Comprehensive explanations of French verb conjugation accompanied by a ?conjugation machine?. A table that shows the frequencies of French verbs. These can be compared with the frequencies of Spanish verbs. A numerical to text translation machine also helps learners to practice the French number system.
Type of Material:
Drill and reference
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Learning, reinforcing, referencing French verb conjugations.
Target Student Population:
Beginning to mid-intermediate learners of French
Content Quality
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This is strictly a linguistic tool to be used by learners of French to both practice and access verb conjugations. The grammar explanations are simply and clearly written for high-beginning to low intermediate French learners. The translation of numbers to text equivalents is also valuable as both practice and reference tools. There is a page on accent marks, the letters on which they appear and the effect they have on spelling and pronunciation. The explanations are straightforward and concise. The Tableau d'utilisation des temps indicates which tenses are used in the oral and written language or both. It is a nice feature.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Students of French can be pointed to Conjugueur for practice, remediation, and reference. Those students learning or reviewing the different conjugations might be directed to spend 5-10 minutes a day testing themselves by using the conjugation machine. Similarly, students can use the number translation machine to learn and practice reading and saying numbers in French. Students in hybrid or online courses frequently search for the concise information that Le Conjugueur provides. In one place, they can find verb conjugations, grammar explanations with sample French sentences and external links to dictionaries and other reference tools.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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The layout and navigation of the site are excellent. The author is an accomplished computer programmer who has also authored animated computer games.
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