The document is a webquest that provides students with the task of researching cities and apartments in France to live in for a year as part of a teaching program. Students must prepare a presentation in French to convince their parents that they have made the right choice. The webquest guides students through researching climate, amenities, costs, and safety for different cities and apartments to include in their presentation. It provides evaluation criteria to prepare a creative, organized, and thorough presentation using the provided online resources.
The document provides directions for students to create a Google Presentation in French about Francophone Africa in groups of two. The presentation must include a minimum of 10 slides, with pictures, embedded videos, music, and text in a readable font size and color. Each slide should have no more than 3 bullets and be titled, with the students recording their voice to read each slide. The presentation should include interesting transitions and backgrounds, and answer driving questions. Possible presentation topics are provided to avoid repetition. The rubric criteria include creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, state world language standards, common core connections, technology skills, ACTFL standards, and PBL elements.
Suzi Bewell Creativity and Phonics Presentation (York Uni ITTs Fri 29th May 2...Suzanne Bewell
The document discusses strategies for teaching French pronunciation to disengaged students. It notes that students struggle with spelling-sound connections in French. It advocates using a phonics approach, like Jolly Phonics, to explicitly teach the 36 main sounds of French and their spellings. It also suggests making lessons more active, student-centered, and incorporating technology and media. The goal is to help students better understand French pronunciation through a structured phonics program and more engaging teaching methods.
O documento contém uma lista de palavras soltas em francês que não parecem ter uma conexão clara. As palavras incluem termos como "casa", "criança", "macaco", "pássaro" e "elefante".
The document provides an overview of key French pronunciation rules and spelling patterns. It discusses vowels, tricky consonants like c and g, nasal sounds, and regular spelling patterns like ou and au/eau. It also covers graphemes that can represent multiple sounds, like ail/eil, silent letters, and rules of elision and liaison when words are joined. The goal is to give learners a general reference for French phonics and orthography.
This document discusses the use of flashcards to teach new vocabulary to students. It explains that flashcards can create an audio and visual link between an object and its name to aid memory. Flashcards should introduce a small amount of new words at a time, around 5 words, and previous vocabulary should be regularly reinforced. Teachers can use flashcards to get students to produce words by showing images or touching the flashcards. Various activities are suggested to engage students such as sorting cards by category and combining them into simple sentences.
This document provides instructions for a group project where students work together to design a French meal that could be served at a new restaurant opening on the Eiffel Tower. Students research different aspects of a typical French meal like appetizers, main dishes, cheeses, desserts, and wines. They then create a creative presentation in French to pitch their proposed meal to the head chef.
The document provides directions for students to create a Google Presentation in French about Francophone Africa in groups of two. The presentation must include a minimum of 10 slides, with pictures, embedded videos, music, and text in a readable font size and color. Each slide should have no more than 3 bullets and be titled, with the students recording their voice to read each slide. The presentation should include interesting transitions and backgrounds, and answer driving questions. Possible presentation topics are provided to avoid repetition. The rubric criteria include creativity, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, state world language standards, common core connections, technology skills, ACTFL standards, and PBL elements.
Suzi Bewell Creativity and Phonics Presentation (York Uni ITTs Fri 29th May 2...Suzanne Bewell
The document discusses strategies for teaching French pronunciation to disengaged students. It notes that students struggle with spelling-sound connections in French. It advocates using a phonics approach, like Jolly Phonics, to explicitly teach the 36 main sounds of French and their spellings. It also suggests making lessons more active, student-centered, and incorporating technology and media. The goal is to help students better understand French pronunciation through a structured phonics program and more engaging teaching methods.
O documento contém uma lista de palavras soltas em francês que não parecem ter uma conexão clara. As palavras incluem termos como "casa", "criança", "macaco", "pássaro" e "elefante".
The document provides an overview of key French pronunciation rules and spelling patterns. It discusses vowels, tricky consonants like c and g, nasal sounds, and regular spelling patterns like ou and au/eau. It also covers graphemes that can represent multiple sounds, like ail/eil, silent letters, and rules of elision and liaison when words are joined. The goal is to give learners a general reference for French phonics and orthography.
