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On apprend le français!

The LCA 2 French class 2010 completed an assignment using ICT: designing an ID card in French.
They happily moved onto preparing for their next task - recording a conversation en français!

The highlight of their September classes was watching the film "Les Choristes" with its beautiful music, excellent French and very useful subtitles!

As part of their French studies, the LCA 2 class embarked on some exciting activities, such as contacting students of English in St. Dié in France by e-mail, studying recipes and doing some French cooking, using the Internet to practise their target language through puzzles and games.

As well as the initial lessons on Francophony noting the countries around the world where French is spoken, the students studied the physical geography of France and noted the cities and départements, and regions as below.

So far they have learned greetings and salutations:

Bonjour! Salut! Au revoir! Bonsoir! Bonne nuit!....

Numbers:
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt.....

Easy conversation phrases:

Ça va? Tu vas bien? Je vais bien et toi? Comment allez vous?....

Days:
lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche.

Months:
janvier, fevrier, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, aôut, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre.

Verbs:
Avoir, Être, S'Appeler, Habiter, Parler

Countries:
La France, Allemagne, Belgique, Angleterre, Irlande, Italie.....

Nationalities:
Allemand(e), Français(e), Anglais(e), Irlandais(e), Italien(ne)....

The students have also noted that many French words are used every day here in Ireland:
café, restaurant............