Elementary French for beginners using "French in Action"
by Professor Nicole Vaget
Leçon 5

November 10 = Day 3: lesson in class with moderators: "Mise en question" (textbook) + "Réinvention de l'histoire" (workbook)

Toward Free Expression

5.40 Cross-examing the text = Mise en Question to be used as a base for class discussion. (See questions in text p. 29). This collaborative exercise in class with moderators asks you to look at the story from a different angle. As homework students must re-read the "télé-play" = story segment of the lesson in the text book, and formulate oral responses. Once in class these questions are to be answered orally, without text.

5.41 Role-playing and reinvention of the story:

Remember: Keep the conversation going as long as you can, drawing upon the material you have studied. Use your imagination but keep within the limits of what you have studied.

If you decide to make this a written exercise, work with a partner. The only rule to be respected is to use only expressions that you have already learned (unless you are absolutly sure of the new expression you are introducing). Above all refrain from concocting an English dialogue. Any attempt at translate it into French will lead you to complete desaster.


 

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