{"id":3071,"date":"2011-01-05T01:59:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T01:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2014-06-11T19:59:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T17:59:42","slug":"partenaire-de-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/partenaire-de-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to meet your French partenaire de conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

All of you students who think that your French teacher doesn’t allow you to have enough time to practice your conversational French, will love this idea! You can use Skype not only to speak and get in touch with your friends or relatives, but also to meet des partenaires de conversations <\/em>(conversational partners)!<\/p>\n

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In yesterday’s article, “What are your \u201cR\u00e9solutions de l\u2019ann\u00e9e<\/em> 2011\u2033?<\/strong><\/a>“, I mentioned a few good ideas to help you choose some decisive, life-changing r\u00e9solution<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/em> in order to kickstartla nouvelle ann\u00e9e <\/strong><\/em>(the new year) comme il se doit <\/strong><\/em>(as it should be)!<\/p>\n

One of these r\u00e9solutions , of course -this is the French Blog<\/strong>, what else ought we advise you to do-, is am\u00e9liorer le niveau de votre Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/em> (Improve the level of your French)!<\/p>\n

Besides the tips that I gave you, I also told you how to meet un <\/strong><\/em>or une partenaire de conversation <\/strong><\/em>(a conversational partner.)<\/p>\n

For that, you only need to have a Skype<\/a><\/strong> account.<\/p>\n

If you don’t, il ne faut pas paniquer <\/strong><\/em>(you shouldn’t panic): Opening a Skype account is easy and gratuit <\/strong><\/em>(free.)<\/p>\n

Using la webcam<\/strong><\/em>, however, is totally up to you!<\/p>\n

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* Le concept du “partenaire de conversation” <\/strong><\/span><\/em>(the concept of the conversational partner)<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

L’id\u00e9e est tr\u00e8s simple <\/strong><\/em>(The idea is very simple): If you are learning French as a second language, and your langue maternelle <\/strong><\/em>(mother tongue) is, for example, l’allemand <\/strong><\/em>(German), <\/strong>le russe<\/strong><\/em>(russian), l’espagnol <\/strong><\/em>(Spanish), l’arabe<\/strong><\/em> (Arabic),\u00a0 le chinois <\/strong><\/em>(Chinese), etc., then all you need to do is find a native French speaker<\/strong>, or at least someone with a French level that is advanced enough, who would be interested in learning or improving his or her level of the language that you speak as your first language. That way, both of you can benefit from the conversational experience!<\/p>\n

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* Comment \u00e7a marche?<\/strong><\/em> (How does it work?)<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

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Here’s an example of how it can work:Imagine that there three native French speakers, say, Julie, S\u00e9bastien<\/strong>, and Samir.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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– Julie <\/strong>wants to improve her conversational skills in Chinese<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
– S\u00e9bastien <\/strong>wants to improve his conversational skills in Russian<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
– Samir<\/strong> wants to improve his conversational skills in Spanish<\/strong>.On the other hand, we have three people, Cheng<\/strong> from China<\/strong>, Alena <\/strong>from Russia<\/strong>,<\/em> and Anna<\/strong> from Spain<\/strong>, and all of them wish to improve their conversational levels in French.<\/div>\n
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Alors, rien n’est plus simple <\/strong><\/em>(Nothing is simpler than that)!<\/div>\n
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It’s enough for Julie <\/strong>to exchange her Skype contact<\/strong> with Cheng<\/strong>, S\u00e9bastien <\/strong>with Alena, <\/strong>and Samir<\/strong> with Anna.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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They could all agree about un rendez-vous<\/em> en ligne<\/em> <\/strong>(<\/em>an online appointment), for example une fois par semaine <\/strong><\/em>(once a week), which of course would have to accommodate the emploi du temps <\/strong><\/em>(time schedule) of both.<\/div>\n
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The Skype rendez-vous<\/em> <\/strong>could\u00a0 last any time you both wish.<\/div>\n
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For example, Julie <\/strong>and Cheng <\/strong>can agree to speak the first half-hour in French, then in Chinese for the second half.<\/div>\n
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* Et on parle de quoi avec nos partenaires de conversation?<\/strong><\/span><\/em> (And what do we talk about with our conversational partners?)<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
You definitely don’t have to talk about academic stuff!<\/div>\n
The advantage of a partenaire de conversation<\/em> en ligne<\/em><\/strong> (an online conversational partner) is that you’re not in a classroom. Your topics can be le sport<\/strong><\/em>, la politique, le cin\u00e9ma, la musique<\/strong><\/em>, or whatever you like.All of you students who think that your French teacher doesn’t allow you to have enough time to practice your conversational French will love this idea!<\/div>\n
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Now la question cruciale <\/strong><\/em>(the crucial question is), “where do I find my potential partenaire de conversation<\/em>“?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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It’s also simple! Just go to our Facebook page: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/learn.french
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(Be sure to click on “Like<\/strong>” to be able to see its content!)<\/div>\n
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And on the comments of this post, write the following:”Bonjour, je m’appelle <\/strong><\/em>(Igor, for example)<\/strong>, je suis de russie. Je souhaite trouver un ou une partenaire de conversation sur Skype. Envoyez-moi un message sur Facebook. Vous pouvez am\u00e9liorer le niveau de votre (russe), et moi, mon niveau de fran\u00e7ais avec vous!<\/strong><\/em>“<\/div>\n
Meaning:”Hello, my name is (Igor, for example), I am from Russia. I wish to find a conversational partner on Skype. Send me a Facebook message. You can improve your (Russian) level with me, and me, my French level with you!”<\/div>\n
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Bonne chance \u00e0 tous !<\/strong><\/em> (Good luck to you all!)<\/div>\n
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All of you students who think that your French teacher doesn’t allow you to have enough time to practice your conversational French, will love this idea! You can use Skype not only to speak and get in touch with your friends or relatives, but also to meet des partenaires de conversations (conversational partners)! * *…<\/p>\n

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