This document discusses the use of flashcards to teach new vocabulary to students. It explains that flashcards can create an audio and visual link between an object and its name to aid memory. Flashcards should introduce a small amount of new words at a time, around 5 words, and previous vocabulary should be regularly reinforced. Teachers can use flashcards to get students to produce words by showing images or touching the flashcards. Various activities are suggested to engage students such as sorting cards by category and combining them into simple sentences.
This document provides instructions for a group project where students work together to design a French meal that could be served at a new restaurant opening on the Eiffel Tower. Students research different aspects of a typical French meal like appetizers, main dishes, cheeses, desserts, and wines. They then create a creative presentation in French to pitch their proposed meal to the head chef.
Top 20 French Language Interview Questions and AnswersRameesha Verma
Top 20 French Language Interview Questions and Answers
Bonjour!
Comment ca va?
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Comment dire ça en français ?
Merci bien.
“You sound so French!”
That is exactly one wishes to hear when they learn the French language. Isn’t it?
There are 6500+ languages spoken in the world to date. Globally, the French language is in the fifth position as one of the most spoken languages across the globe. The strong cultural connection makes the language even more aesthetic. According to online surveys, French is the most beautiful language spoken. Therefore, it attracts explorers, language experts, literature enthusiasts,s and people who have just fallen in love with the French language.
The beginning of the 21st century saw the French language as an official language of 25+ countries. Originating from Vulgar Latin, an Italo-Celtic dialect the French language has evolved over the years. Its music to the ears with unpronounceable “r” and vowel sounds- “un,” “in,” and “en”. French has too many homophones which makes it challenging and fun to speak at the same time. In recent times, there has been a momentous change in the French language, brought in action by the Académie Franciase, which has been preserving the literary integrity and core values of the language.
Until the 19th century, French was spoken at only certain corners of France and more in Holland and Germany which later expanded its reach. Nearly 28% of English words are actually generated from French!
By 2050, it’s expected that the world will have 750 million+ French speakers out of which 150 million+ will be students only.
French Language Course
“L’avenir est entre les mains de ceux qui explorent.” – Jacques-Yves Cousteau
It means that the future is in the hands of those who explore.
By exploring, here means knowing a language as the local know for shaping own’s future differently.
Today, “second language acquisition” has been the focus in many job sectors. Individuals with verbal, written, and listening proficiency in any foreign language are given much more importance by employers in the related job market. Solely, a certified language proficient gets many work opportunities due to the cross-cultural exchange seen as a bigger picture in recent times. Multilingual persons go ahead of their peers or colleagues by acquiring highly prestigious positions.
For excelling in the language, there are many French language courses available online as well as offline too. Considering the ongoing situation of pandemics, online is the best mode of learning the French language from the comfort of your home. These online courses are designed to give a 360-degree knowledge about the French language and help you to become proficient from Level A1 to Level C2.
Academies like Henry Harvin, Udemy, Excel Academy, and ILA are some of the best
The document provides information about the C1 Advanced Speaking test, including what is assessed. It explains that the interlocutor focuses on general performance and communication skills, while the assessor focuses on grammatical resource, lexical resource, discourse management, pronunciation, and interactive communication. Sample examiner comments are also provided that assess fluency, coherence, accuracy, and effort to build on ideas. The document concludes with tips for each part of the speaking test and encourages finding a study partner to practice.
The document provides instructions for creating a PowerPoint presentation on child labour in a selected country. Students must research and define child labour, select a country to focus on, and include details about the economic situation, types of child labour, statistics, and a case study from the country. Presentations should be approximately 10 minutes and include references. Students will have 3 class periods to work and presentations will be graded using provided rubrics on content, writing conventions, and presentation skills.
1) Today's class covered attendance, homework review, vocabulary, and language review. Students participated in a networking role play activity and discussed a case study.
2) The homework assigns exercises on a reading about airline customer dissatisfaction. Students must also review vocabulary and complete noun combination exercises in groups.
3) The class concluded with another role play activity where students introduced themselves and their business to a person sitting beside them on a plane. The homework assigns reading an article and completing accompanying exercises.
The document discusses key aspects of doing business in France, including:
1) The French place great importance on eloquence and proper use of language. Speaking poor French may be better done in English.
2) Debate can seem confrontational as the French seek to draw distinctions and advance ideas, rather than find similarities.
