Apr 27, 2020 07:00:00

How did you train foreigners in 140 countries to learn French?

In a society and community where globalization is advancing, it is essential to acquire a 'common language' for communication. A story about how French as a means of communication is learned in a short period of time in a French foreign troop that gathers 140 nationalities and races has become a topic on the huge bulletin board

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How French Foreign Legion teaches French language to men from 140 nationalities- my personal experience. :languagelearning
https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/flfq2u/how_french_foreign_legion_teaches_french_language/

How the French Foreign Legion teach French to 150+ nationalities in 6 months.Part 2: La Ferme.: languagelearning
https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/g1vq8q/how_the_french_foreign_legion_teach_french_to_150/

Shaglock, who began posting stories on reddit's “Language Learning Board” in March 2020, dropped out of college just 10 years ago and moved from his hometown of Southeast Asia to France to become a French expeditionary force. He said he has experience in joining. Mr. Shaglock was a member of the French Foreign Forces, which is a group of people from over 140 countries all over the world with various languages and degrees of enrollment, some of whom have never heard the language of French. It seems to have been warm. Shaglock talks about the unique education that she gained from doing so in order to acquire a common language.

Mr. Shaglock originally knew only about 'Bonjour' and 'Croissant' in French, but in order to understand the order with three months of training, move as a team, handle explosives and weapons etc. became. Half a year later, he passed the driver's license acquisition test, and he seems to have learned the language enough to manage military facilities in one year.

People who use Portuguese tend to learn French faster because of the roots of the language, and because there are many people from Russia, learning in French is slow by coordinating in the group and talking in Russian, People from different languages have their own characteristics for language learning. However, despite such a difference, most of the people were able to communicate in six months after the mission, which was difficult enough.

On the other hand, Chinese people who are said to have no pronunciation of 'D' and those from Asian countries who have not mastered any of the languages used in Europe, the Americas, etc. are not able to communicate easily, and language acquisition tends to be slow. Was in However, among them, Japanese and Koreans are often evaluated for diligence, and Shaglock says that they took time to learn the language and improve their ranks.

In the characteristic language education 'Pedagogic Method' in the French Foreign Forces, at first, all the meals were called 'SOOP' and snacks were called 'CHOCOLA'. Also, in French, the words “je” and “tu”, which are the subject words of “I” and “You”, are not used, but only the expressions “TOI (you)” and “MOI (me)” are used. He said he had never learned expressions such as 'il (he)' and 'lui (him).' In addition to gestures and gestures, all kinds of exchanges were carried out.

The French lessons were held for about an hour in a small group of 4 or 5 people after daily hard work and dinner. The faculty is a platoon leader with a low background in France and has little experience as a language teacher. At first, I only learned basic grammar and words, but at the beginning, I could not understand the French spoken by the teachers at all because I was exchanging with simple expressions such as 'SOOP'.

In addition to this, French speakers were supposed to be combined as buddies for non-French speakers. In addition to increasing the number of French conversations, this system allows you to ask questions that you do not understand, but in some cases it did not go well because it was greatly influenced by the nature of the French speaker who was companion and the compatibility. It seems there was.

By starting with the exchange of simple words, and gradually adding basic grammar, you can connect a noun with a body language but a verb that is not used, and from the first month you will be good at it. He said he was able to communicate. Another point, Mr. Shaglock, cites 'singing a lot together' as a characteristic of the language education of the troops.

This story gathered comments that were of interest both in terms of language learning and in the sense of the foreign troops. On the other hand, a person who claims to be a linguist/language teacher said, ``The excellent aspect that the educational method of the 1950s is shown in an immersive experience story and the bad aspect of social exclusion due to racism It sounds like they are being used in combination. It cannot be said that the system is “successful””.