Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Learn French Fast - an Accelerated Learning Approach

Is French Faster just another French language centre or school?

French Faster is an online French language school with a BIG difference.

1. APPROACH
The FRENCHFASTER APPROACH is to focus is more on learning rather than completing textbooks. Our lessons are learner-centered. We build on what learners already know, a new approach to learning called Constructivism.

2. CUSTOMIZATION
Our lessons are customized to the needs and learning styles of the student.
Hence, we have fast-paced programs for students preparing for exams, situation-based programs for flight attendants who need to communicate with passengers, and fun-filled activity-based programs for kids.

3. FLEXIBILITY
We understand that students have their own life, and sometimes need breaks - whether this is for studying other subjects at school, clearing work at the end of the month, or traveling on business trips. We can be very flexible with students taking one-to-one classes.

4. INNOVATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
We have designed our own learning materials, based on 15 years of practice teaching French to a multitude of students with different learning styles, backgrounds and talents. We bring to you innovative ways to learn difficult grammatical concepts, and new ways to remember vocabulary.

5. CUSTOMER-ORIENTED
We are very customer-oriented. No customer ever leaves our centre unsatisfied. We have an innovative solution for everybody, no matter what their learning purpose or budget.

6. FANTASTIC TEAM OF QUALIFIED TEACHERS
All our teachers are carefully selected among the best. They are perfectly bilingual in English and French. And they all have at least 5 years of international teaching experience, with higher degrees in French language. At French Faster, we do not take any chances as we clearly understand our students put their full trust in us as language experts to help them learn French language.

Courtesy of French Faster

JUNE 2008 NEW ADULT BEGINNER FRENCH CLASSES

Course title: French for Adult Beginners
Target audience: Working and non-working Adults
Class days: Mondays
Class time: 7-10 pm
Class starting: June 16, 2008
No. of sessions: 10 sessions (3h each)
Max students: 8
Level: Level 2 of DELF A1
Venue: North Bridge Commercial Centre (Opp National Library), Bugis, Singapore.

DRINKS & FATNESS IN FRENCH: MISSING LINK

DRINKS & FATNESS IN FRENCH LANGUAGE: THE MISSING LINK

While reinventing the French language, I've made an interesting discovery.
Let me share it while awaiting to be crowned by l'Academie Francaise.

In French, all nouns must be either Masculine or Feminine.
It's just crazy: Table is feminine, while Pen is masculine.
Now, looking at DRINKS, I just discovered a new pattern.
And it's not very polically correct - but it makes learning easier!
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All drinks that are Feminine in French language have something to do with FATNESS! Incroyable, mais vrai. Read on...

BEER: la bière (think of the Fat Olga in Germany)
VODKA: la vodka (think of the Fat Babushka in Russia)
WATER: l'eau (think of Fat Mama in drought-affected parts of Africa)
LEMONADE: la limonade (Big and Fat are often synonymns for 'America')
HERBAL TEA: la tisane (what women are into these days, for the figure)
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Now you have an easier way to remember which drinks are Masculine, and which ones are Feminine in the French language.
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For more FUN and POLITICALLY INCORRECT ways of demystifying the alleged impenetrable French language, visit French Faster

Any comments welcome.