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Hi all! This week I have done some research on some apps that may be helpful for Zach, as he starts his journey to learning French! I have also looked into the benefits of a rewards system, and how that can help keep him motivated! Below are a few apps that can be helpful to someone learning a new language! Duolingo -Zach will be using this one! Rosetta Stone Memrise Busuu HelloTalk Babbel Beelinguapp Source:  https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/five-free-apps-help-learn-foreign-language/ Duolingo: This is the app that Zach has chosen! A video about duo lingo can be seen below! Next, I am creating a badge system (like we do in this course) to help keep Zach motivated while learning French! There will be 5 badges (months, days, numbers 1-20, Basic French and Basic French 2.0). Once he earns all 5 badges, he gets to order his choice of takeout, on me! Source: https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2017/01/using-reward-systems-to-motivate-students This site explains that rewards systems...

 Hi everyone!! So I am starting my research to teach my boyfriend French! The first thing I am looking for is a list of effective strategies to choose from, to start teaching! So far, I've read an article that lists some good strategies that I am going to give a try! The article explains the following strategies: 1. Make language learning fun! 2. Spaced repetition is your friend! 3. Find bite sized chunks of time to devote to it! 4. Try TV as a teacher 5. Meetups is a social way to learn! 6. Don't sweat (the grammar) rules too much! 7. Don't worry about making a fool of yourself! 8. Have fun with it! 9. Use apps! Source: https://mashable.com/article/best-way-to-learn-language/ I think that this article lists some great ideas. One that I am going to try first is to make learning the language fun for Zach! I am going to set up a badge system (like we do in 8P73) to track his progress along the way! This will also allow him to feel motivated and accomplished as he earns badges...

 Welcome to my Genius Hour Blog! My name is Sydney Hayward, and I am a Teacher Candidate at Brock University! I am going to be a high school French and math teacher, and am looking forward to learning lots about how to become an amazing person and teacher! This blog will follow all the things I try, to teach my boyfriend how to speak French (something he cannot do).  My goals for this project: To learn new/effective strategies to teach someone French! To be able to share my progress along the way in hopes of inspiring other to do the same! To ensure my student is able to introduce himself and able to carry a basic French conversation, using basic French vocabulary. Every week I am going to research and come up with different strategies to teach the basics of speaking French, to someone who does not know how to speak the language! On this blog I will post things that I have tried, research I have read, and how you to can try this with someone you know! Feel free to follow me al...