Stopfordian 2010â2011 - Stockport Grammar School
Stopfordian 2010â2011 - Stockport Grammar School
Stopfordian 2010â2011 - Stockport Grammar School
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The <strong>Stopfordian</strong> 2010–2011<br />
FRENCH TUITION TRIP TO PARIS<br />
On Sunday 10 th April, as we arrived to meet our French<br />
families, we all began to feel quite nervous. We were<br />
reassured straight away when we were first greeted by our<br />
families, as they seemed very kind and hospitable. The car<br />
journey to our home for the next five days was interesting as<br />
we began to communicate using the French we had learnt<br />
over the past few years.<br />
Our family had two boys aged 11 and 13 and a young girl,<br />
aged 6. They were all very welcoming and even attempted to<br />
speak some English when we struggled. By the end of the first<br />
night we already felt settled and were happy in our French<br />
home. We sat down with our family for a meal where we<br />
were introduced to some French cuisine.<br />
Later on in the night, we were able to sit down with just the<br />
children. They showed us their English work books from<br />
school, so we were able to see what they were learning. It<br />
was very interesting to see how others learn our language as<br />
we learn theirs.<br />
The next day we were taken to the school by a host family<br />
who lived nearby. Once we arrived in the school, we were<br />
split into classes and sent to the classrooms, where we would<br />
be for the next few mornings. We then learnt things such as<br />
famous French landmarks, and how to discuss what we had<br />
been doing and what we were going to do, along with a lot of<br />
vocabulary and verbs. Even the first lesson began to improve<br />
our listening and speaking skills, as our teacher mainly spoke<br />
to us in French.<br />
After spending a few hours working, we left by coach to visit<br />
the Sacre Coeur. It was absolutely beautiful and the weather<br />
added to the already lovely afternoon. We were able to<br />
spend a few hours of free time looking around the Sacre<br />
Coeur and the shops surrounding it. Again, we were able to<br />
practise our language skills and it was rewarding to see how<br />
well we could communicate with the French people. We had<br />
a fantastic day in the hot weather and we were then taken<br />
back to the meeting place where we were awaited by our<br />
French families. In the evening we once again sat down with<br />
the family and had fun trying to work out a few words that we<br />
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