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pauammaIn Colombine by Paul Verlaine, sung by both Georges Brassens and Maxime le Forestier, I misheard the last word of the fourth line, buisson (pronounced [bɥi.sɔ̃]), which rhymes with the next line, as ruisseau (pronounced [ʁɥi.so]) which would have (at least in my idiolect) rhymed with the second line. I'm not sure why I never noticed it would break the A A C B B C rhyming scheme (and, now that I think of it, the tune, as its last syllable is sung as the same note as the last syllable of the next line), but I suspect it's familiarity.
Independent Study? Not my forte!
May. 5th, 2009 12:21 pmgeekmama 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?
