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.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 …
| J’en ai entendu parler | I heard about it…(people were speaking about it…) |
| Être contre | To be against |
| Les périls (mas.) | The perils/dangers |
| Aux alentours | Around (approximately) |
| Convoquer | Summon, call for |
| Régler | Sort out (bill/problem) |
How did you get on listening to that audio file from yesterday?
Here are some words to help if you are confused.
| César | French equivalent of the Oscars |
| Avoir lieu | To take place |
| La vie privée | Private life |
| Être dans la sellette | To be in the hot seat |
| Terminer | To finish up |
| Évidemment | Of course |
| Ca sera tout | That will be all |
| Accueillir | To welcome |
| L’équipe | The team |
| S’est allumée | Lit up |
| Se ressentir | To feel/sense |
| Confier | To trust |
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….
