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The official class title: HS French II

The EST time and day class meets: Wednesday, 11:30 – 1:00 EST

Your name: HeidiE

The teacher’s full name: Madame Barbara Starosciak

The teacher’s e-mail address and bio (found on this page): http://www.pottersschool.org/tps2005/teachers.htm

 

“Bonjour! Comment allez-vous?”

“Bonjour Madame! Je vais très bien, merci!”

 

And so begins French class for me each Wednesday. This is my second year taking French with Madame Starosciak and I can definitely say that I am thoroughly enjoying it. Madame makes the class interesting and fun with her great sense of humor, her encouragement even when we make hideous mistakes like pronouncing the “ent” in words like “viennent,” and the games she plans for us to play that increase our knowledge in French. She often gives us a chance to communicate with each other in French; either by asking each other questions or taking turns reading from the book. In September we read Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, a French version of The Little Red Riding Hood. We enjoyed many humorous classes in which we all took turns reading the parts of the story. Communicating with each other is always fun because it gives us a chance to get to know the other students in the class and we always get to enjoy a good laugh when someone tries to talk like le Loup, or the Wolf.

 

For the past several weeks, we’ve been learning about direct and indirect object pronouns. After much heartache, many tears, frustrations galore, and screaming rampages against our text books, I am proud to say that due to Madame’s patient instruction, we are all beginning to understand the usage of the “le’s” and “la’s” and “me’s” and “te’s.” When teaching us new things, Madame is good with giving illustrations to help us picture what we are doing. It always helps to visualize “cutting off the ‘ent,’” and Madame’s virtual “pokes” always help us to remember how to pronounce the words correctly.

 

Each month, we have a Cultural Event assigned for that month. Every month is different and the assignments range from writing a report on a French speaking country, watching a French movie, eating at a French restaurant, or researching a French place or event. These activities give us a chance to learn not only the about the French language but about the French culture, as well. And while difficult, the tests we take every three weeks are fun because we get to communicate in French directly with Madame. The test questions vary each test. Sometimes we get to talk to Madame about clothing, food (a definite favorite subject of some of my classmates—we can’t seem to go through a class without several, “I’m hungry!” comments) and sometimes we get to answer questions about our families, friends, or hobbies.

 

While French can be frustrating at times, I’m definitely glad to be taking this class with Madame. I’m thoroughly enjoying getting to know other TPSer’s through the class and learning to communicate en français with them.

 

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