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| Mohave Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Mohave1 Joined 4008 days ago 291 posts - 444 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 41 of 42 07 July 2015 at 10:58pm | IP Logged | ||
Fortheo - I have never used a tutor so I can't recommend a site. I believe I see many mentioning iTalki for tutors. Hopefully someone else will chime in on this point. If you like your language partners, perhaps put more structure into your sessions ahead of time. With my language partners, we've done a lot of things to mix up our sessions. I have been with both approx18 months now. My favorite drill so far is I select something in English. My partner doesn't read it before our session, and then reads it out loud when he sees it for the first time. I am able to help with pronounciation, or explaining grammaire, current news events, etc, and then we do the opposite in French. Also, I've had my partners pick a topic in French (without me knowing the subject before), and then we discuss that subject for 30 minutes. It is difficult, but I always learn new vocabulary etc. I also have had my partners help explain a grammar point and or degrees of distinction in vocabulary words. With my partner from Quebec, she generally picks the topic she wants to discuss in English, and I pick a topic in French. Anyway, just some ideas for you. Best of Luck! Best of luck! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| fortheo Senior Member United States Joined 5037 days ago 187 posts - 222 votes Studies: French | Message 42 of 42 08 July 2015 at 3:46am | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks mohave, and you're absolutely right—I need more structure with my language partners! I was thinking of this just an hour ago. I'm thinking about maybe trying something with pictures. For instance, I'd show pictures of two different people and tell my partner to compare and contrast those two people, and not just their physical appearances but perhaps make up whole lives for them etc etc (basically go as far as their language skills allow them to) and then do the same in french. I think I will try to get my partners to try your reading drill and perhaps this picture idea.
Thanks again, if you think of anymore methods you use with your language partners, feel free to share! Edited by fortheo on 08 July 2015 at 6:13am 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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