I'm a public school French and Spanish teacher (for 20 years) and I am considering offering lessons online. Is this something homeschoolers would be interested in? It would be offered through Yahoo Messenger so it would use voice and be live. The cost would be very minimal if I could get a decent sized group (I'm not in it for the money, but to help homeschoolers and others learn languages).
2006-09-30 06:57:25 · 8 answers · asked by Chalkbrd 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
FYI: 15,000 French words are directly in the English language. Learning French expands your vocabulary tremendously, and a study of French has been found to cause significant increases in the verbal portion of the SAT test.
About learning on tapes, MSNBC had a story a couple of years ago that said that babies who were given real native speakers to interact with and babies who were shown videos of the exact same interactions showed quite different reactions. The ones who had the live interactions learned the language they were hearing. The ones who watched the videos did not.
2006-09-30 07:36:25 · update #1
Spanish. French is not a useful language (or nationality).
French is a pretty language and is the foundation thousands of English as the OP points out. Latin is also the foundation of thousands of words and will increase SAT scores and vocabulary too. Why not do a home school study of it also?
I don't like the French, I speak both languages (Learned from Pimsleur and since I am an adult and NOT a baby, I learned well with excellent retention) and I have found in my travels the French are haughty, pompous, cowardly and without merit (except they cook damned well).
The Spanish speaking countries and people I have found to be warm, gracious,courageous and kind; the opposite of the French I have encountered. French Canadians are far less pompous than the French from France or the French Territories. Admittedly, I have only been to French Polynesia & St Pierre.
Jackie, Because I have a strong opinion does not make me ignorant, it makes me opinionated. If your opinion does not coincide with me there is not need to name call.
The OP asked an opinion, I have one.
2006-09-30 06:59:52 · answer #1 · answered by answer annie 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
What's up with the "French is not a useful language or nationality" in the above post..?
Spanish is more useful in the US because of the hispanic population, esp. California, Texas, etc.
But French is more useful if you live in Canada. It all depends on location. And what do you have against French people answer annie? Don't be so ignorant...
Well anyways, I'm sure many people would be interested in learning a language online. A lot of people don't have time to go to an actual class, so it would be convenient for them to learn in the comfort of their own home.
2006-09-30 14:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely, sounds like a great idea. I would say Spanish would be more useful but I took French for 3 years and loved the language.
2006-09-30 14:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by libraforme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best and fastest way to learn a new language is using Pimsleur tapes. You can find them on the internet for usually about $300.00. I have been told they are wonderful. It is what the armed services use to teach military personnel.
2006-09-30 14:07:04 · answer #4 · answered by mrcrib65 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Minimal cost huh. It usually costs someone 2 cents per megabyte for information transmitted online. This INCLUDES you're "voice lessons" online. So Yahoo is paying for something that us taxpayers are allready paying the Public School system for. See what I'm getting at? All this unnessecary expense because you're kids are too good to sit next to my "disruptive" one & get beat-up after school.
2006-09-30 14:22:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure, that sounds like a great idea. All the HS families I know enjoy having multiple options when it comes to studies and classes. Of course, you would have to consider security if you were going to use messenger, but other than that it sounds like a good idea.
good luck to you.
2006-09-30 14:10:10 · answer #6 · answered by Terri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there would be an interest. Both languages are popular.
There are similar courses offered via Bob Jones and ABeka, but they are part of a larger programme.
If only you could manage Latin. Your cyber-door would implode. ; )
Best wishes!
2006-09-30 23:55:13 · answer #7 · answered by tantiemeg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No cauz i do it in school
2006-09-30 14:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