Eldest DC has started learning French in secondary school this year and is struggling a bit and not enjoying it. I was thinking a long weekend in France might be a nice way to put the language into context a bit and encourage them to learn. But other than getting them to look at menues and order lots of lovely food, are there other language related things we can do? So far they don’t know all that many words so eg seeing a play on French would be far beyond them.
Has anyone done something similar? Would love some ideas.
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Weekend in France to encourage DC in learning French??
AnotherDayOlder · 18/03/2023 21:51
SweetSakura · 19/03/2023 16:21
I agree with this. Just seeing the road signs/shop signs etc, it all starts to help understand that learning the language is the key to unlocking a different world.
Slaistery · 19/03/2023 13:39
A lot of the benefit is in seeing everything written down around you in French. Just walking around there are loads of opportunities to look at stupid things, like bus timetables, menus in places you don’t eat in, hang around in a train station to try to work out what the announcements are saying. hearing and recognising numbers etc all help. Looking in book shops, posters for events etc so start to form a good picture.
i always found self catering was useful because you had to be able to use shops, understand cash and numbers etc. maybe less so now with contactless
Mythicalcreatures · 19/03/2023 17:13
They have to want to, my ds has no interest in learning Spanish, despite us having a holiday home in Spain - we go 4-5 times a year, him winning a prize in Spanish and his closest friend being bilingual - yes English and Spanish, he has dropped it, I am sad about that, but you know you can lead a horse to water...
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