Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Des sites Web

Both these websites have interactive activities where you can practice your French & the websites will tell you whether your answer is correct or not:

http://www.quia.com/shared/french/
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/index.html


Using an online translator can sometimes be useful but there are a few things you should keep in mind:

- Don't put in an entire sentence or paragraph! The order of words does not translate the same from English to French. If you have a writing assignment, please use the phrases & the outline you are given in class instead.

- When entering a word, put "a" or "the" before it depending on the context (this will show you if the word is masculine or feminine & most of the time, you need the preposition in front of the word).

- Words often have more than one meaning so one way to check is to click on the French word that has just been translated & Google will give you different possibilities. The best way to know for sure if it is correct is to verify with a dictionary.

- You can listen to the translated word by clicking the speaker icon on the right hand side of the screen.

http://translate.google.com/#en|fr|

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