Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Genius Hour: Post #1


Hello!
Hallo!
Bonjour!
Ciao!

My last post talked about Genius Hour; spending an hour a day on a passion project. Today I would like to share with you my Genius Hour project proposal! I'm currently at Brock U in the Teacher Education program and my teachable is French as a Second Language. So, why not kill two birds with one stone here and look into ways of improving my spoken French? Sounds like a good idea, yeah? It wasn't my idea, but I'm taking it. The project will span over five weeks and I have certain weekly goals. Here they are:


Week 1: Research useful strategies, books, and applications. Record a spontaneous sample video or audio clip of my spoken French

Week 2: Begin using these resources to develop my spoken French

Week 3: Continue using resources, find a practice partner

Week 4: Continue practicing and using resources
Week 5: Record a spontaneous sample video or audio clip of my spoken French on a random topic and compare to Week 1

So, my goals are to research various tools and strategies that'll help me on my journey. Next, practice, practice, practice. Did I mention practice? On week one I plan to record myself speaking French on a random topic. I want it to be as spontaneous as possible. On week five I will do the same thing and compare the results. I am hoping the my ability to convert my ideas into speech will quicken in pace. Additionally, I am hoping that my accent will improve.


Kevin Olden. 19/08/2015. Calling All French Speaking Candidates. Image. Retrieved from.










What do you think? What should I change, add, or remove? Do you speak French (fluently or not) and want to help me on my journey? Or do you speak French and want to improve your English? Feel free to respond to this post and maybe you can be my week 3!

Bye for now
Auf Wiedersehen
Au revoir
Ciao

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