No et Moi is happening on alevelfrench.com

We're off.   Well I've decided to start doing the vocab for No et Moi.   An evening in on my own so I've sorted out the first 20 or so pages.  Some would say you shouldn't give so much help but my opinion is that A level French resources should be comprehensive so that the student can read the page without looking up then just double check any words/expressions he has guessed.  If everything is there this will increase confidence.  Also it is intended that students should not need to use a translation-once they have a translation most aren't going to read the book again, thereby losing out on the benefits of familiarising themselves with the language.

I have also identified a sequence of text for reading comprehension for each of the 12 AS topics in the new Attittudes French course which will be coming out at the end of spring.    My theory is that reading a straightforward book at AS will bring students on much better than a succession of journalese.   Alevelfrench.com is built with the aim of improving the attitude to French culture and books such as No et Moi particularly if accompanied by a film can give a much deeper insight into the essence of being French.

So watch this space - a combination of lit and film for improving students' appreciation of language.   "No way" you may say and I respond no, "The No Way"!!

Attitudes

No et moi

No et Moi

In my meanderings through the web I came upon details of a new film due out shortly called No et Moi based on a book by Delphine de Vigan.   I read the blurb and it looked very interesting so I have purchased it;  about a bright girl who befriends a homeless girl called No it seems to have much to recommend it being rooted in the present.    Infact it is so rooted in the present that it is literally written in the present tense with perfects etc but definitely no past historic.   I've started reading it and am very optimistic that this is going to be a winner in terms of a related book and film which really will help A level students identify with modern day France.   While Entre les murs/La Classe is interesting sociologically I think this may be more engaging as a story.   Having said that I thought that for La Rafle film which turned out to be a bit flat.

So I think we shall see before long a comprehensive set of A level French resources on the site.  It's another quite time consuming book to do as it's about 250 pages but it should be rewarding.    Link to film on ImDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1600428/