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  • Thread starter gaer
  • Start date Aug 30, 2005

gaer

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  • Aug 30, 2005

We ran into this usage in the German forum, but I see over 13 000 hits using Google. In the US we give or assign homework. "Set" is wrong here (in the US), at least in my experience. Could this be yet another regional difference? I believe I saw "set" on at least a couple Australian websites. Has anyone here heard or used "set homework"? Gaer  

Isotta

I can't recall ever hearing it at my school in America, where we were assigned homework, nor at my British school in Hong Kong, where we were given coursework. But that may have been different than in the UK. Might it refer to standardised coursework? Isotta.  

Never hard about it. Probably set of homework.  

panjandrum

I recognise this in two forms: Why do schools set homework? CLICK HERE There is no set homework on Friday nights. Small number of hits for "no set homework" It seems, looking at these, that this is very much a BE usage. Set seems more common than give or assign in the UK-only. Sorry, I should add that it is not a set of homework, and it almost certainly isn't coursework.  

  • Aug 31, 2005
panjandrum said: I recognise this in two forms: Why do schools set homework? CLICK HERE There is no set homework on Friday nights. Small number of hits for "no set homework" It seems, looking at these, that this is very much a BE usage. Set seems more common than give or assign in the UK-only. Sorry, I should add that it is not a set of homework, and it almost certainly isn't coursework. Click to expand...

garryknight

As a resident of the UK, I agree with Panjandrum about the two uses of 'set' with reference to homework. Also, my teachers used to set homework for us regularly. So we were certainly using the term in my school.  

Beautiful Princess

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gaer said: In the US we give or assign homework. "Set" is wrong here (in the US), at least in my experience. Could this be yet another regional difference? I believe I saw "set" on at least a couple Australian websites. Has anyone here heard or used "set homework"? Gaer Click to expand...
garryknight said: As a resident of the UK, I agree with Panjandrum about the two uses of 'set' with reference to homework. Also, my teachers used to set homework for us regularly. So we were certainly using the term in my school. Click to expand...
Beautiful Princess said: Set homework.. setting homework you mean.. Click to expand...
Does this pertains to lessons taught in schools? Click to expand...
If so, yes, I believe setting homework is a must for every student/tutee/learner.. this helps them review what they've learned. Click to expand...

Gaer, The sites I linked to give many examples of the routine BE use of set, rather than assign or give, for homework. These sites are the BBC and schools across the UK. This may have contributed to lack of comment from BE-speakers who may feel that further comment is not needed. Teachers set homework. It seems to me that we use "set" just as AE uses "give" or "assign" homework. "There is no set homework on Friday night", is the equivalent of, "There is no assigned homework on Friday night".  

Aupick

I confirm that Panj's references made me think the question was already answered. 'Set' seems perfectly natural to me in the sense of 'assign'. I think 'assign' would sound mildly pompous in this context in BE, but that might just be me.  

Ah, it is not coursework? Must have been a Hong Kongism, I suppose. Isotta.  

If I remember rightly, in the UK coursework is work that's done over an extended period of time, usually at home but possibly in school as well, and that counts towards an exam. In my English A-level, 80% or so of the final grade was determined by the exams I sat at the end of the year. The other 20% was determined by coursework: different essays that I had written during the year (at home) and which I selected as being representative of what I was capable of. The two ideas are very similar and I can easily imagine them being equivalent in Hong Kong or elsewhere, or even in the UK today. (It's been a few years...)  

Aupick's memory is sound. I just had a look on the UK Government's parentscentre site HERE and it talks about coursework as part of the assessment process. Coursework would include project work or assignments to be completed over a lengthy period.  

ok, that makes sense then. Nobody is losing it. Phew. Isotta.  

  • Sep 1, 2005
panjandrum said: Gaer, The sites I linked to give many examples of the routine BE use of set, rather than assign or give, for homework. These sites are the BBC and schools across the UK. This may have contributed to lack of comment from BE-speakers who may feel that further comment is not needed. Teachers set homework. It seems to me that we use "set" just as AE uses "give" or "assign" homework. "There is no set homework on Friday night", is the equivalent of, "There is no assigned homework on Friday night". Click to expand...

