{"id":14102,"date":"2015-05-11T11:44:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=14102"},"modified":"2019-08-01T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T17:24:38","slug":"oui-oui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=14102","title":{"rendered":"oui oui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello ! I&#8217;m going into second year at UTSG next year, and I was considering getting a citation in French in my degree (or maybe a French as Second Language minor?), but it might make arranging my other courses a bit difficult. I don&#8217;t want to lose all the French I learned through high school if I decide not to take it, so I was wondering if you know of any services in UofT that provide french language practice? Thanks a lot! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>that&#8217;s a very admirable goal! i personally plan on keeping up my french by just rewatching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w8IEEuJzVaE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">le petit prince<\/a> over and over when it comes out and crying over the nostalgia.<\/p>\n<p>BUT that might be a bit emotionally draining for some people, so why don&#8217;t we explore some other options. y&#8217;know. for the <a href=\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_mbmr5llffi1rvwttvo1_500.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weak-willed<\/a> out there.<\/p>\n<p>1. the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/172521319539655\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French Association<\/a> puts on events monthly to &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/french.utoronto.ca\/undergraduate\/information\/organizations_activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create strong ties between Anglophones and Francophones by providing an inclusive and convivial space where cultural and linguistic exchanges happen!<\/a>&#8221; so that might be a cool thing to be a part of.<\/p>\n<p>2. if you&#8217;d like a more intensive way of keeping up with your french, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/UofT-Table-fran%C3%A7aise-SMC\/276838469103726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">french department organizes<\/a> a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/french.utoronto.ca\/undergraduate\/information\/organizations_activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weekly conversation group<\/a>&#8221; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109787679419457445594\/about?gl=ca&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kelly Cafe<\/a> and in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcollege.utoronto.ca\/about-us\/ontact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New College<\/a>, which is a great way of keeping up your french speaking.<\/p>\n<p>3. the french as a second language minor is also a great idea! you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/crs_fre.htm#ASMIN0555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">only need 4.0 credits to complete it<\/a>, so it shouldn&#8217;t be too hard to fit into your degree.<\/p>\n<p>bonne chance avec votre enterprise linguistique!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello ! I&#8217;m going into second year at UTSG next year, and I was considering getting a citation in French in my degree (or maybe a French as Second Language minor?), but it might make arranging my other courses a bit difficult. I don&#8217;t want to lose all the French I learned through high school if I decide not to take it, so I was wondering if you know of any services in UofT that provide french language practice? Thanks a lot! \ud83d\ude42 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, that&#8217;s a very admirable goal! i personally plan on keeping up my french by just rewatching le petit prince over and over when it comes out and crying over the nostalgia. BUT that might be a bit emotionally draining for some people, so why don&#8217;t we explore some other options. y&#8217;know. for the weak-willed out there. 1. the French Association puts on events monthly to &#8220;create strong ties between Anglophones and Francophones by providing an inclusive and convivial space where cultural and linguistic exchanges happen!&#8221; so that might be a cool thing to be a part of. 2. if you&#8217;d like a more intensive way of keeping up with your french, the french department organizes a &#8220;weekly conversation group&#8221; at the Kelly Cafe and in New College, which is a great way of keeping up your french speaking. 3. the french as a second language minor is also a great idea! you only need 4.0 credits to complete it, so it shouldn&#8217;t be too hard to fit into your degree. bonne chance avec votre enterprise linguistique! aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,208],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extracurricular","category-french"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}