TTYNKAM (TYPDCAA) IV

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 2/16/2005, 12:43 am

Alien vs. Predator and Darkness Falls are the two worst movies ever.

Holes is the worst production ever, but it's still a good movie.

gavtodd71 · Post by **gavtodd71** » 2/16/2005, 10:15 am

have any of you actually met the muffin man?

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 2/16/2005, 12:45 pm

Dr. Hobo wrote:
happeningfish wrote:What exactly is wrong with French? I never did understand this anglo-canadian high school student mentality against it. I think it's a lovely language.

i think part of it is the way the language is taught
if one learns how to use the language in a practical manner rather than the formal verb conjugation, etc of the language

Except that verb conjugation is a practical use of the language. If they only taught conversation it would be an incomplete knowledge of how to speak because you wouldnt know how to conjugate the verbs you want to use, hell you might not even know the verbs.

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 2/16/2005, 1:35 pm

But what sand's trying to say is for courses like Core french or french class for non-immersion students, a lot of them aren't taught to use or speak the language in a practical manner, only to conjugate verbs and other formations of the french language which would be boring for any language and wouldn't help you use the language in a day to day situation, written or spoken.

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 2/16/2005, 1:42 pm

I see.
Well, I'm not in french immersion and my french curriculum is equal, writing(which has grammar/verbs included), speaking and reading. We have to have spontaneous conversations infront of the teacher, for marks. Maybe the french programs at schools are different, an added bonus to mine, is the only french teachers in my school are Francophone, from Quebec. I have never been taught french by a non quebecois teacher.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 2/16/2005, 2:12 pm

I've had francophone teachers most of my life except for in grade 11 and 12 when my teacher was from France.

laurel · Post by **laurel** » 2/16/2005, 2:20 pm

i was forced to be in french for 8 years, throughout elementary (grade 2 they started us) and then 9 and 10 in highschool. i've come out of it with nothing.
they don't teach what you need. i know words for the weather, clothes, and food (je suis un pizza!), and how to conjugate....but i would never be able to hold a conversation. i was always just taught words and conjugations, but never how to string them into sentences.
in half a semester of spanish, i'm more fluent in it than i ever was in french. they essentially just need to improve the french program most places, and make it more practical.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 2/16/2005, 2:21 pm

Same for me. All those years of taking French class and I learned nothing...not that I wanted to learn. heh

laurel · Post by **laurel** » 2/16/2005, 2:28 pm

petit poisson, petit poisson, nage nage naaaage

(i also can't spell in french)

Bandalero · Post by **Bandalero** » 2/16/2005, 3:04 pm

anything called manos is always gonna suck.

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 2/16/2005, 3:19 pm

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 2/16/2005, 3:20 pm

What!?

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 2/16/2005, 3:33 pm

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 2/16/2005, 3:37 pm

WHERE

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 2/16/2005, 3:38 pm

OVER THERE

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 2/16/2005, 3:40 pm

i'm picking my nose and eating it too!

I think you should look this way.

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 2/16/2005, 3:42 pm

OMG

*dies*

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 2/16/2005, 3:44 pm

FINE You Dont Like it?

I'll save it for you know who!

joe_canadian · Post by **joe_canadian** » 2/16/2005, 3:48 pm

You're silly.

closeyoureyes · Post by **closeyoureyes** » 2/16/2005, 3:49 pm

Oh I know. I, Know.