There are 48 messages totalling 2081 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. HELP! Filipino student starting Spanish in 4th quarter (3)
2. SNL sketch (4)
3. top foriegn language journals? (2)
4. DUH! (3)
5. El perro y el gato
6. And here's a quiz: French in movies
7. Department Budget Spent? (3)
8. Gerundio/Gerund -was DUH!
9. language labs (2)
10. College level French I textbook
11. ACTFL/NRCCUA Survey (5)
12. Computer terminology site in Spanish (2)
13. London Paris trip (2)
14. Survival Skills: Maintaining Order and Discipline with 6th Graders (2)
15. Come to the 9th Annual DigitalStream Conference!
16. Accessing the FLTEACH archives
17. Avancemos/Expresate
18. Obesity in France
19. National French Exam Prep
20. transfering info
21. middle school French position in WI
22. How do you handle Email penpals?
23. having it all
24. Bien dit! (2)
25. Dream Classroom
26. K-2 community song
27. at least 10 weeks for US Passports
28. France puts Harry Potter on stamps - Yahoo! News (2)
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:51:01 -0400
From: Daniel Hanson <danhan22@AOL.COM>
Subject: HELP! Filipino student starting Spanish in 4th quarter
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Dear FLTEACH members,
Today I was presented with a unique situation. I received a student from
the Philipines, who only speaks/understands minimal English and who is
fluenty in Tagalog. We just started the 4th quarter today and he has no
background experience with Spanish. I'm kind of lost as to was to do. (In
the past I generally have native English speakers or fluent to semi-fluent
native Spanish speakers that join my beginning Spanish classes. I usually
tell them to catch up with the rest of the class, and to ask me for help.)
I know the list serve has discussed similar situations, but I do not
recall anything this late in the year and with this being a native speaker
of another language other than English. I have not clue on how to address
his needs. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
(For those who are familiar with ¡En español!, we have just started Unit 4
Chapter 1.) I feel bad for the student because he has no clue about the
Spanish language and seems to be struggling with English as well.
On the ride home I thought about individualized instruction (i.e. one-on-
one time), but as a newer high school teacher, I do not feel like I can
turn my back to the class just to privately catch up this one student. I
thought about just making copies of a reproducible Spanish book, made for
middle and high school students, and then making simple tests about that
information. (Most of the reproducibles are brief grammar explanations,
and copying activities. It is very grammatical form orientated.)
Thank you,
Daniel Hanson
High School Spanish Instructor
Atwater, California, USA
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:00:09 -0500
From: "Margarita A. Levasseur" <margarita.levasseur@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: SNL sketch
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How about the Simpsons episode where Bart is sent to France on an exchange
with a kid who turns out to be an Albanian spy and is staying in some
terrible conditions? Another funny one!
Margarita
On 3/12/07, David Graham <davidg8809@aol.com> wrote:
And then there is "If looks could kill" wherein Richard Grieco is sent on
a
school trip to France because he failed French.
...snip...
... versions of French.
Don't get me stated.
David
Hello:
I am in the process of writing an article that I would like to submit for publication. I was wondering what your opinions are on the BEST journals that typically publish experimental research in foreign language. Any tips?
GRAZIE!
Melissa
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:10:09 -0700
From: Pat Barrett <pbarrett@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: DUH!
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The famous verb amo, which is all anyone remembers from Latin and shouts at you "amO, amAS, amAT" even though they stress it wrong. Oh well...
present infinitive amare to love
perfect " amavisse to have loved
future " amaturus esse to be about to love hmm
Those are all active; now the passive:
present infinitive amari to be loved
perfect " amatus esse to have been loved
Then there's the participles active amans loving
amaturus about to love
and the participles passive amatus having been loved
amandus to be loved but with sense of "worthy of being loved or needing to be loved"
But, as you can see, English can express all these but periphrastically. Then there is the gerund and the supine (rare - thank the gods).
PBarrett@cox.net Pat Barrett
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul R. Widergren" <pwgren@YOURNET.COM>
To: <FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: DUH!
I realized that there is at least a past infinitive as well as a present
infinitive in Latin. Does Latin have more than present and past
infinitives? I do not remember off hand.
Paul Widergren
pwgren@ritternet.com
On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:25:38 -0700, Pat Barrett <pbarrett@COX.NET> wrote:
Latin has infinitives for various tenses (so does English, too, but they
are
periphrastic and some people think that doesn't count).
