Eagle32 Groupie New Zealand Joined 6502 days ago 56 posts - 83 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 129 of 165 13 January 2014 at 11:10am | IP Logged |
A year ago I was looking for the French equivalent of an "ABCs" song to jam the alphabet pronunciation into my head. Anyone that is a total beginner might appreciate this Philippe Katerine song for just that purpose.
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songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5210 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map
| Message 130 of 165 13 January 2014 at 4:37pm | IP Logged |
Unless someone else (Htlal member with "senior" status; and TAC experience? - Though I don't think this
second is a necessary requirement) has in interest in doing so (Kanewai, perhaps? - I like your ideas
above, btw! Jeffers? Cavesa? I notice that on the main TAC page you said you'd be willing to
lead a French team.), I'd be willing to start and "lead" (well, co-ordinate) a second French team (no
guarantees as to the quality of my leadership, though!)
Some preliminary thoughts:
- That this second team would work collegially with Triomphe; we wouldn't be a "rival" team. I myself plan to
follow several Triomphe members' logs, and would be more than happy to share links, resources, booklists,
etc. with Triomphe.
- No enforced splitting of Triomphe. I'm assuming anyone currently in Triomphe would stay in Triomphe if
they wished (as a corollary, I'm assuming that most of you'll probably all so wish).
- No minimum numbers. If there are only five people who join this second team (perhaps Team "Deuxième
Langue"?), and we dwindle down to two by year's end, that's fine. (Hey, we'll be a tightly-knit pair!)
- Maximum: Cap it at a maximum of 18-20? I can't remember what numbers Brun Ugle suggested in her
guidelines at the end of 2012, but I think it was around that figure. (Will try to hunt down the thread and find
out.) In any case, following even 18 logs is a lot. We can be a bit flexible on the numbers, but if there's
excess demand, the later applicants could perhaps start a third team, or do TAC as independents...?
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Update, 21 Jan 2014 First signup priority has now been given to people who were unable to join
Triomphe b/c of numbers, and the second French team registration is now open to others. See our team
thread (link below), posts 1 & 2, for details.
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- Levels: Mixed levels. That is, you'd be welcome to join, whichever level you are in French. Someone
suggested having different teams for each level, but people don't always gauge their own levels accurately,
and won't necessarily stay in lockstep at the same level through the year. In any case, I think we would
all have a lot to share with each other across levels. (Besides which, I myself wouldn't qualify for a team at
Intermediate level or above!)
If anyone else (proviso as above) would like to lead a/the second team, please give a shout. I'd be more than
happy to bow out and stay in Triomphe. Will check back later tonight. Otherwise, I'll post a confirmation
note here, and on the main TAC signup page, and start a team thread.
(I notice that a few people on the main TAC sign up page had already expressed an interest in being in a
second French team: I think they may have been PeterMollenburg, Jeffers, and Christian00; I'll PM them
and tentatively slot them in as team members.)
Group thread for the second French team:
Team Deuxième
Edited by songlines on 26 January 2014 at 12:47pm
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Iolanthe Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5642 days ago 410 posts - 482 votes Speaks: English*, DutchC1 Studies: Turkish, French
| Message 131 of 165 13 January 2014 at 4:52pm | IP Logged |
I'd like to join an extra French team if possible.
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Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German
| Message 132 of 165 13 January 2014 at 5:34pm | IP Logged |
Count me in, Songlines. This is my first ever TAC, so I'd rather not co-ordinate a team, but I would happily join your team!
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tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4666 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian
| Message 133 of 165 13 January 2014 at 6:23pm | IP Logged |
Songlines, that seems like a good idea to me, and I think you would make an excellent team leader. Go ahead and start the thread.
I dropped a note about the second team in the opening post.
Edited by tastyonions on 13 January 2014 at 6:25pm
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Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German
| Message 134 of 165 13 January 2014 at 6:43pm | IP Logged |
I think we should call the group "deuxième"-something. I keep thinking of the Assimil line, "deuxième leson, à Paris". Or "deuxième république", "deuxième arrondissement", etc. Or maybe "les deuxièmes" (if that is grammatically possible!)
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enrdbrow Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4573 days ago 19 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 135 of 165 13 January 2014 at 8:50pm | IP Logged |
I'd like to join too if that's possible. I was just going to be an "observer" of Team
Triomphe with it being so oversubscribed. I'm really enjoying everyone's logs so far. If
we're going to be working alongside one another, I think "Triomphe" should feature in
the name. I'll throw in my suggestions: "Triomphe Toujours", "Triomphe Encore".
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Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German
| Message 136 of 165 13 January 2014 at 9:31pm | IP Logged |
I have an even better name! "Mon tailleur est riche".
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