Mouloud Benzadi

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  • Feb 9, 2022
gaer said: We ran into this usage in the German forum, but I see over 13 000 hits using Google. In the US we give or assign homework. "Set" is wrong here (in the US), at least in my experience. Could this be yet another regional difference? I believe I saw "set" on at least a couple Australian websites. Has anyone here heard or used "set homework"? Gaer Click to expand...

kentix

As the original commenter said, none of those usages occur in the U.S. We assign homework.  

Hermione Golightly

Hermione Golightly

Yes, 'set' is the usual verb in the UK. We were set homework every night and at the weekend. HaHaHe! The geography teacher forgot to set any homework!  

homework translation | English-French dictionary

set homework in french

homework club , housework , homeowner

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(school work) ( )devoirs
 Jimmy gets a lot of homework.
 Jimmy a beaucoup de devoirs à faire.
(preparation)devoirs
 I have done my homework, and am well prepared for the meeting.
 J'ai fait mes devoirs et suis bien préparé pour la réunion.
 
AnglaisFrançais
(work done at home)travail à la maison
 I am so busy at the office, I have started doing homework to catch up.
 Je suis tellement occupé au bureau que j'amène du travail à la maison pour me rattraper.

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(do after-hours schoolwork)faire ses devoirs
 The children have to do homework before they can go out to play.
 Les enfants doivent faire leurs devoirs avant de pouvoir aller jouer dehors.
(become informed)bien se renseigner
(task for students)devoir maison
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Homework noun —, devoir m (often used), devoirs pl m (often used), homework club n —, homework help n —, homework support n —, homework book n —, homework supervision n —, ▸ wikipedia, ▾ external sources (not reviewed).

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rovide interesting topics of discussion and encourages passive participants to engage will create an atmosphere of energy.
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Whether you’re a student learning how to speak French or a classroom teacher you’ll definitely want to learn some useful classroom commands and expressions. This list includes common phrases and vocabulary words for both teachers and students. 

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Phrases for teachers

Homework, assignments.

  • Where is your paper? Où est votre papier ?
  • Turn in your homework. Rendez vos devoirs.
  • Who wants to correct the work? Qui veux corriger le travail ?
  • Make the corrections. Faites les corrections.
  • Did you finish? Vous avez fini?
  • Good job! C’est bien! Bravo !

During the class

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  • Repeat. Répétez !
  • Repeat three times. Répétez trois fois .
  • Take your book. Prenez votre livre.
  • Open your book to page __ . Ouvrez votre livre à la page __.
  • Close your books. Fermez vos livres.
  • Do you understand? Vous comprenez…?
  • What does that mean? Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire?
  • Raise your hand. Levez la main.
  • Look at the blackboard. Regardez le tableau noir.
  • Take a sheet of paper. Prenez une feuille de papier.
  • Read __ . Lisez __ .
  • Listen and repeat. Écoutez et répétez.
  • Write this word. Écrivez ce mot.
  • Spell this word, sentence. Épelez ce mot, cette phrase.
  • You understand this word, sentence? Vous comprenez ce mot, cette phrase ?
  • How do you say _ in French? Comment on dit _ en français ?
  • I’ll explain the word. J’explique le mot .
  • Speak louder. Parlez plus fort.
  • Ask the question. Posez la question.
  • Who can reply/answer? Qui peut répondre?
  • What’s the right answer? Quelle est la bonne réponse?
  • Who can answer? Qui peut répondre?
  • Who wants to read aloud? Qui veut lire à voix haute ?
  • Do the exercise. Faites l’exercise.
  • Work alone. Travaillez seul.
  • Work with a partner, in pairs. Travaillez deux par deux.
  • Work in small groups. Travaillez en petits groupes.
  • Sit down! Asseyez-vous !
  • Who’s absent (not in class)? Qui est absent ?
  • Pay attention! Faites attention !
  • Leave the room! Sortez de la salle !
  • Silence! Silence !
  • Stand up! On your feet! Levez-vous ! Debout !
  • Shut up at the back of the class! Taisez-vous au fond de la classe !

Phrases for students

Relating to homework.

  • Here’s my homework. Voici mes devoirs.
  • I forgot my homework. J’ai oublié mes devoirs.
  • I haven’t done my homework. Je n’ai pas fait mes devoirs.
  • My dog ate my homework. Mon chien a mangé mes devoirs.

