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French or Spanish? World Languages French Ms. Kostolecki Spanish Mr. Draper Mr. Morreale French or Spanish? Both Languages Use the same alphabet as English, but the letters will have different sounds and accentuation. French:


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French or Spanish?

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World Languages

French

  • Ms. Kostolecki

Spanish

  • Mr. Draper
  • Mr. Morreale
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French or Spanish?

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Both Languages

  • Use the same alphabet as English, but the

letters will have different sounds and accentuation.

  • French: soupe du jour
  • Spanish: sopa del día
  • English: soup of the day
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Both Languages

  • Importance of memorization

– Vocabulary – Grammar

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Small Differences

  • French sentence

structure is close to English sentence structure.

  • French grammar

remains fairly constant in difficulty as you continue to advance through the courses.

  • Spanish is slightly

easier to pronounce.

  • Spanish grammar

increases in difficulty as you continue to advance through the courses.

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Comparing Spanish to French is like comparing

  • Neither is your native language English.
  • Each is pronounced differently from English.
  • Each has different sentence structure from English.
  • Each requires memorization of vocabulary and

grammar.

and

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baño

école

águila

château

fête

¿Qué?

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petite table brunette voyage menu

  • range

encore cuisine

45%

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Here are the Spanish translations of the French & English words. French = Spanish

Petite

= pequeño

Brunette

= moreno

Menu

= carta

Encore

= otra vez

Table

= mesa

Voyage = viaje Orange = anaranjado Cuisine = cocina

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Spanish is spoken predominantly in the western hemisphere.

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French is spoken on 5 of the world’s 7 continents.

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Comparison maps of the two languages and where they are spoken in the world.

S P A N

I

S H __ F R E N C H

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Which languages can I continue to study throughout high school?

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  • French and Spanish courses
  • ffered at the high school:

– Level 1B – Level 2 – Level 3 – M.V.C.C. Dual Credit 191/ 192 – M.V.C.C. Dual Credit 201/202

  • Spanish 1
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Dual Credit Courses

Both French and Spanish are offered for college credit (Dual Credit) through MVCC

(Mohawk Valley Community College) in the 11th and 12th grades.

You can save money by taking college courses in high school. You earn up to 12 COLLEGE credits while still in high school.

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Importance of choice

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Courses Available

French French 1A

  • r

French 1 Spanish Spanish 1A

  • r

Spanish 1

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French Spanish

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We look forward to seeing you in class.