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Education:Self-Improvement
Bonjour à tous !
Just last week, I concluded FR 105 with Washington DC's Alliance de Français, a Zoom/online course that met twice a week, two hours each time since just after Thanksgiving.
You may remember that Part Six of this series was shared during TSLL's Annual French Week which shared what I had learned through FR 104 and 103, and now it is time to share some progress!
Thankfully, there has been progress and while I chose to take Everyday Situational French this fall due to my travel schedule, this once-a-week meeting provided me the opportunity to keep the French language on the tip of my tongue before I could dive back in to the regular course work.
Some of what I share will be from the Situational French course, but most of it was learned during FR 105.
I am tickled to share that while my French definitely has a looooooong way to go, the ease I am feeling constructing basic sentences with a few different tenses delights me to no end. Last year at this time I was nervous and hesitant to attempt to say anything slightly different than what I said the week before when the professor would greet us, but now I at least can speak without hesitation and share what I did over the weekend.
With that said, with growth comes growing pains, and I had a few moments throughout the past 10 weeks of frustration when it just wasn't making sense; however, I have a new-to-me professor, she being French and also a long-time educator, I was and am so grateful for her expertise and professionalism. She pushed, but then lightened up and stuck with us when she could tell we were struggling. In those moments, she encouraged us to keep trying and then doubled down on reviewing that particular difficult piece of the language to ensure the concept was acquired. As a fellow educator, what I observed was a keen awareness demonstrating her skill of both the language and how to teach it based on where the learner was and not holding true to the lesson plan if the class wasn't ready to move forward. I am eager to step back into her class when courses resume later this month. I have made it to FR 201! (We now are enjoying a two week vacances.)
Tune in to discover 13 things I have learned so far in French class.
View the Show Notes — https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast374
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221: Waking Up in Paris Author Sonia Choquette - A Conversation on Reinvention
220: Traveling Alone Well
219: How to Cultivate Surroundings for Everyday Contentment
218: Doubt the Default - How My Trip to France Woke Me Up
217: French Trip Travel Musings, Part Trois
216: French Trip Travel Musings, Part Deux
215: French Trip Travel Musings (Why Not . . . Make the Effort?), Part Une
214: Ask Shannon 2018
213: The Art of Savoring: How to Invite the Skill of Savoring Into Our Lives
212: The Six Pillars of Good Health
211: How to Stay Relevant in Our Ever-Changing World & Embrace Each Year More than the Last
210: 10 Simple Things We Unnecessarily Complicate
209: Adding French Touches to Your Life and Space at Home
208: How to Create an All-Around Healthy Life
207: Welcoming the Gifts of a Garden & Yard When the Yard is Small or the Time is Short
206: Simple LifeHacks to Get Back on Track
205: What to Do When You Don't Know How the Future Will Unfold
204: How to Build a Life Network to Optimize Your Professional and Personal Life
203: M.L. Longworth's New Provençal Mystery and Life in Provence
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