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  • What page? Quelle page
  • Where’s my textbook. Où est mon manuel scolaire.
  • I lost my notebook. J’ai perdu mon cahier.
  • I don’t have a book, a pen. Je n’ai pas de livre, de stylo
  • How do you write this word? Comment écrit-on ce mot ?
  • How do you say _ in French? Comment dit-on _ en français?
  • I’m having a hard time ___ . J’ai du mal à ___.
  • Can you teach ? Pouvez-vous enseigner ?
  • I already learned this word. J’ai déjà appris ce mot.
  • What does that mean? Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire ?
  • I don’t understand. Je ne comprends pas.
  • I understand. Je comprends.
  • How do you pronounce this word? Comment prononce-t-on ce mot?
  • Could you repeat, please? Vous pouvez répéter, s’il vous plaît ?
  • You’re speaking to fast. Vous parlez trop vite.
  • Speak slower. Parlez moins vite.

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One of the best ways to build French learning momentum at every stage is to remember why you’re studying it in the first place.

For starters, consider the fact that French is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world—and its popularity is only growing .

As such, it opens you up to many different careers and makes you a competitive candidate in the workforce.

Learning French also  prepares you for going abroad and lets you communicate with people from many different cultures, not just in Europe but also in Africa, where a large portion of the population speaks French .

  • Learn the fundamentals of French sentence construction
  • Learn how to spell and count in French
  • Start building a French phrase stockpile with basic greetings

As you can imagine, the first step to learning any language is to learn its alphabet. You really can’t do anything else until you get this down pat.

For many learners, myself included, the easiest way to do so is to memorize it through song . Personally, I find YouTuber Kylie Hicken’s letter pronunciation and song video a great way to master the French alphabet.

When you teach a child their native language, what do you teach them right after the alphabet? Most of you would answer the same way: numbers.

It’s the same for foreign language learners and you’ll need to study French numbers before moving on. I would recommend learning how to count up to 20 in the first week , and reinforcing that info during the second week. If you have time during your second week, try to get up to 100 .

This  guide to counting in French  will help you master those basic numbers. Fortunately, the formula for saying numbers above 20 is pretty easy to remember.

As for numbers higher than 100, save them for later, after you’ve mastered this three-month curriculum. Those won’t be as necessary in everyday French life as the other topics in this curriculum are.

Here’s another extremely important basic concept: the six basic French subject pronouns. They shouldn’t take long to learn.

They’re as follows:

Tu  (You, singular)

Il / Elle (He/She)

Vous (You, plural)

Ils / Elles (They, masculine/They, feminine)

Simple, right?

If you want to speak French with actual people, then learning the basic hellos and goodbyes are pretty essential.

It’s best to practice these now before you add more vocabulary to your repertoire , as you’ll need them to start any conversation. It’s also smart to get in the habit of speaking conversational French early on, so real conversations aren’t as intimidating later.

FluentU is one possible source to start learning how to communicate in real-world French .

I bet you can guess what these two words mean just by thinking of the two most important English verbs.

That’s right— être means “to be” and  avoir means “to have.”

These two little verbs will be your best friends throughout the whole French process, as you’ll use them to form almost every common expression and to construct past tenses in French.

Reverso Conjugation is a great online tool that shows you how to conjugate any verb, including these ones. For weeks one and two, learn only the present-tense forms of  être and  avoir (the forms in the upper left box after you type a verb into Reverso Conjugation). These are the first steps of verb conjugation that you’ll be building on as you progress.

This will be your final subject to end the first two weeks, and you’ll certainly need it before learning any nouns or basic sentences .

While definite and indefinite articles may sound like a scary topic at first, it’s actually a super short lesson with only six tiny words to memorize!

Essentially, you need to know the following:

  • Le / la / les (the): Use  le for masculine nouns,  la for feminine nouns and  les for plural nouns.

Le bureau, la chaise et les crayons  (The desk, the chair and the pencils)

  • Un / une / des (a): Use  un for masculine nouns,  une for feminine nouns and  des for plural nouns.

Un bureau, une chaise et des crayons (A desk, a chair and pencils)

These small, simple words may seem unimportant but you’ll use them more than just about anything else when speaking French.

  • Learn essential vocabulary for the day-to-day
  • Start conjugating regular French verbs

The days of the week are some of the simplest vocabulary you’ll need to know, and you can start practicing by visiting the BBC, a site filled with vocabulary, songs and audio clips of all languages.

