April French Challenge - Le Défi du Mois d'Avril!

It's Time for the April French Challenge - Le Défi du Mois d'Avril!

The April French Translation Challenge is for upper-beginner through advanced level learners. Every single day presents a brand new challenge to keep you on your toes while learning and practicing French. Many grammar topics in my complete French course are included.

Don't be confused by the 9:00 start time on April 1st. I just had to put something in that space. There are no group meetings to attend. Work at your own pace. You'll have the opportunity to interact with others from around the world who are taking the challenge with you!

If you did last year's April challenge, you're more than welcome to join again this year! Though the content is the same as what you worked with last year, this is an opportunity to go through it again with a new set of people who will have different questions than last year. Jennifer will show up daily in the stream / chat to answer all of your questions!

Watch this video I made to find out more: https://youtu.be/kWpdxB-6c8o

Each day you will watch a video that is 8-12 minutes long, giving you time to pause and work on translations before going over them with me. We will translate 2-4 sentences per day depending on length and level of difficulty. We're looking at what should be about 15 - 20 minutes a day.

Every day you will watch a different video in which we will work together to translate sentences from English to French. The grammar topics are quite varied, because this is what happens in real French conversations.

The translations include the grammar that you have been working hard to master. This is an opportunity to observe sentences that you would really say, and to figure out how to do that in French.

If you miss a day, you can make it up. All of the material will be made available to you on April 1st. You'll have until May 1st to complete the challenge. During that time you will enjoy interacting with others who are taking the challenge and asking me all of your questions. All of the material will be yours to keep and review in the future, though the "group" will no longer be active.

Registration: March 26rd - March 31st

Cost: €30

Dates: April 1st - April 30th

Where: Google Classroom. I will email you the link on March 31st. Days 1 - 30 will be available in case you want to complete more than one per day.

Email me: When you sign up, send me an email to say "I'm in"! That way I will be sure to have your preferred email address when it's time to send you the Google Classroom link: **french@lovelearninglanguages.com**

Sample Contents:

present conditional, imperfect tense, verb + à + infinitive, avoir envie de, expressing time(depuis), demonstrative pronouns, expressing time (il y a), pronoun Y, descriptive adjectives

present conditional, relative pronouns, verb + de + infinitive,
direct object pronouns, present subjunctive, le verbe tenir, none of your business, I wish that, present subjunctive

ways to talk about the weather, futur simple, idiomatic expressions, present conditional, pronoun Y, idiomatic expressions, “good”

present conditional, alors, comparatives with adjectives, futur simple, inversion, it is necessary

comparatives with adverbs, idiomatic expressions, quoi que, pronoun EN, forming questions

direct object pronouns with the passé composé, quelque part, imperative commands, idiomatic expressions

forming questions, idiomatic expressions, partitive articles, indirect object pronouns, pronoun Y, relative pronouns

I can’t wait, qu’on / que l’on, idiomatic expressions, futur simple

questions, interrogative words, depuis, pendant, imperfect tense, pronoun EN, negation

arriver à + infinitive, avoir expressions, devoir, avoir mal, imperfect tense

il y a, questions, present conditional, imperfect, faire causative construction, reflexive verbs, to need

3 ways to say “need”, indirect object pronouns, falloir, present conditional, “to pick up a person at the airport”, prévoir + infinitive

reflexive verbs, futur simple, si clause, possessive adjectives, passé composé, chez, direct object pronouns, faire causative

passé composé, direct object pronouns, adverbs, “reschedule”, “they work for me”, futur simple, reciprocal verbs

direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, prendre, passé simple, descriptive adjectives, adverbs, quelconque, encore, pendant

to be excited, present subjunctive, imperative commands, relative pronouns, verb + de + infinitive, comme, avoir in the passé composé, vouloir dire

“how about if we…”, imperfect tense, reflexive verbs, idiomatic expressions, present conditional, chez, demonstrative pronouns, superlatives