Help the French to speak 'good' English (and vice versa...)
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NOUVEAU FORUM BILINGUE D'ENTRAIDE ET D'AMITIE
POUR L'APPRENTISSAGE ET LA PRATIQUE DES LANGUES
NEW EXPERIMENTAL MUTUAL-AID BILINGUAL FORUM
FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING & PRACTICE
- ENSEIGNER LE FRAN=C7AIS, APPRENDRE L'ANGLAIS
- TEACH ENGLISH, LEARN FRENCH

Rapid Language Learning:
Read a FrenchEnglishTutor member's account of how he passed the TEF (Test d'Evaluation de Fran=E7ais) after learning French in just 10 months.
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Ce groupe est form=E9 de francophones et d'anglophones qui souhaitent am=E9liorer leur diction et leurs
connaissances de la langue par la conversation.
L'adh=E9sion est gratuite.
Nous nous rencontrons dans dans ce forum d'entraide et d'amiti=E9 par E-mail, dans le salon de chat, par Messagerie instantan=E9e (Yahoo, MSN et Google Talk), par t=E9l=E9phonie, par Webcam, et par mail vocal.
Libre =E0 toi de participer et de contribuer =E0 ce forum...comme tu veux.
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Find penpals, correspondents and make NEW FRIENDS who will help you learn their language...and who would like to get to know you...and yours !!
Make friends far and near ..
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C'est un yahoogroupe d'amiti=E9 cr=E9=E9 par des anglophones voulant se perfectionner en fran=E7ais, avec r=E9ciprocit=E9 pour les francophones voulant en anglais.
Our new self-help mutual-aid tutorial yahoogroup for French speakers and English speakers at all levels, from beginner to fluent, and of all ages welcomes anyone willing to give help to others trying to learn their language...and willing to risk perhaps making a lifelong friend in the process ;-)
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French/English : Let's talk ~ Parlons !!
o Let's meet in the chat room (invite other members to join you there)
o Let's communicate by VoiceMail or instant messaging
o LET'S CHAT further off-list by E-mail, Skype, PicoPhone, Instant messenger (Yahoo/MSN/Google talk), WEBCAM or in the chat room
o BAVARDONS hors-liste par E-mail, Skype, PicoPhone, Messagerie instantan=E9e (Yahoo/MSN/Google talk), WEBCAM, ou dans le salon de chat
T=E9l=E9chargement gratuit > Download free communication software:
http://www.skype.com (EN)<> http://web.skype.com/download.fr.html (FR) http://web.tiscali.it/vitez/picophone.html (EN) downloads in 55 secs http://messenger.yahoo.com (EN)
http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com (FR)
http://messenger.msn.com (EN)
http://messenger.msn.fr/ (FR)
Google talk
To download Google talk, go to:
http://www.google.com/talk/start.html
Or,
http://tinylink.com/?c83zrMJJEF (copious google links)
Helping one another learn the other's language: a new group with a novel approach.
Find penpals, penfriends, correspondents and make NEW FRIENDS who will help you learn their language...and who would like to get to know you...and yours !!
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YOUR INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
Read members personal statements sent to the whole group, at:
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Send to the group your own persona introduction...write to fellow group members a little about yourself.
Apr=E8s t'=EAtre inscrit, envoie au groupe quelques mots sur toi (nom, boulot, =E9tudes, passe-temps, ambitions, etc.) .=2E.comme tu veux. Libre =E0 toi d'=E9crire en deux langues.
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Go to / vas sur
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FrenchEnglishTutor/chat
- Invite d'autres =E0 t'y rejoindre
- Invite others to join you
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Let's TALK ~ PARLONS !
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- Announce it to the group if you're seeking someone to chat with by voice or msg.
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Bienvevue !! Welcome !!
The following are recent messages from group members:
#1
I am a Cajun from Louisiana,USA.I have learn French from my parents.
They were not educated ,and didn't read or write French,or English.
We spoke only French at home.When most Cajuns my age started school,we could not speak any English.We only knew the French language we learned at home.We lived in the country, and had no TV, or radio.
We had very little contact with the outside world.At the age of
6 in those days all Americans are sent too public schools.That wasthe law.I have never forgotten my French language.I am trying to learn to read it now.I would like some help.If you are willing to help me I would appreciate it so much.
Merci!
(Nouveau membre de FET (FrenchEnglishTutor))
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#2
Bonjour,
Je suis de la Nouvelle Orl=E9ans.
Je d=E9man=E9gais de la Nouvelle Ol=E9ans en 1972
et je reprenais la belle langue en 1994 quand je
travaillais en New York City. Journellemant je
prenais le train de chez moi dans un petit village en Connecticut =E0 mon bureau =E0 Manhattan. Dans
la tranquillit=E9 du wagon je lisais les grandes
ouvrages fran=E7aises du XIX=E8 si=E8cle. Je
commencais avec les contes par Guy de
Maupassant; elles sont faciles et courtes. Je
te conseille rechercher une livre de texte d'une
bouquiniste et une bonne dictionnaire
fran=E7aise, je me sers du Petit Robert.
Y-a-t'il l'Alliance Fran=E7aise pr=E8s de chez toi?
Il a fallu pour moi =E0 apprendre de nouveau
les regl=E8s d'orthographe anglaises afin apprendre ceux du Fran=E7ais. (subjonctif, pass=E9 simple,
imparfait, futur anterieur, etc.) Un boulot bien
s=FBr mais pas impossible pour les t=EAtes
grises comme nous sommes.
(Membre de FET)
#A
Hello,
I'm kind of self-studying the French language like most everyone here, and I have no one to check my work/progress. I'd like to
know if there's anyone out there who has some free time to help me? alternatively, i'd like to ask the moderators if its ok for me to post some short translations/ exercises that I'm doing for group checking? You see it's embarrassingly lower level stuff and I'm concerned it might be inappropriate for advanced speakers in this group.
(Nouveau membre de FET)
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#B
Although I'm not a moderator, the posts I have
seen over the months since I have joined the
group indicate that people with all levels of
competence in French or English, from the
absolute beginner to the native speaker,
are welcome to ask for help or support in
learning the language they have not been
brought up in. Many people have requested
similar help and many others have
responded with help and suggested
corrections. It is one way to improve your
skills in writing the language and translating.
Post your efforts both in French and
English, so that whoever responds can be
clear about what you are attempting to
write in the other language. There is no
need to be embarrassed about anything,
everyone has had to start somewhere.
(Membre de FET)
NOTE :
Read members personal intro statements sent to the whole group, at:
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( DESOLE...POUR ** TOUTES ** MES FAUTES DE GRAMMAIRE ;;=3D))

Was that a joke? Or did you think that they should speak 'good' English well?

John Briggs

UC schrieb:


What?!?!?
People speak (good English) or they (speak) English (well).

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

Why do you think I didn't notice it, and why do you think it is curious?
John Briggs

He cooks a good English.

A. Gwilliam
To e-mail me, replace "bottomless pit" with "devnull"