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The power of speaking
The power of speaking
Whenever we choose to speak, there are specific muscles that our mouth, lips and tongue use. Whenever we want to add strength to our body, we choose to complete a workout, hop on our bike or put on our running shoes for a fulfilling run. Some of us choose to pick up a racket or hit the pool. Others put on their skates or grab their skateboards. So if we know that exercising is essential, why don't we work on our strength to speak?
In what follows, there are sets of challenges allowing one to improve language skills. Let us work on the muscles that we use when we talk.
Focus on pronunciation, articulation, and proper enunciation of French sounds and words.
Set 1.1
Set 1.1
Set of 10 sentences
Set of 10 sentences
Ça se casse en Saskatchewan.
Angèle et Gilles en gilet gèlent.
La grosse cloche sonne.
Papier, panier, piano.
Piano, panier, panier, piano
Cinq chiens chassent six chats.
Suis-je chez ce cher Serge?
Serge cherche à changer son siège.
Je suis juché sur sa chaise.
Douze douches douces.
Set 1.2
Set 1.2
Set of 10 sentences
Set of 10 sentences
En haut la banane et en bas l'ananas.
La mouche rouge touche la mousse.
La charmante Macha mâche en marchant.
Une toute petite pépite type.
Un plat plein de pâtes plates.
La robe rouge de Rosalie est ravissante.
Gros rat blanc, rat blanc gras, gros rat blanc gras
Croque quatre crevettes crues et quatre crabes creux.
Une meule moud mille moules molles.
Si ma tata tâte, ta tata sera tâtée.
Set 1.3
Set 1.3
Set of 10 sentences
Set of 10 sentences
Son chat Sasha chante sa chanson sans son.
Il fait noir ce soir sur le trottoir, bonsoir.
Le singe sage passe, le linge sale pince.
Une b[ete noire se baigne dans une baignoire noire.
Si sa saucisse sent, ses six cent saucisses sentent aussi.
Des blancs pains, des bancs pleins.
Sous chaque seau se cachent six choux.
Bol bleu, bulles blêmes, balles blondes
Petits pois font petit appétit. Petit à petit, petit appétit fait petit poids.
Ces six chauds chocolats-ci sont-ils aussi chauds quand ces six chocolats-là font leurs show?
Language workouts - 1 - focus on writing (verbs)
Language workouts - 1 - focus on writing (verbs)
Language workout 1
Language workout 1
pick a verb and conjugate that verb in all the tenses that you know - go right ahead, use the verb conjugation sheet you are familiar with. - Need a copy of the verb conjugation sheet? - Then click here.
apply what you have learned: make a sentence using that verb
put that same sentence in the negative form
can you put that sentence into a question now?
change the tense of the verb
repeat steps 3, 4 and 5 using this new tense
still up to the challenge of doing the same thing with yet another verb tense?
- so what are you waiting for? - Go right ahead!
Language workouts - 2 - focus on speaking
Language workouts - 2 - focus on speaking
Language workout 2
Language workout 2
pick a verb and conjugate that verb in all the tenses that you know - go right ahead, use the verb conjugation sheet you are familiar with. - Need a copy of the verb conjugation sheet? - Then click here.
apply what you have learned: make a sentence using that verb
put that same sentence in the negative form
can you put that sentence into a question now?
record a reading of all the sentences you have written out.
- so what are you waiting for? - Go right ahead!
Language workouts - 3 - focus on writing (vocab)
Language workouts - 3 - focus on writing (vocab)
Language workout 3
Language workout 3
pick a vocab list from your assigned set of Quizlet
time yourself while reading and reviewing the vocab. - spend at least 5 minutes doing that
complete one of the challenges provided by Quizlet
complete a test provided by Quizlet
you should spend a minimum of 10 minutes to complete steps 1 to 4. - try to increase this amount of time, targeting to reach a good 20 minutes
make sentences using as may words from the list as possible
How long will it take you to write 10 sentences? - Time yourself.
Did you remember to NOT use a translating tool? - YOUR OBJECTIVE IS TO WRITE AS MANY SENTENCES AS YOU CAN USING AS MANY OF THE NEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE by only relying on your own knowledge of French. - you cannot say a word?!? well, try to see how else you can say what you have in mind.
- so what are you waiting for? - Go right ahead!
Language workouts - 4 - focus on speaking
Language workouts - 4 - focus on speaking
Language workout 4
Language workout 4
pick a vocab list from your assigned set of Quizlet
time yourself while reading and reviewing the vocab. - spend at least 5 minutes doing that
complete one of the challenges provided by Quizlet
complete a test provided by Quizlet
you should spend a minimum of 10 minutes to complete steps 1 to 4. - try to increase this amount of time, targeting to reach a good 20 minutes
make sentences using as may words from the list as possible
How long will it take you to write 10 sentences? - Time yourself.
Did you remember to NOT use a translating tool? - YOUR OBJECTIVE IS TO WRITE AS MANY SENTENCES AS YOU CAN USING AS MANY OF THE NEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE by only relying on your own knowledge of French. - you cannot say a word?!? well, try to see how else you can say what you have in mind.
record a reading of all the sentences you have written out.
- so what are you waiting for? - Go right ahead!
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