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A number of exercises to practice the imperfect tense in French. This material should be used to compliment other more comprehensive French material and ideally should be reviewed with a trained French language teacher....
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A handout (1 of 2) made by the Peace Corps to go over basic phrases used in the French language that a volunteer will use in their site. This material is meant to compliment the other material on this site. It is not meant to be used by itself. Ideally it should be used with the guidance of a trained French language tutor....
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A handout (2 of 2) made by the Peace Corps to go over basic phrases used in the French language that a volunteer will use in their site. This material is meant to compliment the other material on this site. It is not meant to be used by itself. Ideally it should be used with the guidance of a trained French language tutor....
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This course is an exercise that goes over how to create compost for Peace Corps volunteers. This can also be used in a classroom setting to test French language comprehension....
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This handout goes over french connector or liaison words that are used to connect sentences in conversations in French to make them flow more naturally. This material is meant to be used to compliment a more extensive French language courses and ideally should be reviewed with the guidance of a trained French language tutor....
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This is a quick worksheet that shows common French language verbs and their English equivalents. This material is meant to compliment the other material on this site. It is not meant to be used by itself. Ideally it should be used with the guidance of a trained French language tutor....
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The Peace Corps French survival guide is a simple handout that will teacher the student basic phrases they will need when in a French speaking country. The guide is not meant to be a comprehensive French course. It is simply a handout that should be to compliment live French lessons....
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This Peace Corps handout goes over the some of the most commonly used irregular verbs in French. This material is meant to compliment the other material on this site. It is not meant to be used by itself. Ideally it should be used with the guidance of a trained French language tutor....
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This Peace Corps handout goes over the basic French vocabulary you would need to ask questions. This material is meant to compliment the other material on this site. It is not meant to be used by itself. Ideally it should be used with the guidance of a trained French language tutor....
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This French Mali course is designed to teach you the basic survival level of French Mali you would need. The course is composed of 17 lessons that cover the following subjects:
Lesson 1: Vocabulary 1 (Parts of the Day/Personal Pronouns)
Lesson 2: Greetings
Lesson 3: Verbs (to go, to be, to be named)
Lesson 4: Vocabulary 2 (Names of Places)
Lesson 5: Leave - Taking Expressions
Lesson 6: Dialogue
Lesson 7: Numbers (1…20)
Lesson 8: Vocabulary 3 (Common Objects)
Lesson 9: The Articles and the Possessives
Lesson 10: Telling...
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This guide, entirely in French, is designed for language training of Peace Corps workers in Tunisia and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of 25 theme-based lessons, each containing a situational dialogue, vocabulary, and exercises. The exercises focus more on new vocabulary and its usage than on systematic grammar learning. An introductory section describes the materials and makes some suggestions for additional classroom activities, including guided discussion. Lesson themes include: personal identification; greetings and leave-takings; grocery shopping; the post ...
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A set of instructional materials on technical French for mathematics instruction is designed for Peace Corps volunteers teaching math in Gabon. The materials consist of six lessons on the use of French to teach and express mathematical concepts and procedures, and information about the Gabonese educational system, in English. The French lessons include specific objectives, mathematical exercises, and vocabulary lists, with some illustrations. The lessons are designed so that by their completion, students can write, solve,and explain their own math problems, using the vocabulary and structures just introduced. The informati...
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This program, will introduce you to the basic expressions, phrases and sentences that you need to interact efficiently with Cameroonians during your first few days in-country, particularly in your host family and in the training community. We have tried to keep the lessons as conversational as possible and in line with the standard French. French is beside English, the major official language of Cameroon. It is spoken by more than 70% of the population and in eight of the ten provinces of the country.
As Peace Corps Volunteers, you will need to be functional in French for most of y...
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The instructional materials in French are designed for use by language trainers of Peace Corps volunteers serving in francophone Tunisia, to supplement situational language and grammar instruction. A brief introductory section offers strategies for teaching verb tenses. The diverse materials that follow include lists of situational questions in various tenses, lists of sentences for translation from English to French, notes on using photographs for classroom instruction, brief texts in French with vocabulary underlined, notes on having students conduct and report on out-of-class interviews, a s...
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This textbook is designed to teach the French used in West African nations. Thus, pronunciation topics reflect standard usage in those countries. Chapters generally consist of several dialogues, grammar, cultural notes, numerous pattern drills and other exercises. English translations for the dialogues are provided in the back of the volume.
This Peace Corps textbook of French has been especially designed to teach the language in s form which reflects its use as the official language of such West African nations as Haiti-Guinea, Dahomey, Upper Volta, Proxy Coast, and the Cameroon. In fact, French speaking Wes...
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