Talk:French stream/Archive

These lists should be replaced with the new (Wikiversity) ones at Topic:Foreign Language Learning. The Jade Knight 01:15, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I've taken care of this. The Jade Knight 08:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I see a lot of red links for user names...maybe people don't know that a Wikipedia account doesn't transfer to wikiversity? --Courtjester555 02:18, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Many red links for user names originated at Wikibooks. --JWSchmidt 02:41, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I actually cleared those out last year. The Jade Knight 07:54, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Remaining red links are simply people without user pages. The Jade Knight 10:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

We have plenty of potential contributors…
Now we need a way to organize this page and harness all these names to the betterment of the department. Any ideas? I'm thinking, we could set up some coordination, and have someone go out and contact potential contributors. I could do this just for an initial run, at least.

We could perhaps keep a directory of potential learners at various levels, and allow interested instructors to contact them. --The Jade Knight 02:52, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Can anyone suggest a text?
I plan to prowl the local college bookstores for a text, or two, that might help me get reimmersed in vocabulary, grammar and idioms. I would appreciate any recommendations. Major 19:05, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Le Petit Prince or La Nuit.Elatanatari 22:35, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Le petit prince is one of my all-time favorite books. I can second that recommendation.  But neither of those are textbooks, unfortunately, but rather story-books.  The Jade Knight 02:48, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I third "Le Petit Prince" but I think its status as a storybook is more of a benefit than a drawback. I could easily see an intermediate course structured around the book, pointing out vocabulary and sentence patterns, or perhaps as a straight literature course using both books. I'd also like to suggest "Comme un Roman" by Daniel Pennac as an advanced-intermediate text for discussion. Eleraama 05:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Centering an intermediate course around Le Petit Prince is actually an excellent idea. The Jade Knight 20:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)