Their days of the week guide gives you everything you need to know, going far beyond just the names of the days to include the French words for “weekend”, “day”, “afternoon”, “night”, etc. Their guide to the months includes bonuses like how to talk about your birthday and how to say which month you’re going on vacation.

As a bonus, each word is accompanied by an audio clip so you know exactly how to pronounce it.

Weeks three and four in this curriculum are really all about how to get by with day-to-day vocabulary, and telling time is one of the most important things you’ll want to know from the moment you wake up!

Whether it’s asking someone for the time or reading your French train ticket, you’re going to need to master this concept.

Since you learned French numbers in weeks one and two, putting them together now to tell time should be easy. You just need this phrase: Il est ___ heure(s) ___. (Literally: It is ___ hour(s) ___.)

To learn more about how to express the time in French, you can check out this guide here.

Continuing with the day-to-day theme, you’ll need to study-up on weather words. At the very least, you’ll want to know how to say things like “it’s cold, it’s raining and the weather is bad.”

Try memorizing three words a day from this guide to French weather vocabulary , and you’ll have a stockpile of new weather words by the end of week four.

Now is a great time to change up your study method (so you don’t get bored) and head over to Quizlet, a website that boasts loads of great study sets and games .

Their page on French family vocabulary is fantastic, complete with flashcards, writing and spelling tests and several fun games.

Many of these family words are similar to their counterparts in English , so with just a few hours of play, you’ll have these words down pat.

Present Tense Conjugations of – Er Verbs

Essentially, there are three main groups of verbs in the French language and  -er verbs are good to start with since they’re arguably the most intuitive (we’ll get to the others later).

In fact, verbs that have the -er ending are by far the most useful regular verbs in the French language. That is because some 90% of all French verbs have the -er verb ending. That means that if you master this group of verbs and the associated tenses, you should be well on your way to French verb mastery!

In order to learn how to conjugate these, I recommend Tex’s French Grammar , which has an excellent guide to regular – er verbs with explanations, examples and audio clips.

  • Warm up with the last of the day-to-day vocabulary
  • Add more complex types of sentences to your grammar

After learning some rich vocabulary and starting to conjugate verbs, you might be ready for a bit of a break .

Relax and enjoy learning these easy color words using some more of Quizlet’s games and quizzes—their study set for colors is full of all the same fun tools you used to learn family vocabulary.

Now that you’re warmed up, it’s time for some more hefty vocabulary : house words.

Have no fear! As it’s no fun to just memorize huge lists one after another, I recommend ProProfs Flashcards , a platform that lets anyone create study flashcards. Their French household flashcards are a fun way to learn and once you’ve practiced enough, there’s an option to keep score of how many you get correct each round.

They’ve also got some games like matching French words with their English definitions so you have plenty to keep you occupied while you learn.

It’s time to learn French questions so that you can continue on your way to fleshing out nice sentences and changing up your speech patterns . You now have some great vocabulary at your disposal, so let’s learn another way to use it.

This guide to asking questions is useful for learning this crucial part of the language.

Present Tense Conjugations of – Ir Verbs

Here’s the second verb group I alluded to before: verbs ending in – ir .

Again, I recommend Tex’s French Grammar, as I really find their – ir verbs guide to be quite simple and complete. It contains many examples of these types of verbs and how to conjugate them.

This guide to French negatives  covers basic negatives, negative adverbs, negative pronouns and much more. Try to focus on one type of negation every day so that you leave this study stage equipped to negate anything.

That guide even has a section that explains n’importe (no matter/whichever/any) ,  which happens to mean many different things depending on the situation and which is used religiously by the French but glossed over in many French language guides.

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Congratulations if you’ve made it this far—you’re now past the halfway mark!

  • Learn how to navigate basic situations in a French-speaking region
  • Finish memorizing regular conjugation rules

In week seven, focus on learning basic food vocabulary. BBC Bitesize guide to food has all the essentials plus an amazing extra list of French recipe-specific terms—it’ll be like talking with Julia Child and you’ll love it!

In week eight, take what you’ve learned and combine it with this  guide to ordering food in French  and you’re well on your way to devouring some delicious French cuisine.

In order to shop and purchase items in a French-speaking region, you need to know some essential phrases.

Start by visiting Quizlet’s money flashcards and games to learn basic shopping expressions like , “How much does it cost?”

