Last night I had my first private French class and I think that the one-on-one instruction will be a good use of time. The lesson began with me telling the teacher about my background, my family, etc. This part was fairly straightforward as I’m generally comfortable discussing such topics because I can rely on verbs and vocabulary that I’m familiar with.
For the balance of the class, the teacher selected articles in the local paper for me to read and then we would discuss them afterward. This type of exercise is much more difficult because I’m less familiar with the topics that are being discussed and I often run into dead ends in which I want to express a word that I simply don’t know in French. But it’s also a much more helpful exercise because it takes me out of my comfort zone and challenges me a lot.
For future classes, I think we’re basically going to continue with the newspaper exercise. As a result, I think that my teacher has one of the easiest gigs ever. She basically just has to show up, pick out a few articles, suffer through my pronunciation and then respond to what I have to say.
For the balance of the class, the teacher selected articles in the local paper for me to read and then we would discuss them afterward. This type of exercise is much more difficult because I’m less familiar with the topics that are being discussed and I often run into dead ends in which I want to express a word that I simply don’t know in French. But it’s also a much more helpful exercise because it takes me out of my comfort zone and challenges me a lot.
For future classes, I think we’re basically going to continue with the newspaper exercise. As a result, I think that my teacher has one of the easiest gigs ever. She basically just has to show up, pick out a few articles, suffer through my pronunciation and then respond to what I have to say.
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I always say I get paid for sitting around and talking to people.
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