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Sophie French Tutor acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which they live and work, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Eastern Kulin, and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.
VCE French Conversation Workshop
As a French language tutor, teaching in Melbourne for the past ten years, every year I have Year 11 and Year 12 students coming to me for help with the Oral component of the VCE exam. Most of them feel unprepared, because of the very small amount of time they get to practice speaking in school.
Indeed, learning how to read and write in a foreign language uses a different part of the brain as the one used for speaking and understanding oral language. Therefore, one can write and read at an advanced level and feel like a beginner when having a conversation.
Moreover, learning takes repetition. So, if a student barely experiences speaking, they won't have enough practice to be able to do it confidently and naturally.
About the Workshop
With this in mind, I have created this 10 weeks VCE French conversation workshop, aimed at students in need of extra practice to feel confident on Oral day. These 30 minutes online workshops will allow small groups (from 3 to 4 students) to practice conversation. Each week will focus on a specific theme and the students will be given a set of questions to prepare for each session.
Weekly themes
Week 1 : se présenter / introducing oneself
Week 2 : la famille et les animaux de compagnie / family and pets
Week 3 : Le lycée / High-school
Week 4 : Les loisirs et les petits boulots / leisure and student job
Week 5 : le sport et la santé / sport and health
Week 6 : projets et espoirs / projects and hopes
Week 7 : parler du passé / talking about the past
Week 8 : le Français, la Francophonie et moi / French language, the French speaking world and me
Week 9 : sujets d'actualité / News topics
Week 10 : conversation et questions / conversation and questions
When, where, how much?
Autumn 2024 session : Weekdays, to be determined depending on demand.
Between 15th of April and 28th of June.
All sessions take place online, on Zoom.
How much : 200$ for our 10 sessions workshop (20$ per session).
What's included : - 10 online sessions, 30 minutes each, in a small group (3 to 4 students).
- set of questions to prepare for each session.
- personalised feedback and question correction between the sessions.