{"id":547,"date":"2024-01-22T17:08:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T17:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.odu.edu\/spring2017-fr102-template\/?page_id=547"},"modified":"2024-04-13T01:32:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T01:32:12","slug":"talkabroad-impression-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/talkabroad-impression-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TalkAbroad Impression #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my Talk Abroad experience, my partner’s name was Cl<\/span>\u00e9mence<\/span> Gougbenou<\/span> and <\/span>she<\/span> is<\/span> from<\/span> the country Benin, <\/span>located<\/span> next<\/span> to Nigeria in the continent<\/span> of<\/span> Africa<\/span>. <\/span>Talk <\/span>Abroad<\/span> had<\/span> reco<\/span>mmended<\/span> her<\/span> for <\/span>newcomers<\/span> and I can <\/span>highly<\/span> agree<\/span> with<\/span> this<\/span> statement<\/span>, because she was great at helping me understand<\/span> her<\/span> questions<\/span> by using gestures, pro<\/span>ps, or examples<\/span> so that I can build up a response<\/span>.<\/span> At <\/span>first,<\/span> I <\/span>was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>nervous<\/span> beginning<\/span> our<\/span> conver<\/span>sation, I <\/span>had<\/span> thought<\/span> of <\/span>our<\/span> discussion<\/span> was going to be a simple Question and answer,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>where<\/span> she<\/span> asks<\/span> a<\/span> certain<\/span> question in<\/span> French,<\/span> and I <\/span>responded<\/span> with<\/span> an<\/span> answe<\/span>r<\/span> I<\/span> practice<\/span> whe<\/span>n<\/span> sai<\/span>d<\/span> question<\/span> i<\/span>s<\/span> bein<\/span>g<\/span> aske<\/span>d<\/span>. <\/span>Throughout our discussion, I did gain a little bit of confidence around the middle of our discussion<\/span> because I could understand the French terms she was saying <\/span>when she was asking a question.<\/span> There <\/span>were<\/span> something I did not <\/span>expect<\/span> when our discussion <\/span>begins<\/span>, like <\/span>asking the question in <\/span>a different way<\/span> or <\/span>going into more depth<\/span> upon a question, for example<\/span> Madame <\/span>Gougbenou<\/span> wanted to know the name of my brothers but it took me a while to understand the question she was asking until she gave me an example.<\/span> In my <\/span>personal opinion<\/span>, <\/span>I feel that I<\/span> have multiple<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>weakness from my Talk Abroad <\/span>discussion<\/span>, some of them<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>would have to be <\/span>listening<\/span> and <\/span>interoperating<\/span> French questions, <\/span>pronouncing my response, and listening to my partner\u2019s response. <\/span>Listing out my weaknesses <\/span>isn\u2019t<\/span> a bad <\/span>thing<\/span>;<\/span> it<\/span> helps me\u00a0<\/span>with<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>my next Talk Abroad <\/span>discussion<\/span> by letting me know what to improve upon<\/span>, I would mostly <\/span>work on my knowledge of French vocabulary and <\/span>pronunciation.<\/span> Though I list out my weaknesses, I do have some strengths in our <\/span>discussion<\/span> like<\/span> on how fluent my responses where and continue speaking F<\/span>rench instead of English during the assignment.<\/span> In my plan of action for my next conversation I will sch<\/span>eduling an appointment for tutoring<\/span>, practicing the questions, and attending French chat hour<\/span>, to improve my weaknesses.<\/span> After my Talk Abroad conversation, I would say the conversation <\/span>was not perfect no <\/span>bad,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>but it was <\/span>a great experience<\/span> with\u00a0have a <\/span>conversation<\/span>\u00a0with<\/span> someone in French<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my Talk Abroad experience, my partner’s name was Cl\u00e9mence Gougbenou and she is from the country Benin, located next to Nigeria in the continent of Africa. Talk Abroad had recommended her for newcomers and I can highly agree with… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28497,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547\/revisions\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}