Déjà décembre!… Time flies!… I did not visit my blog in two weeks due to work, semi-convalescence and good company. In the news department, Maria got the results of her oral interaction test last Thursday and she received her B… Ironically, in the meantime, she got a bilingual position at the U of O and she will start next Monday. In the PSC, anyone with a BBB language profile would not even be considered for bilingual positions because no one dares to check if the person can communicate or not in the second language… As I always said, bilinguism in the PSC is merely political… not many people do actually work in French. If ever Maria gets the position she applied for in the government, she will probably never use her second language… yet she will when she will have to deal with francophone students at the University of Ottawa!
Congratulations Maria!
Annie went for her oral interaction interview yesterday… she contacted me and said that everything went fine… she should hear about her results before the end of this week. I am convinced that she managed to get her C… As for Mikaela, her Monday oral exam has been canceled… and she was not given any other date… The same thing happened to Dan who, by the way, will be tested today… These past weeks, many tests were canceled and of course candidates who are ready are always disappointed… who would not be?
Today I found a quizz on verbs… although conjugating in the «imparfait» sounds quite easy, there are a few traps regarding some verbs… It will be interesting to see whether you can spot them right away or not… I gave it a try and I got 50/50… Yet the teacher has to be perfect right? Especially with verb conjugation, otherwise it would be a disaster for her students!
L’hiver est à nos portes… when I left Montreal on Monday, it was snowing… but, in Ottawa, we have not seen the white stuff yet!
Sometimes I see strange things… for instance, this building where is located the Embassy of a Mediterranean country… which, to me, has a strong Tyrol flavour…
Whenever you are ready, click here to play the game!…
Enjoy!
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Glad to see you back! I enjoyed this test. Pleased to get 45/50. Just missed «photographier». Snow in Montreal already? Believe it or not, we actually had a little dusting last week here in the NC mountains. Gone before I even saw it, though. I’m looking forward to a milder winter this year now that I’m in the South
Diane!
Happy to see you also… it has been a while! Life can be hectic sometimes and now it’s «le tourbillon des Fêtes»!
You did very well on that test: indeed I do think that «photographier» was the ultimate trap!
I wish we’ll have a milder winter here too… so far, so good… yesterday it was 11° C here… not too bad for this time of the year and it’s pouring rain right now… Each day without snow is a bonus for me!
Bonne fin de semaine!
Bonjour Lyne,
J’ai eu 45/50…
Pour moi le piège a été “croyions” (j’ai marqué “croiions” !).
Je vais montrer ce test à ma fille qui vient juste d’étudier l’imparfait.
Passe un très bon week-end, et je croise les doigts pour que la neige n’arrive pas trop vite chez toi
Bonjour Isabelle,
Très bon score aujourd’hui… évidemment il y a toujours quelques verbes en français qui nous donnent des maux de tête… mais c’est ce qui rend cette langue intéressante! Mes étudiants anglophones sont toujours sidérés de voir «ii» dans certains verbes… et ce n’est pas évident de leur expliquer pourquoi!
En effet, ce sera un bon test pour ta fille qui vient d’étudier ce temps de verbes… Pour ce qui est de la neige, je n’ose même pas y penser… en ce moment, il fait soleil et on prévoit la même chose en fin de semaine. Toutefois les températures chuteront et, lundi, nous devrions (apparemment!) avoir de la neige… Yikes!
Bonne fin de semaine!
Ma fille vient de faire le test et a eu 50/50 !!! Elle n’est tombée
Désolée pour le commentaire précédent qui est parti trop vite !
Je disais donc que ma fille a évité tous les pièges
WOW Isabelle! Ta fille “rocks”!…
Ça fait chaud au coeur de savoir que la nouvelle génération saura écrire en français!!!
À plus!