Week Two: Learning French is Harder Than It Looks...

Especially if you are just looking. After two weeks of attempting to learn French through reading and flashcards, I have decided that visually is not the way to go while learning a language. Not only do you need a fine mix of visual and audio, but based of a test I took for my sister's science project, I learn better audio. This basically means I've been doing this all wrong. So, starting next Friday, I will be reinforcing my discoveries by listening to podcasts while following along on paper, visually. Hopefully this is the solution to my language learning.... Issues.... Emma

Learning Styles

Based on my results from the 'What's Your Learning Style?' quiz, I discovered that I am: 88% Musical. Tips: Listen to music while you learn to make connections between patterns in the song and what you are learning. Create a rhyme song or chant for what you need to memorize. Associate what you are learning to a song you like. Idea: Podcasts and listening to French music. 83% Linguistic. Tips: Listen or write. Tell a story. Memorization. Ideas: This goes well with musical. I should use podcasts and songs to learn. Hopefully this info can help me learn French! Quiz I took: http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz **UPDATE** Bought French songs off iTunes!

Week One!

And the journey begins! Every Friday in Humanities is our time to teach ourselves something new, or work on a project of our own design. Whatever you want to learn, this is your time to learn it! Big companies, such as Google, give their employees 20% of their time to come up with a project of their own design, and execute it! For my 20% I am working towards being able to hold a conversation (using common greetings and phrases) in french. In order to reach my goal, I have checked out library books in learning french, such as 'French Demystified' and 'Painless French'. For my first week I used flash cards to study words and phrases labeled as 'My life' (such as hair color or your name). I hope that I can use podcasts to learn french... Anyone know any good ones? SIGNED EMMA