Enhanced memory for preparation

Hello friends,
           Sorry for a long wait.Back again with some new techniques to clear DELF B1 exam and trust me this time i will keep you engaged with posts coming in quick.During the gap, i have managed to successfully passed DELF B2 exam and completed teachers training program in french.Well let's begin with today's lesson-

  

                                  Les adjectifs     

                        Sometimes it is difficult to remember specific adjective according to particular situation.Adjectives play an important role in making our language look beautiful and communicative.Here is an important strategy i am sharing with you guys which is an important memory lesson not just for french but for our daily life to remember important things.The idea is really simple is to make a group of words and chain it with a paricular group.Try to learn things with a fundamental group it belongs

                                   Personality 

petit	pəti	small, short
grand	gʁɑ̃	large, tall
jeune	jœn	young
vieux	vjø	old (masculine)
vieille	vjɛj	old (feminine)
âgé	aʒe	elderly
beau	bo	handsome; beautiful (with masculine noun)
belle	bɛl	beautiful (with feminine person or noun)
fort	fɔʁ	strong
faible	fɛbl	weak (person, object)

                                                          

                                  These adjectives will be easy for you to learn and remember because whenever you learn words very close to each other ,your brain will automatically project the image relating it making it far more easier to learn than just studying random words all at a time.

                                My objective here is not just put random material for you to practice.You will find loads of them in the books.The most important thing is how you grasp things and your way of doing it,that matters a lot.

                                    

Production Orale Se presenter

                                     SE PRESENTER

                                                       

Folks as you already know, Production orale of DELF B1 is divided into 3 parts -

1. Se presenter(General presentation)
2. Entretien dirige(Dialogue)
3. Monologue Suivi(Point of view)

Se presenter is the easiest part of all.Its your best opportunity to create a lasting impression on examiner.If you manage this part well,then you are the winner and minimum 6 points are secured.
The best thing about this part is that you are not bombarded with typical questions.Well...permission to speak freely and independently.

Important tips during this part-

1. Organise your ideas well and try to be systematic i.e name,age,profession etc.(I will cover that in detail in my next post)                                                                                                                                        
2. Use connectors to link your ideas.                                                                                                                     
3. Speak slowly and calmly.I mean at a pace during which you can cover 2 minutes well.                                    
4. Try to bring in maximum details in your presentation.                                                                             
5. If all the important points are covered,then friends its concluded that you didn't give the opportunity to the examiner pour poser des questions.                                                                                                            
6. Speak with confidence.Its your 2 minutes.Deploy your spoken skills and show the examiner what you have got.

                      But the important question is which points to speak to during your presentation.My next post will cover all that stuff.


                           Quote for today-

                                                 Apres la pluie, le beau temps.

Amusez-vous !!!

Create french words from english words

Although today's post is not directly related to DELF B1, but i think friends if we know how to create french nouns out of english words then its the best thing to have during vocabulary crisis.I am sure this trick will come in handy if u don't remember a french word during written part but u have got english version,then 80%job is done

Words ending in…  in English	become…  in French	Examples
ion	stay the same	Transformation  Information  invitation
age	stay the same	Cage  Bandage  courage
ade	stay the same	Parade  Barricade  escapade
ude	stay the same	Attitude  Gratitude  solitude
ure	stay the same	Agriculture  Sculpture  signature
ible/able	stay the same	Possible  Terrible  table
ant/ent	stay the same	Important  Intelligent  excellent

um	stay the same	Album  Maximum  minimum
ay	aire	ordinary = ordinaire  salary = salaire  solitary = solitaire
ory	oire	glory = gloire  history = histoire  victory = victoire
ic/ical	ique	political = politique  typical = typique  magic = magique
id	ide	candid = candide  stupid = stupide timid = timide
sm	sme	optimism = optimism  pacifism = pacifisme sarcasm = sarcasme
ty	tde	publicity = publicité  activity = activité  quality = qualité
or	eur	doctor = docteur  actor = acteur  pastor = pasteur

ist	iste	artist = artiste  pianist = pianiste fascist = fasciste
ian	ien or ienne	optician = optician  musician = musician  Parisian = Parisien
ive	If or ive	active = actif / active  captive = captif / captive massive = massif / massive

Connectors for Production Ecrite

                             Connectors for Production Ecrite

                                     (Les mots de liasion) 

                              

Connectors play an important role by linking your sentences  each other.At the same time,it helps to make your text look cohesive and clear.Therefore,it helps examiner to under the general idea behind your point of view.

While there are variety of complex connectors in french,but here i am sharing the important ones for DELF B1.They are as follows-

Mais-but

Je ne peut pas venir mais je peut le telephoner.

Malgre-inspite of

Malgre la pluie,il a sorti a l'exterieur.

De plus-Moreover

Vishal a fini des etudes de license de science.De plus,il a appris la langue francaise.

D'abord-At first, Puis-then,so

D'abord,il faut aller a l'ecole et puis nous ferons du natation.

Ensuite-then

Premierement,je m'inscrire a l'institut.Ensuite,je prendrai les cours prives.

Check out this link for further reference

http://www.tolearnfrench.com/exercises/exercise-french-2/exercise-french-1591.php

Note-You are awarded points for using connectors in DELF B1

                       

"La vie, ce n'est pas d'attendre que l'orage passe, c'est d'apprendre à danser sous la pluie."

A demain!!!