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Try out these simple words….

I’ve set up an online grind tomorrow Wednesday 06 April at 6:30 PM. This will be for anyone with questions on the Oral exam and how to prepare for it. Remember, this is a conversation so you will need (a) broadband (b) headset and preferably (c) a webcam.

Check out this link and you can enter the virtual classroom. A demain, alors.

You can also check your internet speed at speedtest.net Make sure you hit the ‘BEGIN TEST’ button…and not any other…

If you get download speed less than 2 Megs then really the online grind wont work.

I was going to try and organize and oral grind this evening. At the last minute I am afraid I will have to cancel….

Apologies to all but I will try and get time put aside this weekend to help you out…..

So watch this space….and keep up the study…

6:30 PM on Wednesday night we will have a preparation grind for the French Oral. Just log on to the link below and you can access for free. Just enter any old email address when registering (joe@gmail.com will get you in for example).

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/284276-preparation-for-oral-french

We will cover general questions that anyone may have. So just click on the link above and come on in. You will need a headset (earphones and mic) and preferably a webcam to get the best out of the webgrind.

Do you listen regularly to French radio? It’s a great way of training your ear into the speed and pronunciation that is required for the aural listening.

Listening to French radio...improves your Leaving Cert grades!

So here are some radio stations that you can listen to online…that way you can also record some of the snippets and play them back at your leisure. What I recommend is to try and listen to the news on the hour. If you miss a word or two at 7:00 PM then you will probably catch it’s meaning at 8:00 PM….

http://players.tv-radio.com/radiofrance/playerfranceinter.php France Inter radio/news discussion

http://www.france-info.com/

http://www.europe1.fr/Radio/Direct/

Happy Listening

If you are an iPhone freak then you got to get your hands on this app! It’s free in iTunes for the month of March.

French Flashcards on your iPhone

Since I’ve started using it I can’t believe how easy it is to learn verbs, vocabulary and much more! Stay tuned and I will be bringing you some more goodies for the iPhone.

Some more vocabulary …

How did you get on listening to that audio file from yesterday?
Here are some words to help if you are confused.

Time to get those ears tuned in…..
Start by listening to French radio. Below is a podcast from Libération.fr….

You can download the MP3 from the link below.

Original audio source (ecrans-fr-le-podcast_2010-03-03_ecrans-fr-le-podcast.mp3)

Have a listen, if there are some words you don’t understand please let me know. I’ll add some vocabulary in the coming days….

Some of the vocabulary from the reading comprehension….how did you get on? Remember you need to get the general idea of the article first time around. When answering specific questions your level of vocabulary will ensure you are digging in the right area….