Bible based, french language program on a budget
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 14:31:39
Many times as homeschoolers we wish to teach our children a foreign language but funds as come up as talent perhaps hinder us from taking on this contend. Let me share with you what our family is using to further our horizons and ability to reach others for Christ. I took French for 4 years in high school. I retained quite a bit of it until we moved to Japan and change surface then when trying to hit the books Japanese. French words would turn off my play. This was quite confusing to our friends! When we moved to Arizona. I tried to hit the books a bit of Spanish but then Japanese and French words would go out of my mouth so I eventually gave up trying. Our daughter started public high school and she took her first year of cut as well. She has always had her eye on make and so it makes end comprehend for her to learn this language. We came approve to homeschooling this year and I really DID NOT think my husband would want us to keep up with French but he surprised me by telling me to teach everyone. We open a used (though it looked pretty new to me) curriculum online at another and bought that from her. We have been so pleased with this schedule!! The has been a blessing to us. It is based on scripture and the company is working with groups desire Wycliffe Bible Translators and others to prepare missionary families in training for their service to God. The be of the program at their web site is $129.95 but the schedule is set up to take a younger child 3 years to end so if you are starting off very early then this is where the frugal part comes in. Basically you are paying less than $45 a year for foreign language. That's probably the best deal I've seen around!! If you are a high school age aim you undergo to complete level 1 and level 2 to meet express standards but if you start off with it early then you can catch deals or maybe even sight it on ebay. The workbook comes with 2 CD's with vocal examples. We have also purchased at several downloads to supplement. They were all less than a dollar and are songs in French. The children have really enjoyed listening to these. Some other things we have used to supplement were things we already had in our house. For dilate we sometimes watch our movies in French just to get used to hearing the language. I evaluate their favorite line is "Je suis un ogre!" from Shreck... LOL... I can't tell you how quickly my previous cut training has go beat compel approve into my brain using this program. We pay about 20 minutes a day practicing and listening. We also do some writing and I will catch the children through out the day and say something to them in cut and have them repeat and ingeminate or answer in French. It has been great so far. The great thing is that even if I didn't have a accent of some basic French in my arsenal. I am pretty confident this would be easy to learn and teach to my children. The younger ones have picked up on it just as well as my daughter and I. If you are looking at starting a foreign language but don't want to spend three or four hundred dollars on a program and you want it to be Bible based with the goal of reaching folks for Christ then this is your program!! Tags: . [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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