subject: How to Listen and Learn French through Stories [print this page] Many students who want to learn French fast will do much better using story-based materials. These materials allow the students to hear native speakers actually using the language the students are trying to learn. This makes it much easier for instructors to come up with creative ways to develop quizzes based on and that reinforce what was learned in each lesson. Because a story is an ongoing lesson in and of itself, students are encouraged to review what they've already heard so that they can understand the parts that still confuse them.
When students listen and learn French, the instructor has many more options for reinforcing those lessons at their disposal. For instance, the characters in a story will be engaging in everyday activities. These include greeting friends and neighbors, going to the store, asking directions and solving problems. Many of these activities, and hearing how the characters pull them off, can be valuable material for quizzes. Instead of asking, for instance, "How do you say Have you seen my friend?'," you can ask students what the character was looking for when they asked another character that same question.
This can be carried over to many different parts of how students Learn French in your classroom. The plot, action and conclusion of the story all provide ways for you to see how well students understand the language. Rather than having a right and wrong answer for everything, students will be able to offer complex answers that illustrate how much they comprehend. If they don't understand parts of the story, they can simply listen to that story again and see if they can pick out what's going on when given the opportunity to listen again. It will quickly become a personal goal of the students to understand all the action.
Involving lessons such as these help students to learn French fast. Because they become involved with the characters and plot of the story, there is no need for them to concentrate on the meaning of every word and the structure of every sentence. Comprehension comes from understanding the whole of what's being said, not by understanding each individual component, just as it does when you're speaking your own language. This helps students to not only learn a language, but to learn what it actually means to develop fluency in that language from the start.
How to Listen and Learn French through Stories
By: Dr. Dennis Dunham
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