World Languages French Ms Kostolecki Spanish Mr Draper Mr Morreale Which language is easier to learn French or Spanish Both Languages Use the same alphabet as English but the ID: 775844
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Slide1
It’s your choice!
French or Spanish?
Slide2World Languages
French
Ms. Kostolecki
Spanish
Mr. Draper
Mr. Morreale
Which language is
easier to learn?
French or Spanish?
Both Languages
•
Use the same alphabet as English, but the
letters will have different sounds and
accentuation.
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French: soupe du jour
•
Spanish: sopa del día
•
English: soup of the day
Slide5Both Languages
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Importance of
memorization
–
Vocabulary
–
Grammar
Slide6Small Differences
•
French
sentence
structure is
close
to English
sentence structure.
•
French
grammar
remains fairly constant
in difficulty as you
continue to advance
through the courses.
•
Spanish is slightly
easier to pronounce.
•
Spanish grammar
increases in difficulty as
you continue to
advance through the
courses.
Slide7Comparing Spanish to French is like
comparing
•
Neither is your native language English.
•
Each is pronounced differently from English.
•
Each has different sentence structure from English.
•
Each requires memorization of
vocabulary and
grammar.
and
baño
école
águila
château
fête
¿
Qué
?
petite
table
brunette
voyage
menu
orange
encore
cuisine
45%
Slide10Here are the Spanish translations of
the French & English words.
French
= Spanish
Petite
= pequeño
Brunette
=
moreno
Menu
= carta
Encore
= otra vez
Table
= mesa
Voyage
= viaje
Orange
= anaranjado
Cuisine
= cocina
Where are
French and
Spanish
spoken in
our world?
Spanish is spoken predominantly in the
western hemisphere.
Slide13French is spoken on 5 of the
world’s 7 continents.
Slide14Comparison maps of the two languages and
where they are spoken in the world.
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Slide15Which languages can
I continue to study
throughout high
school?
•
French
and Spanish
courses
offered
at the high school:
–
Level 1B
–
Level 2
–
Level 3
–
M.V.C.C. Dual Credit 191/ 192
–
M.V.C.C. Dual Credit 201/202
•
Spanish 1
Slide17Dual Credit Courses
Both French and Spanish are offered for
college credit (Dual Credit) through MVCC
(Mohawk Valley Community College) in the 11
th
and 12th
grades.
You can save money by taking
college courses in high school.
You earn up to 12 COLLEGE credits
while still in high school.
Slide18Importance of
choice
Courses Available
French
French 1A
or
French 1
Spanish
Spanish 1A
or
Spanish 1
Slide20It’s your choice!
French
Spanish
Slide21We look forward
to seeing you in
class.