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BIENVENUE !: BIENVENUE !
Class Material: Class Material
On campus resources: On campus resources French Library: Language Center (Room 216)
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French TV Channel TV5 on AIT Network: ait.ac.th/wms
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French Mailing List: AIT Francophones Mailing list (registration)
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French on the Internet (our selection)
languages.ait.ac.th/french/french/RESOURCESonweb.htm
WHY BOTHER: WHY BOTHER LEARNING
FRENCH ? ? ? ?
Slide5:
French is an official language in
major international organizations :
UN – EU - Olympic Commitee…
Slide6:
French is spoken
in many countries
French companies: French companies
Slide8: There’s one more good reason
why you should learn French.
A reason you probably never thought about before...
Slide9: Improve your knowledge
of ENGLISH Language!
How can it be?
Let’s go back in time to find out: Let’s go back in time to find out
Indo-european languages: Indo-european languages South-Asia Central Asia
Language groups in today’s worldlight green = Indo-European group: Language groups in today’s world light green = Indo-European group
Indo-European split: Indo-European split Germanic
Celtic
Italic
Greek Slavic
Iranian
Sanskrit West
(Centum) East
(Satem) MOTHER TONGUE
Centum group (Western) : Centum group (Western) GERMANIC: German, Dutch, Scandinavian and English
ITALIC: Latin and Romance languages:
French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
CELTIC: Irish, Gaelic, Breton (nearly extinguished)
GREEK: Ancient & Modern Greek
Germanic languages (North): Germanic languages (North) English
German
Dutch
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Romance languages (South)Roman empire: Romance languages (South) Roman empire From LATIN
French
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
Romanian
Remaining Celtic nations today: Remaining Celtic nations today Ireland Brittany Scotland Wales France Cornwall
Western Europe North-South Split: Western Europe North-South Split - Language split
Human split
Climate split
Culture split
French Vs English: French Vs English Key historical facts and effects on languages
Slide20: 2 000 years ago, the Romans invaded Gaul (France) and ruled for 500 years.
The native Celtic language disappeared and was replaced by a local form of LATIN.
The Roman Empire1st BC – 5th : The Roman Empire 1st BC – 5th Germanic tribes
Slide22: In the 5th century, the Franks a German tribe from the North East of Europe invaded Roman Gaul and created a new kingdom FRANCE.
Lot’s of Germanic vocabulary was introduced but the language remained Latin.
At the same time, other German tribes (Angles & Saxons) invaded Britain, occupied then by the Celts, and created ENGLAND.
The Kingdom of the Franks
Slide23: In 1066 the Duke of Normandy William the Conqueror invaded England.
Old French became England official language for 2 centuries.
Old English language merged then with Old French.
The Normans Invasion
Slide24: When French was the language of the rich and powerful for centuries, English remained the language of the street and was thus overlooked by grammarians. As a consequence, English went through a great process of simplification.
English is unique in Europe for it has -no genders for nouns
-no complex declension for nouns and verbs,
-no cases (accusative, dative...) The second BIG consequence
Slide25:
LATIN and GREEK
have influenced both French & English continuously being the languages
of science, politics, religion ...
photography / telephone / acquaculture
phenomena /biology /democraty /centimeter
cardiovascular/homonym/diagram/economy
hybrid/nanotechnology/hydrogen... Through time and up to now...
English is often called an hybrid language (half Germanic/half Latin): English is often called an hybrid language (half Germanic/half Latin) It has accumulated lot’s of vocabulary from both worlds and is thus a very rich language.
French words in the English language: French words in the English language
English & Latinate homonymeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents : English & Latinate homonymes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents
English is still a Germanic language: English is still a Germanic language
language: language Useful generalities for language learners
And review of grammar terms
Like many other languages, French is composed of:: Like many other languages, French is composed of:
Grammatical words include…: Grammatical words include… Determiners (articles – possessive…) specify the noun: the - a - some - one - my - your - our - his - this – these – several...
Pronouns replace the noun: I - she - they - it - me - you - them - us - her - him – that
Prepositions link nouns together or to the verb: to - at - of - from – in - with – for – on – under – down - against – without...
conjonctions link sentences together: and - or - but / that – when – if – because – though - unless …
Vocabulary words includes…: Vocabulary words includes… Nouns: table – football – region - mother...
Adjectives: great – lazy – small – easy ...
Verbs: to go – to do – to sleep – to learn ...
Adverbs: well – often – quickly – always ...