PBarrett@cox.net Pat Barrett
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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:55:36 -0400
From: "Paul R. Widergren" <pwgren@YOURNET.COM>
Subject: El perro y el gato
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You can download five or six episodes of "El perro y el gato" on iTunes by
going to HBO Latino (Video). Elementary bilingual stuff, but cute.
Apparently they are little 2minute fillers for the HBO Family channel.
Paul Widergren
pwgren@ritternet.com
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:51:09 -0500
From: "Margarita A. Levasseur" <margarita.levasseur@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: And here's a quiz: French in movies
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Yes, i think that that is the song and it's also the song that is in the
Pepsi commercial I believe.
Margarita
On 3/12/07, D & M Blaz <blazm@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'll bite, and guess Ca plane pour moi, by Plastic Bertrand??
I know that one was in the movie!
Deb
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family
go on thier ultra rapid tour of the Louvre?
Hello:
My department is currently considering renovating our language lab. I was just wondering what types of equipment/labs are out there. Can anyone describe equipment, what types of acitivites are conducted in the lab, or suggestions for how to rennovate?
Thanks!
Melissa
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:00:24 -0700
From: Deana Alonso-Post <deanaalonso@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: College level French I textbook
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We have just adopted "Espaces" for our French intro courses.
Our full time French instructor really likes the book.
Deana
On Mar 12, 2007, at 7:52 AM, David Graham wrote:
I have used Horizons, Entre amis, Invitation au monde francophone
and Deux
Mondes. Deux mondes is the only one I have ...
...snip...
... enough material on Quebec to suit me.
David Graham
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:26:36 -0700
From: Pat Barrett <pbarrett@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: ACTFL/NRCCUA Survey
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ACTFL responds:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Juliet Mason" <jmason@ACTFL.ORG>
To: <FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 1:56 PM
Subject: ACTFL/NRCCUA Survey
To Educators Concerned with the NRCCUA Survey:
We applied last year for a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education to do this survey again, but our funding request
was denied, even though the Department of Education itself asks us for
updated enrollment data.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Not being very political myself, I wonder if someone might explain this to me. And NCLB, too, please.
PBarrett@cox.net Pat Barrett
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:48:33 -0400
From: "Paul R. Widergren" <pwgren@YOURNET.COM>
Subject: Computer terminology site in Spanish
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Here is a site I like for dealing with computers in Spanish:
When I click on ACCESO, I get an error message, but this works:
Paul Widergren
pwgren@ritternet.com
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:28:23 +0000
From: Ruth Jackson <jaxdrac@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Department Budget Spent?
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I am the department head, and we have to have all ours spent by the end of February every year. Of course, we only got $800 for the four of us, so you guys got more than we did. We do, however have the right to make copies for the rest of the year as long as the paper holds out. The school does give us the paper we use (so far anyway) and we do not have to pay for that out of our department budget. Different systems work in different ways. I know there are some that do not even get any $$ andthat is criminal, in my opinion.
Ruth Jackson
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From: lisita@DSLEXTREME.COM
> Hi all,
> Does this happen to you?
>
> I got a call from my department chair this morning saying that our seven
> teachers ...
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>... budget
> all year and I am surprised!
> -Lisa
>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:38:42 -0400
From: Becky Lawrence <becky1811@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: London Paris trip
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I agree with Deb. I spent a lot of time and energy explaining the hidden
fees as well (airport taxes, weekend penalties, joining fees, etc.) When I
used them a few years ago, there were 16 in my group. The paired us with
another school. There were 30 in their group. 46 people plus guide is too
many. The food was not that great, either. We stayed outside of Paris, for
instance, on our last night.
I just came home from my third time with Voyageur and was very happy with
the trip. There were 38 in my group and I had the tour bus and French guide
to myself. It enabled me to adjust what was a good, basic tour to fit the
desires of my students. The tour guide was the best I have ever had. Food
and accomodations were good, too.
Becky Lawrence
On 3/6/07, D & M Blaz <blazm@yahoo.com> wrote:
I did that trip with CHA many, many years ago.....and traveled with them
three more times afterward. They did a good job for us...
...snip...
... deposits, money for extras, etc.); I hated that!
Deb
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:55:36 -0700
From: Mary Hooker <maryhooker68@MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: SNL sketch
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Isn't there also an Adam Sandler skit about the Spanish teacher? Or maybe
it was a song? I could be confusing it with the lunch lady song.
Mary Hooker
Bellingham, WA
>On Behalf Of Gary Schubert
>Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 4:10 PM
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