3) Dress codes vary but always require a well-presented appearance. Handshakes and air kisses are common greetings. Use titles like Monsieur/Madame plus surname until invited to use first names.
The document discusses key aspects of doing business in France, including:
1) The French place great importance on eloquence and proper use of language. Speaking poor French may be better done in English.
2) Debate can seem confrontational as the French seek to draw distinctions and advance ideas, rather than find similarities.
3) Dress codes vary but always require a well-presented appearance. Handshakes and air kisses are common greetings. Use titles like Monsieur/Madame plus surname until invited to use first names.
An Interview with Hugues Sweeney, executive producer of interactive production with ONF/NFB Montreal, on successful strategies for international coproductions
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This document summarizes Duncan Hazlewood's presentation on teaching French for non-specialists. The presentation covers agreeing to classroom norms, reviewing the BC curriculum goals and language skills, teaching basic French vocabulary and grammar, providing resources and tips, suggesting classroom activities, and noting places to find additional help. The goal is to learn fundamentals and practice speaking French through interactive games and exercises that build oral proficiency.
This document outlines the procedures and expectations for a French class. The purpose of the class is to learn French language and culture. Students are expected to speak French in class, be respectful of others, come prepared, and turn work in on time. Consequences are outlined for both positive and negative behaviors. The class will sign a contract agreeing to follow these expectations.
This document provides advice for giving presentations and talks in English for those whose first language is not English. It recommends starting with a well-prepared talk focused on a few key ideas and questions the audience will have. The language should be clear and simple using active verbs, short words and sentences. Stories should be used to engage the audience and illustrate points. Rehearsal is important to ensure clear delivery with good pacing, eye contact and energy. Common mistakes like direct translations, lack of passion or overly complex language should be avoided.
Open for Open Questions - UX London 2014Younghee Jung
Many design and usability research methods cater for delving into a focused topic: You set a goal, establish hypotheses, gather data and gain insight to help create the proof, story, a view point, strategy, or whatever you are looking for – within the given budget and time. However, there can be situations where your research may focus too much on individual ‘trees’ that it cannot provide much information about the ‘forest’. For instance, what if you have perfect usability test data to prove the effectiveness of your design, but your client may be more interested to know what types of people would buy the product (and get disappointed to hear that you don’t know)? What if your polite research participants never want to talk with you about negative things about your design? This talk will share a few anecdotes exemplifying the importance of factoring in the space when exploring broader viewpoints to the user research questions, through informal social encounters, serendipitous interactions, and activities that are designed for cross-examining their results.
The document outlines the roles and responsibilities of a language assistant in a school setting. It describes various functions the assistant may have such as helping students with speaking skills, developing oral activities, and providing support in English and bilingual classes. Guidelines are also provided for motivating students, preparing interactive activities, and collaborating with teachers.
Language is the primary mode of human communication and connection. You might be a promoter of non-verbal communication which is important to understand the subtle emotionality behind the expression. But then, you must understand the fact that language is important when it comes to explaining intricate ideas.
This document provides tips for learning a new language quickly from Benny Lewis, an expert language learner. The tips include:
1. Use flashcards to learn the most common words, which make up a large percentage of what is used. Anki flashcards implement spaced repetition to optimize learning.
2. Take advantage of cognates - words that are similar in your target language and in English. Many languages share words due to common roots. Cognates provide an easy way to learn a significant vocabulary.
3. Use technology to immerse yourself in the language daily without traveling abroad. Websites, radio, shows, and blogs can provide virtual immersion through listening, reading, watching, and limited interaction.
Tim Ferriss and Benny Lewis provide 12 rules for learning languages in record time. The rules include:
1. Learn the most common words that make up 65% of written material using flashcards or Anki.
2. Take advantage of cognates - words that are similar in your target language and in English.
3. Use technology like radio stations, YouTube, movies to immerse yourself without traveling abroad.
4. Start speaking on Skype with a native speaker for cheap lessons, even if you only know a few words.
5. Many free resources exist like Duolingo, BBC languages, and language exchange meetups.
6. Adults can be better language learn
Frontiers of Interaction 2011 - Successful CollaborationSteve Portigal
This document outlines an agenda and presentation about successful collaboration between designers and clients. It discusses establishing shared experiences and understanding different professional cultures to improve collaboration. Through role-playing exercises, it explores how breakdowns in dialogue can occur and best practices that lead to success, such as empathy, shared activities, treating collaboration as a design problem, and going beyond superficial engagement to deeply understand each other. The goal is providing philosophies and tactics for collaboration to transform potential conflicts into harmony.
