Same old routine
No more vacation, I'm back to school.
Meredith got back to Montlucon yesterday. We exchanged holiday stories, unpacked, and he gave me the two pairs of running shoes I had shipped to his house in the US. For the record, I now have five pairs of running shoes in France. I made guacamole earlier in the day so we settled in to try to watch Good Will Hunting over the sounds of crunching tortilla chips.
If you've ever tried to learn another language, you'll understand that some sounds are just impossible for non-native speakers to produce, and there are some sounds that seem identical to a non-native speaker. That said, the trouble for French kids learning English comes with "th" and the English "r" (which is nearly a vowel, as opposed to a growly French or Spanish rolled "r"). That said, today I taught one of my classes of eight year olds the days of the week and this is the result:
"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday."
Ah, well, we'll work on it again next, uh, Tuesday.
Meredith got back to Montlucon yesterday. We exchanged holiday stories, unpacked, and he gave me the two pairs of running shoes I had shipped to his house in the US. For the record, I now have five pairs of running shoes in France. I made guacamole earlier in the day so we settled in to try to watch Good Will Hunting over the sounds of crunching tortilla chips.
If you've ever tried to learn another language, you'll understand that some sounds are just impossible for non-native speakers to produce, and there are some sounds that seem identical to a non-native speaker. That said, the trouble for French kids learning English comes with "th" and the English "r" (which is nearly a vowel, as opposed to a growly French or Spanish rolled "r"). That said, today I taught one of my classes of eight year olds the days of the week and this is the result:
"Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday."
Ah, well, we'll work on it again next, uh, Tuesday.
posted by Paige @ 8:14 PM
2 Comments:
At 3:21 AM,
Anonymous said…
That is so cute. Kids say the funniest things without even knowing it. I love you tons and tons!!! How are the new shoes?
At 3:18 PM,
Paige said…
The new shoes are good - thanks for sending them over! I had been rotating two pairs and now added a third to the 'in-use' pile...which of course leaves two extra pairs in the closet. :)
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