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Better French Living through Independent Learning

Better French Living through Independent Learning. School of Modern Languages (SML) Dr Sandra Salin – sandra.salin@newcastle.ac.uk Dr Damien Hall - damien.hall@newcastle.ac.uk Morgane M azan - morgane.mazan@newcastle.ac.uk. Aims.

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Better French Living through Independent Learning

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  1. Better French Living through Independent Learning School of Modern Languages (SML) Dr Sandra Salin – sandra.salin@newcastle.ac.uk Dr Damien Hall - damien.hall@newcastle.ac.uk Morgane Mazan - morgane.mazan@newcastle.ac.uk

  2. Aims • to collaborate with Stage 2, 3 and 4 French language students • to develop specifically designed online resources • to promote targeted independent learning • to help NU students prepare for the time they will spend in a francophone country as part of their studies • to integrate linguistics content into French Language learning and teaching • to narrow the gap between (research-based) Content modules and (language-learning-based) Language modules

  3. Better preparation for living in a francophone country • Who goes abroad? • How are they prepared? • SML Students’ feedback • Preliminary survey among Stage 4 students (returning from their Year Abroad) everyday situations – Practical informal conversations – Oral • Independent learning – online resources • Existing online resources • To go beyond the SML

  4. Better integration of Linguistics into language learning Why? • Better links between content and language • To show how linguistics can help enhance language skills For example • Accents • Pronunciation • Intonation How? • Integration of one linguistic point per real-life situation unit • Targeted exercises and activities

  5. Project phase 1 - Consultation • Surveys currently going on: • Difficulties identified so far: • Opening a bank account • Phone conversations • Slang / daily vocabulary and conversations • Accents • Correspondence / emails • Cultural differences / clichés • Etiquette • Daily life • Healthcare • Education systems Focus groups (SML Stage 4 students) E-mails to SML Stage 3 students with experience in a French-speaking country • Second step: consult non-SML students with experience in a French-speaking country

  6. The future of the project Summer 2014 Material development (including listening activities focussing on spoken and colloquial French, cultural differences, etiquette, practical situations, accents and intonation) • Parts of the material will be produced in-house • All recordings used will be transcribed and answer sheets (or recordings) produced. • Semester 1 2014-15 • Material made available to Stage 2 students via Blackboard. Amendments after feedback. Semester 2 2014-15 Tested material made available to NU students via Language Resource Centre.

  7. Long-term objectives • to provide up-to-date, culturally relevant material • to offer students the opportunity to practice their skills with targeted sources on a regular basis • to encourage students to practice regularly and formatively Please contact us and send your suggestions! Thank you! sandra.salin@newcastle.ac.uk damien.hall@newcastle.ac.uk

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