The developer created his own browser called Sizzy to simplify previewing websites on multiple devices as a freelance web developer. He initially released it for free on GitHub where it gained popularity but no paid users. His mistake was not properly branding, promoting, and monetizing it from the start. After improving Sizzy, he launched it as a paid subscription browser, ignoring criticism that it should be free. The lesson is to solve your own problems, share solutions early, package and distribute quickly, and have the confidence to charge for your work.
The goal of this publication is to challenge certain beliefs around language learning in order to remove perceived barriers for learning English as a second language, and has been specifically designed for Spanish learners.
“How to enhance relations with our international clients” is a presentation made for the Business English Day at Centro de Emprendedores, Ayuntamiento de Alicante. You can learn how to work with a translator or interpreter. You can get advice to work with international clients.
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Top 20 French Language Interview Questions and AnswersRameesha Verma
Top 20 French Language Interview Questions and Answers
Bonjour!
Comment ca va?
French Language Course
45-min online masterclass with skill certification on completion
Kounal Gupta (CEO, Henry Harvin)
$99 FREE
Access Expires in 24Hrs
REGISTER NOW FOR FREE
Comment dire ça en français ?
Merci bien.
“You sound so French!”
That is exactly one wishes to hear when they learn the French language. Isn’t it?
There are 6500+ languages spoken in the world to date. Globally, the French language is in the fifth position as one of the most spoken languages across the globe. The strong cultural connection makes the language even more aesthetic. According to online surveys, French is the most beautiful language spoken. Therefore, it attracts explorers, language experts, literature enthusiasts,s and people who have just fallen in love with the French language.
The beginning of the 21st century saw the French language as an official language of 25+ countries. Originating from Vulgar Latin, an Italo-Celtic dialect the French language has evolved over the years. Its music to the ears with unpronounceable “r” and vowel sounds- “un,” “in,” and “en”. French has too many homophones which makes it challenging and fun to speak at the same time. In recent times, there has been a momentous change in the French language, brought in action by the Académie Franciase, which has been preserving the literary integrity and core values of the language.
Until the 19th century, French was spoken at only certain corners of France and more in Holland and Germany which later expanded its reach. Nearly 28% of English words are actually generated from French!
By 2050, it’s expected that the world will have 750 million+ French speakers out of which 150 million+ will be students only.
French Language Course
“L’avenir est entre les mains de ceux qui explorent.” – Jacques-Yves Cousteau
It means that the future is in the hands of those who explore.
By exploring, here means knowing a language as the local know for shaping own’s future differently.
Today, “second language acquisition” has been the focus in many job sectors. Individuals with verbal, written, and listening proficiency in any foreign language are given much more importance by employers in the related job market. Solely, a certified language proficient gets many work opportunities due to the cross-cultural exchange seen as a bigger picture in recent times. Multilingual persons go ahead of their peers or colleagues by acquiring highly prestigious positions.
For excelling in the language, there are many French language courses available online as well as offline too. Considering the ongoing situation of pandemics, online is the best mode of learning the French language from the comfort of your home. These online courses are designed to give a 360-degree knowledge about the French language and help you to become proficient from Level A1 to Level C2.
Academies like Henry Harvin, Udemy, Excel Academy, and ILA are some of the best
The document provides information about the C1 Advanced Speaking test, including what is assessed. It explains that the interlocutor focuses on general performance and communication skills, while the assessor focuses on grammatical resource, lexical resource, discourse management, pronunciation, and interactive communication. Sample examiner comments are also provided that assess fluency, coherence, accuracy, and effort to build on ideas. The document concludes with tips for each part of the speaking test and encourages finding a study partner to practice.
The document provides instructions for creating a PowerPoint presentation on child labour in a selected country. Students must research and define child labour, select a country to focus on, and include details about the economic situation, types of child labour, statistics, and a case study from the country. Presentations should be approximately 10 minutes and include references. Students will have 3 class periods to work and presentations will be graded using provided rubrics on content, writing conventions, and presentation skills.
