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 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5212 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 33 of 232 18 January 2014 at 2:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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A quick heads-up:
Registration for February's Six-Week Challenge is now open. Info. about the challenge is on the page linked in her post 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cristianoo Triglot Senior Member Brazil https://projetopoligRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4124 days ago 175 posts - 289 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, FrenchB2, English Studies: Russian | Message 34 of 232 18 January 2014 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | ||
J'ai ce livre ici chez moi - Le Petit Prince. Je n'ai pas lu encore! Merci pour le conseil. Si j'avais de temps, J'irai essayer de utiliser le audio avec la lecture, tout ensemble. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sizen Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4342 days ago 165 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Catalan, Spanish, Japanese, Ukrainian, German | Message 35 of 232 19 January 2014 at 2:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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@sognlines I think we're all a little reticent to pick a team name right now because there isn't really any pressure to choose a name yet. Maybe we should set a strict deadline. I know you've suggested the 21st or 22nd, but no one is really voting or suggesting right now. Announcing an official deadline for the name might speed things along, even if it's for the end of the month or something. I'm personally a fan of Deuxième just because it's easy and can be shortened to 2e or 2ème. Plus it sounds very modest. :)
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| songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5212 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 36 of 232 19 January 2014 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | ||
Yes, I'd been thinking along those lines. Thanks! I have now opened registration to this team; any new members will also be able to weigh in on their preferences. Team names! Nominations / suggestions for team names will be open till 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Wed 22nd Jan. Voting for team names will close at 11:59 p.m. EST, Sat 25th Jan. I'll post the result on Sun 26th. So start/ keep brainstorming, people! Voting will be done on this thread. Please unambiguously state "I vote for - whatever it is - as the team name". - Hope that's okay. I know not everyone checks in the forum daily, but a few days for each part of the process should be do-able for all. I'll keep updating the first page, where I have a list of the names suggested so far. So check that for the latest. Edited by songlines on 19 January 2014 at 5:36pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5212 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 37 of 232 19 January 2014 at 5:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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For any prospective members following this thread: Signup is now open!
Please read my first post, and also post 31 for info. on team numbers. I have to head out to work, but will check back tonight (and after, of course), and keep the tally updated on that first page until we reach our 20 limit. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4147 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog | Message 38 of 232 20 January 2014 at 12:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Bonjour team deux!
I hear that you might be looking for a godmother! I'd like to offer any help or support that I can. I'm a French Canadian and I've been teaching French immersion - first to children and now to adults - for a little over 10 years. I'd be happy to answer any questions or help in any way! I'm a member of two TAC teams (Lobo for Spanish and Coconut for Tagalog), and between language learning and work and procrastinating on housework, I can't promise to read all of your logs daily. But I will try my best. I'll always keep an eye on this thread - so please feel free to post any questions! I will be away from March 15th to April 29th to travel in Spain, so hopefully there will be a co-godparent who can help pick up my slack. Bon courage! S Edited by Stelle on 20 January 2014 at 12:33am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5212 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 39 of 232 20 January 2014 at 5:55am | IP Logged | ||
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That's delightful news; many thanks, Stelle, and welcome to our fledgeling team!
Godparents / Guardian angels For those who aren't familiar with the concept as used here on Htlal, a godparent (godfather, godmother, or "guardian angel") is (as Serpent and Josquin have, among others, succinctly defined it) "a native speaker who offers advice to the team". Each team and its godparent/angel is free to negotiate any finer points of their respective roles and expectations (on each side), but here are some general practices that many other teams follow, and which she's kindly agreed to. - The godparent is not expected to follow individual team member logs! They're welcome to do so, but it's not mandatory. - Any specific questions about the language, of general interest, that a native speaker might be best qualified to chime in on, can be posted on this team thread. So that's the only thread the godparent would need to follow. She would also answer on the same thread, so everyone can benefit from the info. - As always, if anyone else, whether on the team or not, whether a godparent or not, is able to answer the question correctly, or suggest a resource for the answer (e.g. linguee.com for contexts in which a word is used), they can and should do so. - If the godparent wishes, he/she could certainly clarify, amplify, or correct said answer, if appropriate. - Team members can also always post their questions in the "Questions about a specific language" sub- forums. ------- Stelle's concerned that she might not have time to properly discharge her duties as a godmother (there's that thing called "real life" making pesky demands of us all), and would be glad to do it on a co-godparenting / part-time* basis. I will put out a call in the TAC signup page and our team thread, asking for any volunteers for a co-godparent. (Perhaps a native speaker from France - or elsewhere in the Francophone world? - would be a good complement?) But I've also taken the liberty of assuring her that if she feels she needs to take a "leave of absence" (e.g. for her vacation or any other reason); or bow out altogether, we will - if she lets us know (she's not planning to unceremoniously abandon us without a peep) - all understand. *For team members, this means she might not necessarily be able to answer your questions right away; or have time to go into detailed explanations. See my note above about other people, whether godparents or not, chiming in with answers. So: welcome again, Stelle! An amusing exchange on the TAC 2014 thread to finish with: posts 17-19 - Can't promise you any protection money, but protection money or no (well, no), you'll have our gratitude! Edited by songlines on 20 January 2014 at 1:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Suzie Diglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4232 days ago 155 posts - 226 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch | Message 40 of 232 20 January 2014 at 6:30am | IP Logged | ||
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After the registration is now open to all, I am happy to switch from Team Triomphe to this brand new team, and I hope we have a good time together!
Songline and Stelle, thanks for your time and support here! I moved to Belgium a few months ago and am now desperately trying to improve my French. I am currently at a solid B1 and hope to hit the C1 line by end of the year, knowing this means huge effort. Here is my log. And I am in favour of the name "Deuxième", too. I like its simplicity. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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