BrainSponge: Recent Episodes
Emily Sullivan
All things language acquisition AND history. French input at various levels, grammar explanations, lessons, study tips, cultural bits and more. Also, US History topics and discussions.
histoire modifiée depuis l'originale de Alice Ayel sur YouTube (mise au temps présent pour les élèves de niveau débutant)
un jour dans la vie. écoutez l'histoire et écrivez un résumé en anglais dans le document. mots importants: pendant (for - length of time), ensuite (next), après ⤵️ (after), donc (therefore) un lit 🛌, fatigué 😪,
Les mots de vocabulaire: les animaux, un lapin🐇, des pattes🐾, caresser🖐, aboyer🐕, promener🚶♀️, un magasin🏬🛍, un jouet🪀, des biscuits🍪🍪, un collier📿, une laisse, calme, agressif, en fait (actually), évidemment (obviously)
english summary, french summary, then a reading of the short story from LingoMastery's Short Stories (histoires courtes) for beginners.
The Declaration of Independence, read aloud by NPR, then the simplified version read aloud by me, then a quick recap of the follow up questions that go along with the document.
includes prompts 1-7 that correspond to the audio only basics quizlet, and the segment on numbers 10-16 to study for your Flipgrid
Who I am, why learn history at all, and why begin US History with a study of the founding documents.
Introduction to me and my goals and methods for this course for this year in French at all levels. How I learned my languages, how they've helped me, what we will be doing to learn this year.