairly well-known in Britain.)
There is nothing really remarkable about the book. But it does have exercises, with a complete answer key. So if someone is looking for some additional practice, maybe they will find this useful. (Unfortunately, the exercises seem to be of the disconnected sentence type. I would have preferred some connected stories or anecdotes, at least in the later chapters. I also wish the author had used the IPA, or something similar. (The notation was available, even in 1912.) But there you are.)
I should also apologize for some of the crooked pages, as I struggled to scan this in. But to correct it, I would probably have needed to tear the book apart, which is not something I was willing to do. Also, to get a clear scan, I had to set the resolution to the highest setting (600 dpi), which produced a very large file. If anyone can compress it, without sacrificing the resolution, please let me know.
N.B. If you find the book useful, you might be interested in a similar German grammar that I scanned in:
https://archive.org/details/german-gram ... weber-1930
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