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How to Teach French Demonstrative Adjectives – A French Teacher’s Guide Demonstrative adjectives are one of those French grammar topics that looks pretty simple at first. Students learn four forms: ce, cet, cette, ces They discover that these four words can mean: this, that, these, or those. That’s where things
How to Teach French BAGS Adjectives – A French Teacher’s Guide One of the things that makes French adjectives tricky for beginners is that students learn fairly early that adjectives usually come after the noun. une voiture rougea red car un repas délicieuxa delicious meal un livre intéressantan interesting book
How to Teach French Negation – A French Teacher’s Guide French negation is one of those beginner grammar topics that is actually quite simple once students understand the basic structure. The challenge is getting them to stop thinking of French negation as the English word not with a French translation.
How to Teach French Interrogative Words – A French Teacher’s Guide Once my students know how to form basic French questions, I like to take the next step, which is teaching them how to ask questions that require more than a yes or no answer. This is where interrogative words
How to Teach French Questions – A French Teacher’s Guide Forming questions in French is one of those topics that looks more complicated on paper than it actually is. When I teach beginners how to ask questions, I don’t start by giving them a long list of question words or
How to Teach French Adverbs – A French Teacher’s Guide French adverbs can look intimidating to beginners, especially when students see a long word such as rapidement or sérieusement for the first time. One thing I like about teaching French adverbs is that there is actually a system behind many
How to Teach Regular French -ER Verbs – A French Teacher’s Guide Regular -ER verbs are one of the first big breakthroughs for beginner French students. It can be pretty exciting for them to learn that so many verbs work the same way, and they’re not hard to conjugate! Once
How to Teach Avoir Mal and Body Parts in French – A French Teacher’s Guide Teaching students how to say that something hurts is one of those beginner French topics that seems very simple until students try to translate what they would naturally say in English. In English, we say:
How to Teach French Avoir Expressions – A French Teacher’s Guide One of the things that can be frustrating for beginning French students is discovering that avoir doesn’t always mean “to have.” They learn: J’ai un livre.I have a book. And then I introduce: J’ai faim.I’m hungry. Now they wonder,
How to Teach the French Verb Avoir – A French Teacher’s Guide Avoir is one of the first French verbs I teach, and it’s one of the verbs I want my students to learn really well. It means to have, but beginners quickly discover that they will be using avoir
How to Teach the French Verb Être – A French Teacher’s Guide The French verb être is one of the first verbs beginners learn. It means to be, and students will use it constantly. But I’ve found that simply giving students the conjugation chart isn’t enough. They need to see
How to Teach French Days, Months, and Seasons – A French Teacher’s Guide Days of the week, months, and seasons are some of the first vocabulary I teach in beginner French. They seem straightforward, and most students can memorize the words fairly quickly. But there are a few important differences
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