Weekly Video, Vocab & Speaking for Beginner French

***This class is resuming in the New Year on 1/4/24.  


For this ongoing French class, beginner students will meet weekly for an interactive and fun Youtube video, accompanying vocabulary and speaking practice.  **No previous French study is necessary. Although, students who have taken French classes before are welcome because we will learn lots of varied vocabulary each week (we will not "cover the basics" like some other classes do by just learning colors, numbers, alphabet.  We will learn the vocabulary in the song ie- a deer, shaking hands, stepping in, boots, it's cold, snowball fight etc) We will learn and practice how to talk about our hobbies, our food preferences, our families, the seasons, weather, fairy tales and much more.  

Each meeting will be structured as followed: 
1- Learn and review important vocabulary 
2-Watch a short (1-3 minute ) video or clip in French. 
3-Discuss the video, answer questions about it in French and practice conversations surrounding the theme of the video.  

**We will not use any other websites or external tools, students will not be asked to annotate on screen. The only requirement is that students are able to mute and unmute themselves as we do lots of talking and repeating!  

 I have had years of teaching age-appropriate videos to beginner French students and know that the visuals and lyrics of a children's Youtube video is one of the best ways to learn new vocabulary in French!  


**Parents- 3 important things to note:
 
1) the first three classes are pretty "basic", I try to make kids feel comfortable and get used to the class.  If your child feels it's "too easy" it may just be the intro classes, please allow at least 3-4 weeks before making a decision that it's too easy for your child.  I promise-the difficulty of vocabulary will increase! 

2) This class "no-stress" approach to language learning and acquisition.  It is NOT an immersion class. I do use lots of visuals to help students with comprehension, but they are welcome to speak in English as necessary.  I will  sometimes speak English in this class, so kids that are overwhelmed.  We will touch briefly on grammar and structures but mainly focus on communication and pronunciation.  

3) You are welcome to enroll your student if they are home on a snow day, quarantine day or on vacation for just one day.  Since each class is "stand alone" stopping by for just one class is fine too!  

Here is an example sequence for weekly vocabulary: 
1/4/24- La Galette- talking about King's Cake 
1/11/24 NO CLASS
1/18/24- Je Suis Malade- Talking about being sick 
1/25/24 - Les Vêtements d'hiver- winter clothing items