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BIENVENUE !

BIENVENUE !. Class Material. 1. Handouts (hard copy) from the Language Center 2. O n line material from LC web-page http://www.online.languages.ait.ac.th Enter as a guest: bonjour. On campus resources. French Library : Language Center ( Room 216)

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BIENVENUE !

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  1. BIENVENUE !

  2. Class Material 1. Handouts (hard copy) from the Language Center 2. On line material from LC web-page http://www.online.languages.ait.ac.th Enter as a guest: bonjour

  3. On campus resources French Library: Language Center (Room 216) French TV ChannelTV5  on AIT Network: ait.ac.th/wms French Mailing List: AIT Francophones Mailing list (registration) French on the Internet (our selection) languages.ait.ac.th/french/french/RESOURCESonweb.htm

  4. WHYBOTHER LEARNING FRENCH ????

  5. French is an official language in major international organizations : UN – EU - Olympic Commitee…

  6. French is spoken in many countries

  7. French companies

  8. There’s one more good reason why you should learn French. A reason you probably never thought about before...

  9. Improve your knowledge of ENGLISH Language! How can it be?

  10. Let’s go back in timeto find out

  11. Indo-european languages Central Asia South-Asia

  12. Language groups in today’s worldlight green = Indo-European group

  13. Indo-European split Germanic Celtic Italic Greek MOTHER TONGUE Slavic Iranian Sanskrit West (Centum) East (Satem)

  14. Centum group (Western) GERMANIC: German, Dutch, Scandinavian and English ITALIC:Latin andRomance languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian CELTIC: Irish, Gaelic, Breton (nearly extinguished) GREEK:Ancient & Modern Greek

  15. Germanic languages (North) English German Dutch Danish Swedish Norwegian

  16. Romance languages (South)Roman empire From LATIN French Italian Spanish Portuguese Romanian

  17. Remaining Celtic nations today Scotland Ireland Wales Cornwall Brittany France

  18. Western EuropeNorth-South Split • - Language split • Human split • Climate split • Culture split

  19. French Vs English Key historical facts and effects on languages

  20. 2 000 years ago, the Romans invaded Gaul (France) and ruled for 500 years. The native Celtic language disappeared and was replaced by a local form of LATIN.

  21. The Roman Empire1st BC – 5th Germanic tribes

  22. The Kingdom of the Franks In the 5th century, the Franks a German tribe from the North East of Europe invaded Roman Gauland created a new kingdom FRANCE. Lot’s of Germanic vocabulary was introduced but the language remained Latin. At the same time, other German tribes (Angles & Saxons) invaded Britain, occupied then by the Celts, and created ENGLAND.

  23. The Normans Invasion In 1066 the Duke of Normandy William the Conqueror invaded England. Old French became England official language for 2 centuries. Old English language mergedthen with Old French.

  24. The second BIG consequence When French was the language of the rich and powerful for centuries, English remained the language of the street and was thus overlooked by grammarians. As a consequence, English went through a great process of simplification. English is unique in Europe for it has -no genders for nouns -no complex declension for nouns and verbs, -no cases (accusative, dative...)

  25. Through time and up to now... LATIN and GREEK have influenced both French & English continuously being the languages of science, politics, religion ... photography / telephone / acquaculture phenomena /biology /democraty /centimeter cardiovascular/homonym/diagram/economy hybrid/nanotechnology/hydrogen...

  26. English is often called an hybrid language (half Germanic/half Latin) It has accumulated lot’s of vocabulary from both worlds and is thus a very rich language.

  27. French words in the English language

  28. English & Latinate homonymeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents

  29. English is still a Germanic language

  30. language Useful generalities for language learners And review of grammar terms

  31. Like many other languages, French is composed of:

  32. Grammatical words include… • Determiners(articles – possessive…) specify the noun: the - a - some - one - my - your - our - his - this – these – several... • Pronouns replace the noun: I - she - they - it - me - you - them - us - her - him – that • Prepositions link nouns together or to the verb:to - at - of - from – in - with – for – on – under – down - against – without... • conjonctions link sentences together: and - or - but / that – when – if – because – though - unless …

  33. Vocabulary words includes… • Nouns: table – football – region - mother... • Adjectives:great – lazy – small – easy ... • Verbs:to go – to do – to sleep – to learn ... • Adverbs:well – often – quickly – always ...

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