{"id":32311,"date":"2020-09-11T21:52:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T19:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=32311"},"modified":"2021-03-18T21:39:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T20:39:57","slug":"la-rentree-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/la-rentree-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"La Rentr\u00e9e – pt. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coucou mes amis! <\/em>Hi friends!<\/p>\n

La rentr\u00e9e<\/em> is upon us and the weather is quickly turning to automne. <\/i>Il y a\u00a0deux semaines<\/em> (two weeks ago), I talked about the differences between\u00a0le syst\u00e8me scolaire fran\u00e7ais\u00a0<\/em>and le syst\u00e8me scolaire am\u00e9ricain. Vous pouvez le lire ici<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>(You can read it here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Aujourd’hui, je voudrais continuer la conversation\u00a0<\/em>(today I would like to continue the conversation), and I want to look at a typical emploi du temps<\/em> for a\u00a0lyc\u00e9en fran\u00e7ais.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In this emploi du temps\u00a0<\/em>we see classes\u00a0lundi – vendredi\u00a0<\/em>from 8hoo to 18hoo (8 am to 6 pm). Wednesdays are a half day and the afternoon could be used for sports or other extra-curricular activities outside of school. You can see that generally the schedule of a French student is quite demanding, and you won’t see any ‘study halls’ like in a typical American high school schedule.<\/p>\n

Also, note the schedule includes Latin, English, Spanish, and French. It is quite common for French students to study multiple foreign languages. Usually, English is begun at the elementary school level (l’<\/em>\u00e9cole\u00a0\u00e9l\u00e9mentaire)<\/i>, and then a second foreign language is introduced at the middle school level (le coll\u00e8ge)<\/i>. Students have the option to study even more foreign languages in high school (le lyc\u00e9e)<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Voici un peu de vocabulaire:<\/em><\/p>\n

un emploi du temps<\/em> –\u00a0a schedule<\/p>\n

un cours<\/em> –\u00a0a class<\/p>\n

une mati\u00e8re<\/em> –\u00a0a subject<\/p>\n

r\u00e9ussir \u00e0 un examen<\/em> –\u00a0to pass an exam<\/p>\n

r\u00e2ter un examen<\/em> –\u00a0to fail an exam<\/p>\n

la classe de fran\u00e7ais<\/em> –\u00a0French class*<\/p>\n

l\u2019anglais<\/em> –\u00a0English*<\/p>\n

l’espagnol<\/em> – Spanish*<\/p>\n

l’allemand<\/em> – German*<\/p>\n

les sciences<\/em> – science<\/p>\n

les sciences \u00e9conomique et social<\/em> – economic and social science<\/p>\n

les sciences vie et terre<\/em> – earth science<\/p>\n

l’histoire<\/em> – history<\/p>\n

l’histoire-g\u00e9o<\/em> – geography<\/p>\n

la physique-chimie<\/em> – chemistry<\/p>\n

l\u2019informatique<\/em> – computer science<\/p>\n

les math\u00e9matiques (maths)<\/em> – math<\/p>\n

l\u2019\u00e9ducation musicale<\/em> – music class<\/p>\n

l\u2019\u00e9ducation physique<\/em> – physical education<\/p>\n

les arts plastiques<\/em> – art class<\/p>\n

la cantine<\/em> –\u00a0the cafeteria<\/p>\n

faire l\u2019\u00e9cole buissonni\u00e8re<\/i>\u00a0– to play hooky (older expression, like ‘hooky’ is in English)<\/p>\n

s\u00e9cher les cours<\/em> – to skip class<\/p>\n

*In English, the names of languages are capitalized. In French, they are not. These words are only capitalized when referring to the people of that country. For example: le fran\u00e7ais<\/em> (French language) vs le Fran\u00e7ais<\/em> (the French [people]).<\/p>\n

Qu’est-ce que vous pensez du emploi du temps fran\u00e7ais?\u00a0<\/em>What do you think of the French schedule? Avez-vous jamais \u00e9tudi\u00e9 en France?\u00a0<\/em>Have you ever studied in France? Leave some of your thoughts below!<\/p>\n

A la prochaine!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coucou mes amis! Hi friends! La rentr\u00e9e is upon us and the weather is quickly turning to automne. Il y a\u00a0deux semaines (two weeks ago), I talked about the differences between\u00a0le syst\u00e8me scolaire fran\u00e7ais\u00a0and le syst\u00e8me scolaire am\u00e9ricain. Vous pouvez le lire ici.\u00a0(You can read it here.) Aujourd’hui, je voudrais continuer la conversation\u00a0(today I would…<\/p>\n

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