How to Incorporate Songs into the French Classroom If you're trying to make it fun to learn French in the classroom, there are materials that can help. Most of the materials on the market are really just variations on phrasebooks. They offer some useful elements, but they have some major drawbacks. One of the most significant is that everything is learned out of context. This transforms the student's learning experience into...more
How to Learn French Fast for Practical Situations Language sometimes seems to be a way that the populations of the world are separated. This is unfortunate, as any student of language will be able to tell you that people say largely the same things in each language. We even use very similar words in specific situations. To combine a language lesson with a plausible scenario is to give it context. There are ways that you can learn...more
Helping Students to Learn French Songs It's no secret to language teachers that music is of great educational value. One of the ways to tackle the challenge of French is to help students to learn French songs. If you remember learning French yourself, there's likely a memory in there about having sheet music placed in front of you and reading the text off of the page. This is a characteristic of older methods of teaching language, where reading, writing and speaking skills were taught all at once. Not all language teachers and educational theorists agree that this is the best way to help children learn French songs.In some cases, it's more productive to skip the written materials and to concentrate on the singing and the music. This is the way that young children learn their native tongues, in many cases. In early schooling, for instance, teachers oftentimes lead children in songs without any printed lyrics or music. This helps them to concentrate on saying and understanding the words instead of forcing them to concentrate on both reading and speaking skills at the same time. It helps make the entire affair much less distracting than it would be otherwise and...more
Christmas Gift For The Office Employees - 2010 Christmas Gift For The Office Employees - 2010Finding a Christmas gift for the office poses many challenges. First of all you want to consider who is working in the area. Some people celebrate other holidays during this season while others prefer not to celebrate Christmas at all. It is...more
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Beach Holidays at the Galapagos The radiant sun warming up the crystalline waters; the beautiful natural landscape of red mangrove swamps and exotic beaches of thin, white sand; the sea lions, the colorful birds and the amazing aquatic life that appears as soon as you get underwater… everything you ever dreamed for a beach to be perfect is found at the Galapagos. Enjoy life to the full with the vacations you've always dreamed about, spending some days at the beach of your choice lying on the sand, listening to the sound of the waves, breathing the marine air and just enjoying your free time. If you're having a hard time picking the beach that best suits you, here's a rough guide to some of the Galapagos's greatest holyday spots: The Santa Cruz Island is considered the Galapago's main destination for tourists. Among its most beautiful beaches are the Tortuga Bay –great for taking long walks–; the Garrapatero Beach, that thanks to its white, thin sand and turquoise waters is perfect for flamingo sighting and snorkeling; the Alemanes Beach, another splendid, sandy beach and a gate to the fascinating Grietas (cracks); and finally, the isolated beach of Conway...more
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