1) Today's class covered attendance, homework review, vocabulary, and language review. Students participated in a networking role play activity and discussed a case study.
2) The homework assigns exercises on a reading about airline customer dissatisfaction. Students must also review vocabulary and complete noun combination exercises in groups.
3) The class concluded with another role play activity where students introduced themselves and their business to a person sitting beside them on a plane. The homework assigns reading an article and completing accompanying exercises.
The document discusses key aspects of doing business in France, including:
1) The French place great importance on eloquence and proper use of language. Speaking poor French may be better done in English.
2) Debate can seem confrontational as the French seek to draw distinctions and advance ideas, rather than find similarities.
3) Dress codes vary but always require a well-presented appearance. Handshakes and air kisses are common greetings. Use titles like Monsieur/Madame plus surname until invited to use first names.
The document discusses key aspects of doing business in France, including:
1) The French place great importance on eloquence and proper use of language. Speaking poor French may be better done in English.
2) Debate can seem confrontational as the French seek to draw distinctions and advance ideas, rather than find similarities.
3) Dress codes vary but always require a well-presented appearance. Handshakes and air kisses are common greetings. Use titles like Monsieur/Madame plus surname until invited to use first names.
An Interview with Hugues Sweeney, executive producer of interactive production with ONF/NFB Montreal, on successful strategies for international coproductions
Teaching french for non specialists sept2013aDuncanHazlewood
This document summarizes Duncan Hazlewood's presentation on teaching French for non-specialists. The presentation covers agreeing to classroom norms, reviewing the BC curriculum goals and language skills, teaching basic French vocabulary and grammar, providing resources and tips, suggesting classroom activities, and noting places to find additional help. The goal is to learn fundamentals and practice speaking French through interactive games and exercises that build oral proficiency.
This document outlines the procedures and expectations for a French class. The purpose of the class is to learn French language and culture. Students are expected to speak French in class, be respectful of others, come prepared, and turn work in on time. Consequences are outlined for both positive and negative behaviors. The class will sign a contract agreeing to follow these expectations.
This document provides advice for giving presentations and talks in English for those whose first language is not English. It recommends starting with a well-prepared talk focused on a few key ideas and questions the audience will have. The language should be clear and simple using active verbs, short words and sentences. Stories should be used to engage the audience and illustrate points. Rehearsal is important to ensure clear delivery with good pacing, eye contact and energy. Common mistakes like direct translations, lack of passion or overly complex language should be avoided.
Open for Open Questions - UX London 2014Younghee Jung
Many design and usability research methods cater for delving into a focused topic: You set a goal, establish hypotheses, gather data and gain insight to help create the proof, story, a view point, strategy, or whatever you are looking for – within the given budget and time. However, there can be situations where your research may focus too much on individual ‘trees’ that it cannot provide much information about the ‘forest’. For instance, what if you have perfect usability test data to prove the effectiveness of your design, but your client may be more interested to know what types of people would buy the product (and get disappointed to hear that you don’t know)? What if your polite research participants never want to talk with you about negative things about your design? This talk will share a few anecdotes exemplifying the importance of factoring in the space when exploring broader viewpoints to the user research questions, through informal social encounters, serendipitous interactions, and activities that are designed for cross-examining their results.
The document outlines the roles and responsibilities of a language assistant in a school setting. It describes various functions the assistant may have such as helping students with speaking skills, developing oral activities, and providing support in English and bilingual classes. Guidelines are also provided for motivating students, preparing interactive activities, and collaborating with teachers.
Language is the primary mode of human communication and connection. You might be a promoter of non-verbal communication which is important to understand the subtle emotionality behind the expression. But then, you must understand the fact that language is important when it comes to explaining intricate ideas.
This document provides tips for learning a new language quickly from Benny Lewis, an expert language learner. The tips include:
1. Use flashcards to learn the most common words, which make up a large percentage of what is used. Anki flashcards implement spaced repetition to optimize learning.
2. Take advantage of cognates - words that are similar in your target language and in English. Many languages share words due to common roots. Cognates provide an easy way to learn a significant vocabulary.