Next, head over to YouLearnFrench’s shopping dialogue video , which will help you apply the vocabulary that you learned with Quizlet. Listen to and repeat the words and phrases that you hear until you’re confident in your French shopping skills.

As a bonus, check out these fun, simple online games that teach you clothing vocabulary while you play.

Present Tense Conjugations of – Re Verbs

Now that you’ve had time for the first two groups of verbs to sink in, it’s time to learn the final one.

Stick with Tex’s French Grammar because you’re already used to the way in which this website presents the verb groups and start reading up and listening to audio clips on their guide to conjugating regular – re verbs .

  • Start constructing descriptive and more complex sentences

Continuing towards creating good sentences, let’s add some interesting adjectives.

For Dummies has a short and sweet guide to adjectives and where to grammatically place them.

Don’t get bogged down by the particularities at this point, but rather verse yourself in the most commonly used adjectives and their basic usage.

The French language is in love with reflexive verbs, ones where the subject performs the action on itself. You’re ready for this topic now because you’re comfortable with subject pronouns and French verb conjugation rules.

A little complicated at first, you’ll use them constantly once you get the hang of them, like when saying  se laver (to wash) or  se reveiller (to wake up).

The first thing you need to do is memorize the French reflexive pronouns . Try to learn these during the first day or two of this study stage.

After that, you can spend the next two weeks practicing creating sentences with reflexive verbs. This guide shows you the different types of French reflexive verbs and how to use them in different contexts and tenses.

In preparing for the final weeks, try your hand at memorizing some vocabulary having to do with places. You have plenty of options here, and chances are you’ve already found your favorite French-learning sites from this list of resources.

Try out some town vocabulary with games at Quizlet or keep it short and sweet with travel words at For Dummies .

  • Add more complex descriptions to your sentences with adverbs
  • Wrap up vocabulary essentials
  • Start speaking in French!

You’ve made it to the last two weeks of the course!

It’s almost time to celebrate, but first we must perfect our adverbs. This helps you add even more description to your French sentences by describing how something happened.

Fortunately, they can be quite simple to master since you already know French adjectives. Similar to how you tack on the suffix – ly to turn an English adjective into an adverb, in French you use the suffix – ment .

Here are some examples from this in-depth guide to forming and using French adverbs :

confortable (comfortable) — confortablement (comfortably)

malheureuse (unfortunate) — malheureusement (unfortunately)

For the last piece of the vocabulary essentials puzzle, it’s time to learn the parts of the body thanks to another YouLearnFrench video , which includes all of the basics plus a great pronunciation guide. You can also check out our guide to 140+ medical terms in French , complete with audio to help you get the pronunciation right. 

You’ve successfully completed a beginner’s French course and now it’s time to check the fruits of your labor .

Start speaking and writing French whenever you can. Use resources like Linguee , an online French dictionary, to help you construct diverse sentences and add new vocabulary to your repertoire. Use  BonPatron , an excellent, free French spelling and grammar checker, to catch any errors.

It’s also time to start thinking about bettering your pronunciation with websites like Forvo , an online audio dictionary.

Finally, you could start communicating with real French speakers on the popular tutoring platform italki. Here you’ll be able to find a tutor that you can practice and improve your skills with.

Congratulations—if you’ve successfully stuck with this French study plan then chances are, you’re a francophone now.

Take a moment to bask in your success, and when the time comes—dare I say it—start your intermediate level course!

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Are you looking for free French resources for French class to get started on planning? Or are you looking for inspiration for your French classes?

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1. African Culture and History Activity | Africa Free Distance Learning (La Libre Language Learning)

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To begin, this activity is an EXCELLENT resource for remote learning and to begin a conversation on stereotyping and generalizing the continent of Africa.

Specifically, it comprises of a Google Forms activity created by La Libre Language Learning.

In short, students will watch a short clip of an Al Jazeera interview with Angélique Kidjo and answer a series of questions to further their understanding.

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2. Free French Virtual Field Trip – le Calvados (La Brunette)

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I recently discovered La Brunette ‘s Instagram and I have fallen in love with her resources!

La Brunette creates engaging and super creative virtual trip presentations to francophone destinations.

In this particular free French resource, students will visit the region of Le Calvados in Normandy.

Consequently, students will complete listening and reading comprehension work and consequently discover the beautiful city whilst never leaving home!

