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linguaphiles2009-05-05 12:21 pm
geekmama) wrote in linguaphiles2009-05-05 12:21 pm
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Independent Study? Not my forte!
Right now any type of formal education is not an option for me but as I said in my introductory comment I'm in the process of studying French. I've run into some roadblocks that have to do with the way I learn and I figured I'd ask everyone for some suggestions to overcome these roadblocks.
My problem is that I'm not able to grade myself. Right now I'm using some old high school text books from a French teacher who knows my partner, a workbook we picked up at the bookstore in the mall and a couple of reference materials - my partner's French-English dictionary and a big book of French verbs. I'm in the process of going through the textbooks and workbook from front to back but I'm not really able to check for myself to see if I'm doing the exercises correctly and if my answers are coming out right. My partner tries to help but he's not a very good teacher or at least he's not able to explain things in a way that I can understand.
The solution I thought of myself was to buy a teacher's version of the text books where it'd have all the answers listed so I could grade my papers myself. It'd be easier for me to pinpoint areas where I'm having troubles comprehending and allow me to focus more on those but I don't know where I'd be able to get a teacher's manual or version of the textbook (it's pretty old).
Do any of you have suggestions on where to find a book like this or other ways to help me with my independent study?
My problem is that I'm not able to grade myself. Right now I'm using some old high school text books from a French teacher who knows my partner, a workbook we picked up at the bookstore in the mall and a couple of reference materials - my partner's French-English dictionary and a big book of French verbs. I'm in the process of going through the textbooks and workbook from front to back but I'm not really able to check for myself to see if I'm doing the exercises correctly and if my answers are coming out right. My partner tries to help but he's not a very good teacher or at least he's not able to explain things in a way that I can understand.
The solution I thought of myself was to buy a teacher's version of the text books where it'd have all the answers listed so I could grade my papers myself. It'd be easier for me to pinpoint areas where I'm having troubles comprehending and allow me to focus more on those but I don't know where I'd be able to get a teacher's manual or version of the textbook (it's pretty old).
Do any of you have suggestions on where to find a book like this or other ways to help me with my independent study?
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I'm not familiar with livemocha but I did find Lang-8 via a community on LJ and was thinking about incorporating it into my studies. Thank you for the suggestion. I'll check that out sometime today.
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That's the impression I've been getting on a wide scale when I read about other people's experiences with France and the French. I suppose I'm focusing on the nitpicking details because I want to get this right the first time around and because I'll eventually be teaching this to my child - who, if all goes right, will eventually start school in France. I don't want Spawn to be picked on for not being able to speak well for their age, ya know?
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Wouldn't it be great if the publishers paid people for recommending books? I've passed out so many books to friends and strangers that I know I'm contributing to these companies success!
Is the Hugo brand normally available in bookstores? I don't recall having seen it but if nothing else there's always half.com.
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Thanks for the suggestions!
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