Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Re: Combining Different Levels of French

Chris, I don't if this will be helpful because I'm a VERY mature adult. But
I have been studying French on and off for over 50 years. I now take
conversational classes at the Alliance Francaise here in DC. It is an excellent
place for adult learners.

Okay, my point. The more diverse the ability levels of the students in the
class, the more difficult it is for all the students. The advanced ones
have to slow down their rate of speech and translate what they've just said
into English for the less experienced students. At least that's what I do.
Not a great solution.

Anyway, the more homogenous the group the better. C'est mon avis. Bonne
chance. Peter


In a message dated 7/28/2010 10:41:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
taylorc@lws.edu writes:

I am wondering if any French teachers have had classes of French students
at
different levels,e.g. French III and French IV?
Our numbers are down for French students but we want to continue the
program.

Chris Taylor
Head of School
The Lowell Whiteman School
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487

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