Theories of Reading

As a homeschooling mother, I taught a group of non-francophone homeschooled children with my method. I found they learned, but they needed more than the phonograms and rules. This is where the stories come in. One of the biggest determinants to success in reading is being read to. Since parents who do not understand French cannot accomplish this, my program does it for them. The French Weave allows the child to be able to understand the storyline, yet hear the sounds of the language in a non-threatening manner. As the children learn the sounds, experience the culture, do the activities, they will start to learn the vocabulary. As they start to learn the vocabulary and think in French for certain words and expressions, my curriculum starts weaning them from the English. As their mind switches to thinking in French, they receive less cues from the English words; this reinforces the transfer of thought and communication into real French speakers.

Conclusion

My intensive-phonics based program, Le Français Facile!, teaches a child French language arts using principles described by Dr. Diggory's and Dr. Chall's theories. The method teaches all the aspects of the language as the child is learning and when the child needs to have that knowledge. For example, the child learns sound recognition, feature recognition, letter recognition, orthogragraphic letter-sound correspondence, and spatial placement in a progressive, as needed logical manner. Separating these sub-routines and teaching each separately can also cause confusion. Le Français Facile! teaches an integrated French language arts, which makes learning French easy (Facile!).

note: this is part 7 of 7. Have you read part 1?

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