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FRANÇAIS AP: Compréhension orale
Voilà ce qu'il faut faire pour les exercices de compréhension orale. Je sais que vous
êtes beaucoup plus avancés que les autres classes, mais j'ai aussi mis une petite
explication personnelle en anglais que j'ai partagée avec les autres classes en bas
de la page. Si ça vous intéresse, n'hésitez pas de la lire et de m'en parler.
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    internationale
  
  • Écoutez Le fait du jour et répondez
    aux questions. Vous pouvez
    écoutez le fait du jour que vous
    préférez, mais je suggère que vous
    suiviez l'ordre chronologique. C'est-
    à-dire, il vaut mieux commencer par
    le fait du jour le plus récent et
    descendre la liste. Ne vous
    découragez pas s'il faut écouter les
    extraits plusieurs fois--c'est tout à
    fait normal!
Radio France internationale
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Je préfère que vous fassiez 8 à 10 exercices du fait du jour avant notre premier
examen, le 12 octobre. Normalement, on utilise un de ces exercices du fait du jour
sur l'examen AP. Qui sait? Si vous avez de la chance, il se peut que vous choisissiez
le même exercice qui se trouvera à l'examen AP.

Et voilà l'histoire personnelle:

experience.
experience.


When I was a junior in college, I did a year of study abroad in Montpellier, France. I
was a French major, basically just because I could write well in French and had
acquired a good mastery of even the more obscure grammar rules. However, I felt
like something of a failure. Despite years of study, I could not reliably understand
spoken French. Sure, I could understand when my teachers spoke to me in that
V..E...R..Y  S....L....O....W  W...A...Y foreign language teachers have of speaking. But
understand a French film without subtitles? Or talk to a native speaker who did not
happen to speak as slowly as my teachers? That was always hit and miss.

The first thing I did when I arrived in Montpellier was buy myself a little radio. (I know,
I know, that is sort of a nerdy thing to do on your first day of study abroad, but, hey, it
sometimes pays to be a nerd:) The first day, I listened to my little radio all evening
and understood maybe 60% of what I heard. This was sort of discouraging. After all, I
was supposed to be a French major from Pomona, a HIGHLY COMPETITIVE YET STILL
RELAXED LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE. (While I was there, we had tee-shirts with the
slogan "Pomona, the Harvard of the West." Go figure.)

Despite my discouragement, I didn't give up. I kept my little radio on and tuned to a
French news station for the first two weeks. I wasn't, of course, in my room all the
time, but when I was there, I was listening to continuous French in the background.
My comprehension seemed to stay pretty stable for these first 2 weeks--right around
60%.

Then, on the second Sunday, something magical happened. (I can feel you rolling
your eyes, but this was truly MAGICAL--think Harry Potter when he first discovers he
can speak Parsel Tongue.)

That Sunday morning, I turned on my little radio and I felt something click and expand
in my head. I could suddenly understand EVERYTHING. I think that I probably missed
breakfast and maybe lunch--I spent hours entranced next to my little radio. The
longer I listened, the more I could feel my brain expanding. It was like I could sense a
whole part of my mind waking up. It was at once the most intellectually stimulating
and one of the most physically stimulating experiences that I have ever had. (I mean,
seriously, how often do you get to feel your brain happily and painlessly expanding
like a physical muscle?)

Anyhow, I told you this story because I truly believe that the same thing can happen
to you, too. Now, it may take significantly more than two weeks. Don't forget that
when I started listening to my radio, I was in a full-immersion situation in France.

That said, whether it takes you two weeks, two months or two years, the feeling of
your brain clicking and expanding when you suddenly understand EVERYTHING is
worth it. It is best feeling I have ever had in my life. (And I'm pretty old, so that says
something.)

So just listen to the radio. Even if it seems utterly incomprehensible, difficult,  makes
you think that you are bad at French, and makes you wonder if you are a good fit at
Park (the Harvard of high schools?) keep listening!!  It's natural to feel discouraged
and it is even natural to be angry at me. But these are risks that I am willing to take
because I know how it will feel once everything finally clicks.

It will feel like magic.
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