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French Tips

 

HELPING YOUR CHILD LEARN FRENCH USING OUR RESOURCES:

  1. Read the selected Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level French ebook with your child. You may read the ebook aloud, or have your child read it to you.
  2. Have your child make a list of unknown vocabulary words from the ebook. They can then look these words up using a French/English dictionary.
  3. Ask your child to make a list of all the French verbs, pronouns or adjectives they can find in the ebook. 
  4. Have your child write a summary of the ebook in English.
  5. Ask your child to answer the questions (orally or written) at the end of each of our Reading Comprehension ebooks.
  6. Print out, and have your child complete the worksheets/activities that accompany each of our ebooks from our French Resources section. 
  7. Have your child read the ebook aloud using different tones of voice (happy, sad, angry...).
  8. Take turns reading one of our Conversational ebooks with your child. You can play one role, your child the other.
  9. Have your child make up their own answers to the questions asked in our Conversational ebooks. For example, if a character asks how much something costs, your child can answer with a different amount than the salesperson gives.
  10. Browse our French Resources section for games to play with your child.
  11. Have your child create their own word searches or crossword puzzles using vocabulary from the ebook.
  12. Ask your child to create their own story (orally or written) based on the pictures in the ebook.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN FRENCH:  

  1. Listen to French radio stations (news programs/music).
  2. Watch French TV channels.
  3. Have your child watch their favorite DVDs in French. They can listen to the movies in French, and view the subtitles in English or vice versa.
  4. Arrange a French pen pal for your child so that they may practice their writing skills.
  5. Enroll your child in a French summer camp.
  6. Have your child practice writing French in a variety of different formats: greeting cards, grocery lists, notes, diary entries etc...
  7. Have your child listen to French CDs/music.
  8. Have your child read French newspapers/magazines.

 

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HELPING YOUR CHILD LEARN FRENCH USING OUR RESOURCES:

  1. Read the selected Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced level French ebook with your child. You may read the ebook aloud, or have your child read it to you.
  2. Have your child make a list of unknown vocabulary words from the ebook. They can then look these words up using a French/English dictionary.
  3. Ask your child to make a list of all the French verbs, pronouns or adjectives they can find in the ebook. 
  4. Have your child write a summary of the ebook in English.
  5. Ask your child to answer the questions (orally or written) at the end of each of our Reading Comprehension ebooks.
  6. Print out, and have your child complete the worksheets/activities that accompany each of our ebooks from our French Resources section. 
  7. Have your child read the ebook aloud using different tones of voice (happy, sad, angry...).
  8. Take turns reading one of our Conversational ebooks with your child. You can play one role, your child the other.
  9. Have your child make up their own answers to the questions asked in our Conversational ebooks. For example, if a character asks how much something costs, your child can answer with a different amount than the salesperson gives.
  10. Browse our French Resources section for games to play with your child.
  11. Have your child create their own word searches or crossword puzzles using vocabulary from the ebook.
  12. Ask your child to create their own story (orally or written) based on the pictures in the ebook.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN FRENCH:  

  1. Listen to French radio stations (news programs/music).
  2. Watch French TV channels.
  3. Have your child watch their favorite DVDs in French. They can listen to the movies in French, and view the subtitles in English or vice versa.
  4. Arrange a French pen pal for your child so that they may practice their writing skills.
  5. Enroll your child in a French summer camp.
  6. Have your child practice writing French in a variety of different formats: greeting cards, grocery lists, notes, diary entries etc...
  7. Have your child listen to French CDs/music.
  8. Have your child read French newspapers/magazines.

 

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