3. Use technology to immerse yourself in the language daily without traveling abroad. Websites, radio, shows, and blogs can provide virtual immersion through listening, reading, watching, and limited interaction.
Tim Ferriss and Benny Lewis provide 12 rules for learning languages in record time. The rules include:
1. Learn the most common words that make up 65% of written material using flashcards or Anki.
2. Take advantage of cognates - words that are similar in your target language and in English.
3. Use technology like radio stations, YouTube, movies to immerse yourself without traveling abroad.
4. Start speaking on Skype with a native speaker for cheap lessons, even if you only know a few words.
5. Many free resources exist like Duolingo, BBC languages, and language exchange meetups.
6. Adults can be better language learn
Frontiers of Interaction 2011 - Successful CollaborationSteve Portigal
This document outlines an agenda and presentation about successful collaboration between designers and clients. It discusses establishing shared experiences and understanding different professional cultures to improve collaboration. Through role-playing exercises, it explores how breakdowns in dialogue can occur and best practices that lead to success, such as empathy, shared activities, treating collaboration as a design problem, and going beyond superficial engagement to deeply understand each other. The goal is providing philosophies and tactics for collaboration to transform potential conflicts into harmony.
The developer created his own browser called Sizzy to simplify previewing websites on multiple devices as a freelance web developer. He initially released it for free on GitHub where it gained popularity but no paid users. His mistake was not properly branding, promoting, and monetizing it from the start. After improving Sizzy, he launched it as a paid subscription browser, ignoring criticism that it should be free. The lesson is to solve your own problems, share solutions early, package and distribute quickly, and have the confidence to charge for your work.
The goal of this publication is to challenge certain beliefs around language learning in order to remove perceived barriers for learning English as a second language, and has been specifically designed for Spanish learners.
“How to enhance relations with our international clients” is a presentation made for the Business English Day at Centro de Emprendedores, Ayuntamiento de Alicante. You can learn how to work with a translator or interpreter. You can get advice to work with international clients.
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2. Introduction:
Oh là là! You have been accepted by the French government to teach
English in France for a year! You have been notified about the program and
were told that you can choose any city to live in which you feel you will be
most comfortable. But time is running out! You only have two days to do
your research, find a city and an apartment to live in, and convince your
parents that you’ve made the right decision or your spot in the program will
be taken!
The Task:
You have been accepted by the French government to teach English in
France for a year. You will be given a 500-euro-a-week stipend (pay).
However, your parents aren’t thrilled about the idea of you being away for a
year on your own. They are worried about you finding a suitable roommate,
an affordable apartment, and knowing enough French to get by. This is a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you; thus your goal is to do your
“homework” and then prepare a compelling presentation for your parents in
French convincing them that you’ve made the right decision.
Working in pairs, you will prepare a presentation explaining where you will
be living in France, what the apartment you will be living in is like (how
much it costs, what it looks like, and what it’s near,) and why you feel
you’ve made the best possible choice. You must also explain what
distinguishes your city and apartment from others you’ve researched.
Your presentation may be created in whatever format you prefer: Power
Point, letter/email, audacity file, etc. Remember: Be creative and
convincing! You only have two days before your spot in the program is
taken. Bonne chance!
3. The Process:
Cities in France:
The first step to convincing your parents you can survive in France for a
year is to learn more about its cities so you will be able to share your
findings with them. Use the following links and questions to guide your
search.
1. What kind of climate do you prefer? Which cities in France have this
climate? Think about some worries your parents may have. Why is
climate so important?
2. What kinds of landmarks do you think would be most beneficial to
live near? (Restaurants? Tourist attractions? Shopping Centers?
Grocery stores? Etc…) Why?
3. What other information could you give to your parents about the city
of your choice to prove to them that you’ve made a smart decision?
(Think about population, crime rates, public transportation available,
etc)
http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/guide/city
http://www.europelifeofluxury.com/5-must-see-cities-in-france/
http://about-france.com/
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/visites/menu_FRA.html
http://www.indigoguide.com/france/paris-metro.htm
Apartments in France:
The second step to convincing your parents you can survive in France for a
year is to educate yourself about living arrangement options and share your
findings with them. Again, use the following links and questions to guide
your search.