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3. French Conversation Starters: Les Activités / Activities (Madame Yak)

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Madame Yak creates super engaging resources. A unique aspect about her resources is that she creates the clipart in her work as well!

This particular free resource is perfect for the first few weeks of an introductory French class.

Essentially, over the span of several classes, you will introduce your students to a new question. Students will practice pronouncing and answering the question. In addition, they will also have the opportunity to practice with partners, in small groups or with the whole class!

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4. Food Bingo – La nourriture Bingo (Fleavecmmed)

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This resource is one of my own! Introduce your students to French food vocabulary with this freebie! It comes with vocabulary sheets and FOOD BINGO! I have a class set laminated and we play with whiteboard markers! My students always beg for more rounds when we play food bingo!

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5. French Simple Future – Task Cards (French with Elise)

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French with Elise created a task card set to practice futur simple with intermediate-advanced students.

All you have to do is print and cut out the card sets for your class and print out a copy of the worksheet for all of your students.

In short, students will then take turns reading each card, predicting the future (the image on the task card) and writing a sentence for the subject pronoun indicated on the card.

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6. Edith Piaf French Homework Passes  (La libre language learning)

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Next, this one is a super fun and creative idea. La Libre Language Learning created Edith Piaf-themed homework passes!

I don’t know about you guys — but nothing motivates my students more than the prize of a homework pass during a competitive game or activity!

Even if we rarely have homework in my classes, my students will fight fiercely for these types of passes!

7. Les oeuvres de Claude Monet (Fleavecmmed)

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Thé et Monet is one of my own and one of my favourites! The goal is for students to practice imparfait or the present tense while describing Claude Monet’s famous paintings!

Further, I add a little twist to this activity and make my students hot chocolate or tea while they are working and they ABSOLUTELY LOVE being served a hot drink while working. Who wouldn’t?

Lastly, It’s peaceful, relaxing and they are practicing description vocabulary and either the imparfait or present tense with a cultural twist!

It’s a win-win for everyone!

8. Core French Listening Pack (Smalltownfrenchie)

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This activity is a listening comprehension activity suitable for a number of age groups. Students will listen to a series of sentences and then either draw and/or write down what they hear.

Additionally, Smalltownfrenchie has provided a few different worksheet options in this resource so that this activity works with different levels of French!

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9. Les signets de la rentrée (Sprinkle it with French)

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Start off the school year by printing these fun, watercolour-themed bookmarkers for your students. Grades included are 1-7!

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10. Le verbe FAIRE  (Fleavecmmed)

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Last but not least, introduce your students to the verb FAIRE and all of its relevant vocabulary and grammar with this free French resource.

Students will complete a number of fun activities while learning all about this important verb!

I hope that you found some amazing free resources for French class in this article!

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Social media users are sharing a map with the false claim it shows French churches "destroyed," "vandalized" or "attacked" in "recent years."

On Sept. 15, 2024, an X ( archive ) post with the map claimed, "Churches burned or vandalized in France in recent years. We all know it's not random." At least two other posts — one on X ( archive ) and another on Reddit ( archive ) posts — made the same claim in September 2024.

Churches burned or vandalized in France in recent years. We all know it's not random. pic.twitter.com/B6fPpenH0x — RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) September 15, 2024

The map often spreads in the wake of large fires at French churches that make global headlines. According to the Catholic News Agency , a historic church in the French town Saint-Omer was damaged in a fire on Sept. 2. That outlet alleged it was arson.

We first observed the map spreading across social media platforms after the Notre Dame cathedral caught fire in April 2019. In July 2024,  posts  started to spread  the map once  again as a fire that was later contained  broke out on the spire of a French cathedral.

When we fact-checked the claim in 2019, we found posts blamed the Notre Dame fire on Muslims and connected the incident (which authorities reportedly said was likely an  accident  at the time) to churches that had been recently vandalized in France. 

Social media posts containing the claim in 2024 continued to baselessly blame Muslims for the incidents documented on the map. One X account commented  on a post that contained the map: "This will only get worst. Those Islamists will first burn churches, then murder Christians and Jews."

However, those claims weren't true. In 2019, we found this map came from christianophobie.fr, a website  dedicated to tracking acts of "Christianophobia" in France and the rest of the world.

