Where is Guillaume?

[Biggles]

Personally, I'm not understanding the point of this homework

Translate some French into English, and then back into French again

Translated into English - personalised a little bit - turned back into French and then she has to use it as a speaking piece which will go towards her overall mark. She has scored quite highly so far so she wants this piece to "kick ass" apparantly

[Skweeky]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear

There's a lot of passive tenses in that text.

I don't think I can be of much help here. It's been too long since I've done anything with French grammatics.

Does the end product have to be in English or French?

[Skweeky]

Ah, you just answered my question. nm

I've always found to just go with the flow when you're doing a speaking piece works better than trying too hard in writing it down.

Maybe a general outline with the main ideas in French is a better idea than trying to learn a whole text by heart?

You're bound the make mistakes if you do it that way, if you improvise most of it at least you have things to play with...

[Barbarossa]

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Cop-out above.

[Skweeky]

Nope, just some advise from someone who always had 95% plus on oral pieces in French and always done it that way


PLus, I just admitted I've been away from it too long

I have to think about speaking Flemish at the moment

[Biggles]

Ah, you just answered my question. nm

I've always found to just go with the flow when you're doing a speaking piece works better than trying too hard in writing it down.

Maybe a general outline with the main ideas in French is a better idea than trying to learn a whole text by heart?

You're bound the make mistakes if you do it that way, if you improvise most of it at least you have things to play with...

No idea - I don't think she has to memorise it but rather read it well. The idea being that as she has modified it she can put appropriate inflection into the speaking - I think. It is a fairly complex piece.

[Skweeky]

She has to read it?

It's not an actual oral presentation?

[Barbarossa]

Wey Hey!

[Biggles]

She has to read it?

It's not an actual oral presentation?

I believe she has to read it rather than do an oral presentation - she can be a bit vague with me over homework - or indeed if she even has any. She usually only conceeds that there might be homework if I start going through her school bag

[SpatulaGeekGirl]

I have to speak it in French to the teacher, but am allowed English notes. There is then a question/answer thing in very basic language where I'm not allowed any notes. It's a bit much but I can manage.

All I need is the French translation of my final draft and I can start committing it to memory. So, please, just put it back in French, in the same kind of language used on the first version. It doesn't have to be exact, as long as it means the same thing.