1. How much money can you afford to spend on rent if paid 500 euros a
week? Think about/factor in possible food costs, public transportation
costs, recreation/travel costs, etc. You will most likely need a
4. roommate or two to help cut costs in half. What are your plans for
finding a roommate?
2. What does your apartment of choice look like? What
amenities/comforts does it offer? Is the apartment furnished, or will
you have to provide your own furniture?
3. What other information could you give to your parents about the city
of your choice to prove to them that you’ve made a smart decision?
Again, think about safety. On which floor is your apartment located?
In which area of town is your apartment located? ***Convince your
parents you have chosen a safe, affordable place to live!
http://www.sublet.com/state_rentals/france_rentals.asp
http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/france.htm
http://sublet.lodgis.com/en/france/
http://www.primelocation.com/international-
property/search/path/france/sr/r/t/apartment/
* Now that you have finished researching, it is time to organize a convincing
presentation. After you have developed your presentation, you will present
it to your “parents” (aka: Mme Reed and Mlle. Wilson,) and we will decide
whether you will be permitted to accept your offer into the English-teaching
program. :) See evaluation criteria below for more details!
5. Evaluation (Peer Grade)
Objective: F= 10-12 D= 13-14 C= 15-16 B= 17-18 A= 19-20 Score
Students
Will…
Work co- Contributes to Contributes Contributes Works toward Consistently
operatively group to group to group group goals most and actively
in pairs. only when with without of the time; works
prompted. occasional prompting; usually sensitive toward
prompting; shows some toward feelings group goals;
participates sensitivity to of others; is sensitive
in needed partner; willingly helps toward
changes with makes partner identify feelings of
occasional needed and make others; helps
prompting. changes necessary partner
when shown changes. identify and
what needs make
to be necessary
changed. changes.
Commun- Occasionally Speaks Speaks Actively speaks Consistently
icate in speaks French French when French when French when and actively
French when doing doing doing doing research speaks
research and research and research and and working French
working with working with working with with others; when doing
others; does others with others, rarely sometimes research and
not prepare some resorting to encourages working
presentation in prompting; English; others to speak with others;
French. presentation presentation French; always
written in written in presentation encourages
French, but French, but written in others to
contains at contains 7-9 French, but speak
least 10 errors. contains 4-6 French;
errors. errors. presentation
written in
French with
only 1-3
errors.
6. Questions Did not use Used Had trouble Had trouble with Worked
resources resources with provided well finding
provided to provided, but provided resources, but answers to
answer didn’t focus resources; still answered all questions
questions in on the therefore questions in using
“process” assignment unable to “process” provided
section; not on enough to answer all section. resources;
task. answer all questions in successfully
questions in the “process” answered all
“process” section. questions in
section. “process”
section.
Creativity Presentation is Presentation Presentation Presentation Presentation
unorganized; is written in an written in a clear, written in a
listing of rote unorganized; innovative, convincing and clear,
facts; no mixture of convincing innovative innovative,
pictures; rote facts and manner; very manner; convincing
rationale for convincing few pictures; incorporates manner;
city and arguments; rationale for some pictures; incorporates
apartment no pictures; city and rationale for city many
choices not rationale for apartment and apartment pictures;
explained. city and choices is at choices is thoroughly
apartment times explained, but explains
choices only unclear. (6-7 not thoroughly. rationale for
vaguely sentences) (8-9 sentences) city and
explained. (5 apartment
sentences) choices. (10
or more
sentences)
7. Conclusion:
Congratulations! You have now completed the research portion of your
journey through France. You will soon be presenting your presentation,
complete with your findings to your parents in hopes that they will agree
to you living in France this coming year. Now that you’ve learned more
about France, French life, and the vocabulary that goes along with
describing it, I’d like you to take some time to reflect on the assignment.
What did you like about the Webquest? What didn’t you like about it?
What would you change about the assignment to make it more
meaningful to you?
Credits:
Credit goes to Mindy Reed and Laura Foley for reading and evaluating this
Webquest activity, as well as to Dr. James D. Swartz for teaching me how to
produce a Webquest activity. I would also like to attribute credit to Google
images for all the pictures which appear in the Webquest and to all the
creators of the websites listed in the “process” section of this assignment.