While this image is often shared as if it shows all of the churches that were "destroyed" in France, the map actually documented a wide range of nefarious activity — such as vandalism, theft, and arson — that occurred at both churches and cemeteries over an apparent span of two years covering 2017 and 2018.

It should also be noted that while this map documented some relatively serious crimes, such as arson or the toppling of church statues, many of these pins corresponded to graffiti-related incidents. We also found one pin related to a person simply interrupting a church service.

We've fact-checked other claims about French churches before, like whether photographs authentically showed  the real skull of Mary Magdalene inside a gold reliquary.

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"L'observatoire de la Christianophobie."  L'observatoire de la Christianophobie , 12 July 2024, https://christianophobie.fr/category/carte.

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McPartland, Ben. "'Turn France's Empty Churches into Mosques'."   The Local . 15 June 2015.

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Wazer, Caroline. "Real Pic of Mary Magdalene's Skull in French Church?" Snopes, 29 June 2024, https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/mary-magdalenes-skull/.

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine is the web producer/production editor for Snopes.

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A French man admits in court to drugging his wife so that he and dozens of men could rape her

A 71-year-old French man admitted in court Tuesday that for nearly a decade, he repeatedly drugged his unwitting wife and invited dozens of men to rape her while she lay unconscious in their bed. His wife of 50 years, who has divorced him since his arrest, also got to speak, telling the court that she feels completely betrayed. In a trial that has gripped France and raised awareness about sexual violence in the home and beyond, Dominique Pélicot told the court that he also raped his wife, Gisèle Pélicot, and that the 50 men standing trial alongside him understood exactly what they were doing.

Gisele Pélicot and her lawyers arrived in court on Tuesday morning for the trial of Dominique Pélicot, the man accused of drugging his wife so that dozens of men could have sexual intercourse with her while she laid unconscious.

Gisele Pelicot arrives at the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Her ex-husband admitted in court that for nearly a decade, he repeatedly drugged his unwitting wife and invited dozens of men to rape her while she lay unconscious. (AP Photo/Diane Jantet)

FILE - Police officers walk in the Avignon court house prior to the trial of Dominique Pelicot, in Avignon, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

Gisele Pelicot exits the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, after her ex-husband admitted in court that for nearly a decade, he repeatedly drugged his unwitting wife and invited dozens of men to rape her while she lay unconscious. (AP Photo/Diane Jantet)

FILE - Gisele Pelicot, left, arrives in the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

FILE - Gisele Pelicot speaks to media as she leaves the Avignon court house, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

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AVIGNON, France (AP) — A 71-year-old French man admitted in court Tuesday that for nearly a decade, he repeatedly drugged his unwitting wife and invited dozens of men to rape her while she lay unconscious in their bed.

His wife of 50 years, who has divorced him since his arrest, also got to speak, telling the court that she feels completely betrayed.

In a trial that has gripped France and raised awareness about sexual violence in the home and beyond, Dominique Pélicot told the court that he also raped his wife, Gisèle Pélicot, and that the 50 men standing trial alongside him understood exactly what they were doing.

“Today I maintain that, along with the other men here, I am a rapist,″ Dominique Pélicot testified. “They knew everything. They can’t say otherwise.”

Pélicot’s testimony marked the most important moment yet in a trial that has shocked the world. Although he previously confessed to investigators, his court testimony will be crucial for the panel of judges to decide on the fate of his co-defendants, who range in age from 26 to 74. Many of them deny having raped Gisèle Pélicot, saying her then-husband had manipulated them or that they believed she was consenting.

Many following the case also hope his testimony might help explain why Dominique Pélicot would subject the mother of his three children to such unconscionable abuse.

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Gisèle Pélicot has become a hero to many rape victims and a symbol of the fight against sexual violence in France for agreeing to waive her anonymity in the case, letting the trial be public and appearing openly in front of the media. She shows up every day, passing through the courthouse security line behind men accused of raping her. As she left court during a break Tuesday, supporters brought her flowers.

After days of delay due to what his lawyers said was a kidney stone and urinary tract infection, Dominique Pélicot, seated in a wheelchair, testified that the charges against him are true. With his ex-wife looking on from the packed gallery and his voice trembling and barely audible at times, he started a long day of testimony trying to explain childhood traumas that he said scarred and molded him into the person he became.

