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The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (C.E.F.R.) define a beginner learner as a "basic user". As a beginner - A2 level - the CEFR specify that a basic user "can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters". He/She "can describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need". As the speaking production skills as concerned, it is said that a basic user "can use some simple structures correctly, but still systematically makes basic mistakes". This is why this post is dedicated to beginners in French, I give you useful tools to help you compare objects ("comparer des objets"). To compare objects, you have to use comparative forms: "plus, aussi / autant, moins ... que …" in French ("more, as, less … than/as …" in English). There are four comparatives forms in French: of adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs. As a beginner, you need to use only two forms: comparatives of adjectives and nouns. The following grammar rules explain you how to use it:
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Be careful! The adjective changes according to the noun to which it refers: You must add an "-e" at the end of the feminine form of the noun if the noun is feminine and an "-s" in the plural form if the noun is plural. 2. In the second sentence, a comparative form of noun is used ; the structure is: "Autant de + Noun + Que". Be careful! You must add a "-s" to the name when it is countable. Now it's your turn to play! Practice by comparing objects on your daily life using these grammar rules that you can only consult online. To get further assistance, more information on other grammar concepts (for example, the adjective forms) or being corrected by a teacher (for phonetics, among other things), please send us your recording or contact us at contact@learnrealfrenchnow.com. MAYS AL SABBAGHFrench Language Teacher & CEO @ Learn Real French Now The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (C.E.F.R.) define a beginner learner as a "basic user". As an absolute beginner - A1 level - the CEFR specify that a basic user "can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type". As the speaking production skills as concerned, it is said that a basic user "can use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms his living conditions" : housing, rooms, furnitures, household appliances and objects. In this post dedicated to absolute beginners in French, I give you useful tools to help you describe a bedroom ("décrire sa chambre"). To describe a bedroom as a beginner, in addition to the vocabulary in connection with bedroom, you have to use the phrase "il y a" which is invariable in French ("there is" or "there are" in English).
Now it's your turn to play! Practice by describing your own bedroom, the bedroom of your parents, brother, sister or your friend using this vocabulary pictures sheet that you can only consult online. To get further assistance, more information on other grammar concepts (for example, the adjectives for color) or being corrected by a teacher (for phonetics, among other things), please send us your recording or contact us at contact@learnrealfrenchnow.com. MAYS AL SABBAGHFrench Language Teacher & CEO @ Learn Real French Now Are you looking for a Blog on French Language Learning and French Culture? Plenty of them are available on the Internet. But they are designed for and dedicated to teachers, not addressed to learners! This is why Learn Real French Now dedicates this Blog to learners. How Learn Real French Now was born?The Learn Real French Now project is the result of an in-deep reflection about teaching techniques and learning practices of French as a Foreign Language in France and abroad. How? I designed the different LRFN courses using my career experience in various language training centers. I focused on learners feedback, analysing trainees opinions, critics, in particular with their needs and expectations. People I trained was hoping to have a better service so they encouraged me to achieve this project! Why did I choose this name?I do believe that learning a foreign language is not successful with textbooks or on e-learning platforms, but by being exposed to Francophones. If we take the example of a learner who has learned French only in books and French textbooks: we notice that even if he studied French (and not English or Spanish!), he will not be able to understand easily and make himself understood quickly by French people when he will travel to France! My students asked me so many times this question: "Why I don’t understand when French people speaks French? Why do I feel there are making fun of my French? " Because the French he/she has learned does not allow him/her to catch the spoken language by the French people but a reworked language - some how distorted - in use only in classrooms. I call "real French" the language spoken by French people. Let us now take the example of a French learner who has learned the language only on e-learning platforms, he will be unable to communicate although he has learned a lot. Why ? Because he has acquired language knowledges and not language skills. For me, "real French" is the language spoken in France, the language spoken by the French themselves, that of everyday life, the media, work, and so on. Learn Real French Now delivers three kind of services based on “real french”:
Mays AL SABBAGHFrench Language Teacher & CEO @ Learn Real French Now Are you looking for a Blog on French Language Learning and French Culture? Plenty of them are available on the Internet. But they are designed for and dedicated to teachers, not addressed to learners! This is why Learn Real French Now dedicates this Blog to learners. What do you find on Learn Real French Now’s blog?This blog is a cultural space for all people interested in French language: learners, foreigners that want to learn French, professionals or just francophiles in love with the French language. You will find articles, photos, videos on:
Why I created Learn Real French Now?
Why creating a new structure? There are already many! Yes, but all of these Language Training Centers offers the same services (same courses, same methods, same practices, etc.). What I want to do is to change the way we train and learn by offering new tools, new courses, new methods, new training practices more efficient than conventional teaching practices! For all these reasons, I decided to set up my own business of French Language Training: Learn Real French Now. Mays AL SABBAGHFrench Language Teacher & CEO @ Learn Real French Now |
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