luckymom Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Please recommend a French program/workbook/curriculum for a 4th grader and something for a kindergartner. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 4th Grader: The Learnables French in 10 Minutes a Day Duolingo* (free) Pimsleur* First Start French* (Memoria Press) So You Really Want To Learn French* (Galore Park) Kindergartner: The Easy French *I've heard good things about these Getting Started With French should be out soon and I guarantee that it will be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 First Start French by Memoria Press? I don't really know how this is because DD sees a tutor for French, but it teaches the grammar for beginning French students and I like MP's other language products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymom Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Merci! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenDaisies Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 N'Allenart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I'm waiting (somewhat impatiently) for Getting Started With French to come out to use with dd#3 (and dd#2). I'm hoping it'll be out by this fall. Duolingo is a great supplement, but it doesn't teach the grammar explicitly, so it is confusing for someone who isn't learning already with a program. If they've already learned another foreign language, it is more understandable, but makes French seem harder than it is. (I studied French already. DD#1 is learning Latin & Spanish. She is trying to learn French on duolingo and is convinced it is much harder to learn than Spanish. IMO, it isn't. She just doesn't 'get' the French grammar's differences.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MNDad Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I use Duolingo with DD (grade 1) - she loves it. As a fluent speaker, I thought initially I would just put it together on my own; but there wasn't much spark of interest. But Duolingo has been incredible. She wakes up first thing in the morning and wants to start. As others have noticed, there seems to be no formal presentation of many aspects of grammar.1 I was also initially put off by it; but then again, we learn our native language first by imitating and discovering patterns for ourselves. Then comes the formal grammar. One of the earlier lessons touches on the conjugation of the irregular verb boire. At first, I started to explain how boire is different from, say, manger; but I'm more interested in basic vocabulary and expression at this stage. Even for a K'ish student, I think Duolingo would be OK. ----------- 1You can delve into grammatical topics at the end of the lesson; but it's not fully integrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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