“One is not born a pervert, one becomes a pervert,” Pélicot told the judges after recounting, sometimes in tears, being raped by a male hospital nurse at age 9 and being forced to take part in a gang rape at age 14.

Pélicot also said that for years, his father sexually abused a young girl his family had taken in, and that his brother later said their father had invited other men to do the same.

He regretted that his parents didn’t let him continue his studies after he turned 14. He said that around that time, he tried to persuade his mother to leave the house with him, but “she never wanted to.”

“I don’t really want to talk about this, I am just ashamed of my father. In the end, I didn’t do any better,’' said Pélicot, who faces 20 years in prison if convicted.

After he spoke about his difficult upbringing, Gisèle Pélicot was given the opportunity to address the court.

“It is hard for me to hear this. For 50 years, I lived with a man. I couldn’t imagine even one second that he could have committed acts of rape,″ she said. “I trusted this man entirely.″

The two looked at each other, him from behind the dock’s glass window and her from the witness stand.

“I am guilty,” he told her. “I regret everything I did. I ask you for forgiveness, even if it is unpardonable.”

Asked if she wanted to respond, Gisèle Pélicot turned and left the stand.

When asked about his feelings toward his ex-wife, Dominique Pélicot said she didn’t deserve what he did.

“From my youth, I remember only shocks and traumas, forgotten partly thanks to her,” he said in tears.

At that moment, Gisèle Pélicot put on her sunglasses.

Later, Dominique Pélicot said, “I was crazy about her. She replaced everything. I ruined everything.”

A supermarket security guard caught Pélicot in 2020 secretly shooting video up women’s skirts, according to court documents. During a search of his house and electronic devices, police found thousands of photos and videos of men engaging in sexual acts with Gisèle Pélicot while she appeared to be unconscious in bed.

With the recordings, police were able to track down most of the 72 suspects they were seeking, but not all.

In addition to the photos and videos of Gisèle Pélicot, investigators found photos of the Pelicots’ daughter, Caroline Darian, and two daughters-in-law that were surreptitiously taken while they were in their underwear, getting undressed or taking showers, according to authorities.

While her mother has stayed remarkably calm throughout the trial, Darian walked out of the courtroom Tuesday as her father was being asked about photos of her that were found on his laptop.

″Excuse me, I’m going to vomit,″ she said angrily before rushing out. She has written a book about what happened to her family, called ″And I Stopped Calling you Daddy.″

After retiring, the Pélicots moved from the Paris region to a house in Mazan, a small town in the Provence region.

When police officers called Gisèle Pélicot in for questioning in late 2020, she initially told them her husband was “a great guy,″ according to legal documents. They then showed her some photos. She left and later divorced her husband.

Since Dominique Pélicot’s arrest, other cases have surfaced. He was fined after being caught shooting video of a women’s crotch in 2010 and required to see a psychologist. Gisèle Pélicot has said she never knew about this incident.

Under French law, the proceedings inside the courtroom cannot be filmed or photographed. Dominique Pélicot has been brought into the court through a special entrance that’s inaccessible for the media, because he and some other defendants are being held in custody during the trial and can’t be filmed. Defendants who are not in custody have been arriving at the courthouse wearing surgical masks or hoods to avoid having their faces filmed or photographed.

Among those hoping to secure a seat to watch the Tuesday’s proceedings was Bernadette Tessonière, a 69-year-old retiree who lives a half-hour drive from Avignon, where the trial is taking place.

“How is it possible that in 50 years of communal life, one can live next to someone who hides his life so well? This is scary,” she said.

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France’s new prime minister said Wednesday that the country’s finances were in critical condition, as signs mounted that the government faced an uphill battle to control a ballooning debt and deficit that have become among the highest in Europe.

“I am discovering that the country’s budgetary situation is very serious,” said Michel Barnier, who was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron this month after a summer in which France hobbled along effectively without a government. Mr. Barnier told the Agence France-Presse news agency that the budget hole required immediate and responsible action.

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“We have too much debt, too much deficit,” Mr. Villeroy de Galhau said in an interview on French television Wednesday.

France’s debt load has ballooned to €3 trillion, or more than 110 percent of gross domestic product, the highest in Europe after Greece’s and Italy’s. The deficit stands at €154 billion, representing 5.5 percent of economic output, the worst performance after Italy’s, and well above the bloc’s 3 percent limit. Around €80 billion a year goes toward paying interest on the debt.

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