Le groupe français 2016 - 2023 Les Voyageurs

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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby Fortheo » Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:16 am

LesRonces wrote:I've been watching them too - all her videos are very easy to understand which makes me feel like my listening comprehension is good ! :lol:


Yeah, I've always liked her channel more than the popular alternatives like Français authentique and Français avec pierre because she seems genuinely interested in helping. Also, I just like the homely feeling in her videos—they feel more genuine than her competitor's videos.
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby DaveBee » Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:10 pm

LesRonces wrote:I've been watching them too - all her videos are very easy to understand which makes me feel like my listening comprehension is good ! :lol:
I watched a few of those since the DELF post here. In one 5 tips to improve your french now tip #5 (8m41s into the video) is aimed at people learning french while living in France, she suggests volunteering with a charity, have you considered that at all?
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby tomgosse » Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:35 pm

LesRonces wrote:
Fortheo wrote:
LesRonces wrote:I've been watching them too - all her videos are very easy to understand which makes me feel like my listening comprehension is good ! :lol:


Yeah, I've always liked her channel more than the popular alternatives like Français authentique and Français avec pierre because she seems genuinely interested in helping. Also, I just like the homely feeling in her videos—they feel more genuine than her competitor's videos.

Pierre is painful to listen to, he talks so slowly that it makes me out of breath to listen to him. Those guys are selling packages, and fair play to them, but i don't believe their 'courses' are worth paying for.

I like listening to Learn French with Frencheezee. They are free. She is not selling any courses. She does plug Italki, but she offers a code for a discount on Italki.
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby DaveBee » Tue Aug 15, 2017 12:16 pm

The recent Open textbooks in french thread led me to the Directory of Open Access Books where I found Comprendre et apprendre dans l’interaction. Les séquences d’explication en classe de français langue seconde (ISBN: 9783034314510).

The first piece of usable advice in this is to summarise books/articles/TV shows you've just read/watched. (p.32)
Une étude de Swain (2000) montre que des apprenants du français L2 amenés à verbaliser leurs raison- nements ainsi qu’à expliquer avec leurs propres mots un texte qu’ils ont lu (qu’ils s’adressent à un tiers ou à eux-mêmes, en soliloquant) apprennent plus vite et mieux que des apprenants qui ne le font pas.

La verbalisation aide les apprenants à prendre conscience de leurs difficultés et de leurs besoins langagiers, ainsi qu’à réguler leurs propres apprentissages.
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby tomgosse » Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:41 pm

For those of you living in the Boston area, the French Cultural Centre is hiring.

The French Cultural Center in Boston is hiring!! Join their great team!!
They are looking for:
- a Director of Development
- a Development Officer
- a Membership Manager
- a Director of Marketing
- and a Language Instructor.
For details, visit:
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby DaveBee » Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:21 pm

tomgosse wrote:For those of you living in the Boston area, the French Cultural Centre is hiring.

The French Cultural Center in Boston is hiring!! Join their great team!!
They are looking for:
- a Director of Development
- a Development Officer
- a Membership Manager
- a Director of Marketing
- and a Language Instructor.
For details, visit:
Careers
I was looking at their website the other day, after Xenops said she was moving there. They have what looks to be a fun cookery class too :-)
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby Xenops » Fri Aug 18, 2017 11:56 pm

DaveBee wrote:
tomgosse wrote:For those of you living in the Boston area, the French Cultural Centre is hiring.

The French Cultural Center in Boston is hiring!! Join their great team!!
They are looking for:
- a Director of Development
- a Development Officer
- a Membership Manager
- a Director of Marketing
- and a Language Instructor.
For details, visit:
Careers
I was looking at their website the other day, after Xenops said she was moving there. They have what looks to be a fun cookery class too :-)


I'm so excited to be moving over there. :mrgreen:
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby PeterMollenburg » Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:02 am

Xenops wrote:
DaveBee wrote:
tomgosse wrote:For those of you living in the Boston area, the French Cultural Centre is hiring.

The French Cultural Center in Boston is hiring!! Join their great team!!
They are looking for:
- a Director of Development
- a Development Officer
- a Membership Manager
- a Director of Marketing
- and a Language Instructor.
For details, visit:
Careers
I was looking at their website the other day, after Xenops said she was moving there. They have what looks to be a fun cookery class too :-)


I'm so excited to be moving over there. :mrgreen:


I missed this news. Good luck Xenops ! Why so green? Like straight up, that ain't even livin'.
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby tomgosse » Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:00 pm

French Tech Visa

If you are interested in working in the tech sector in France check out this page : French Tech Visa.
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Re: Le groupe français 2016 - 2017 Les Voyageurs

Postby Xenops » Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:25 pm

PeterMollenburg wrote:
Xenops wrote:I'm so excited to be moving over there. :mrgreen:


I missed this news. Good luck Xenops ! Why so green? Like straight up, that ain't even livin'.


Thank you. It could just be me, but the :mrgreen: looks happier than the :D . The :D looks happy, but the :mrgreen: looks like "I'm smiling so much my cheeks hurt".

Speaking of the French Alliance in Boston, what would be the best way to utilize it? If I test into a class, how many people are in a class? Or would studying on my own + tutor a better use of time and money? Are there other perks I'm not aware of (like the cooking class)?
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