BLOCK B
FRENCH ARTICLE 3
INTERVIEW WITH GRADE 10 FRENCH STUDENT
To properly understand what French as a subject is, it has to be said through the eyes of a student who has attended the classes for many years. This article contains questions more orientated to the difficulties of learning this language, and what was rewarding from the experience that allowed this student to continue learning and taking the course.
The first question asked was, "What interested you to study French when you started?" He answered with just that he was interested because French was a secondary language for Canada. English was not just the "primary' language of Canada just because it was more common, but French was also apart of country's main languages.
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To gain a clear view on what an average student struggles with, "What's the most difficult part of the course?" There was no clear indicator as to what could be defined as "difficult," though, to the student it seemed everything in the subject was. However, he prefaced this by explaining that he enjoys challenging himself to difficult assignments.
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The next question asked was, "Why do you think studying French is important?" just to gain a clearer understanding of why someone interested in taking French should take it. Similarly to the first question that was asked, he explained that French is generally popularly used across the world, since many people in Europe speak it, and some parts of Africa- and also Canada. ​
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Then, for interest, the interviewer asked what he found most enjoyable about French. He responded that he enjoyed the process of learning French through movies and films. He finds it the best strategy for him as it allows a new influx of French phrases, sayings, and words that would be hard to understand without the context of the movie scenarios.





Following that question, "Would you consider continuing studying French for the rest of high school? (and potentially for university?)" out of curiosity for the student's progress. He responded that he's decently immersed into French culture, and is highly considering pursuing with his French classes throughout the entirety of high school, and potentially at university too, but the idea is more tentative.
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Finally, "If you could change one thing about the Grade 10 curriculum, what would it be?"
He answered that- although the system works fine for him mostly- he would like to change the content orders. Such as changing the French curriculum to be similar to that of the English curriculum. Though he understands that would be challenging as there are many different quirks with both the languages that would prove difficult to translate into similar curriculums.
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This concludes the end of the interview.
