French for Children, Primer A (Answer Key) (English and French Edition) - Softcover

Joshua Kraut

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1600512801 ISBN 13: 9781600512803

Publisher: Classical Academic Press, 2015

Synopsis

This answer key corresponds to French for Children Primer A. It includes teacher's notes, the worksheets, and the quizzes from the primer with answers filled in with a large, bold font. French is a widely spoken language. You'll hear it spoken in France, of course, but it is also spoken in Switzerland, Belgium, Monaco, and Canada, as well as many African countries, such as Burkina Faso, Côte d Ivoire, Tunisia, and Morocco. In fact, French is the native language of, or regularly used in, more than thirty-five countries around the world. This classical, beautiful, and widely spoken language will be a treasure for children to learn. There is a distinction, however, between just learning common words and phrases, which is the approach of many French programs, and knowing the language well enough to communicate fluently and accurately. French for Children Primer A teaches elementary students in grade four and up this dynamic language, both classically and creatively, at a time when students soak up language like a sponge. This book employs the pedagogy and structure of our popular Latin for Children series combined with immersion-style dialogues and vocabulary so that the French language will be taught well and thoroughly. The French for Children series emphasizes grammar and the parts of speech as vital tools for correctly speaking and understanding French. The text also uses lively chants to aid memorization of both grammar and vocabulary.

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About the Author

Joshua is a bi-lingual, incurable Francophile who has been teaching language or about language since 2001. He has taught at every level within the French school system, from elementary school through university, coached a French traveling ultimate Frisbee team, and greeted his first child in a small Provençal hospital. The dual blessings of his rich cultural experiences and an inexplicable French accent mean that Joshua is regularly mistaken for a Frenchman on the street in France. Once, a colleague took him aside, pointed at his wife Julia and, thinking she was only his girlfriend, whispered, You should stay with her. If you get married, you can get American citizenship. His initial training at Penn State in French (BA) and in Applied Linguistics (MA) paved the way for work after graduation as an English instructor in Orléans, France, and then as an administrator and instructor in Temple University's Intensive English Language Program. Desiring to advance further in his study of French, he returned to France where he earned another Master's degree in French Literature and Language (M2 en Lettres Modernes) at the Université Aix-Marseille and is currently finishing his PhD in linguistics at Georgetown University. He has been a teaching assistant for numerous courses, including How Languages are Learned, and is the lead linguistics instructor at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth in Baltimore. Joshua is a contributing author to the edited volume Usage-Inspired L2 Instruction: Researched Pedagogy and regularly presents his work at conferences such as the American Association for Applied Linguistics. He is married to Julia, author of an exceptional series of Spanish textbooks, and has two children, Greta and Amandine, with whom he converses entirely in French.

Edition details

• Publisher: Classical Academic Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1600512801
• ISBN 13: 9781600512803
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Lauraine Gustafson