Foreign Language Summer Reading
The most effective way to learn a foreign language is to duplicate the way a baby learns his
mother tongue. Input that is comprehensible is the key - whether reading a book or listening
to a speaker or watching a movie.
So this summer, when you watch a DVD with friends and family at home, select subtitles in either
French or Spanish if available. Or if you are watching on your own, select French or Spanish audio
together with English subtitles. You will pick up a lot of new language and reinforce what you
already have learned. Browse Wikipedia in French or Spanish and read up on favorite topics about
which you are very familiar. Take time to: check out bilingual library books, obtain a music CD in
your language of interest, visit a church service in your language, go to a cultural event in your
language, join a church short-term missions group to a country that speaks the language!
In order to prepare for your Foreign Language class in the fall of 2012, please:
1. Purchase and read the following book
2. Write a summary in the target language (your French or your Spanish). Use ONLY language you
know.
3. As a final paragraph write about how the main character changed during the course of the novel.
What did he or she learn? Again, use your French/ Spanish.
4. Assignments are due the first week of school.
French
* Rising French 2 students;
Pirates Français des Caraïbes
Can be purchased at: www.tprstorytelling.com
*Rising French 3 students
Ma Voiture à Moi
Can be purchased at: http://blaineraytprs.com/
*Rising French 4 students
Le Voyage Perdu
Can be purchased at: http://blaineraytprs.com/
In addition, rising French 4 students will read 6 different blog/ essay entries, choosing from Top Chrétien, 1
Jour/ 1 Actu or something comparable in French that is interesting. Throughout the summer as you
complete these, you may email me the link to the essay and then your summary in YOUR French of what the
essay is about.
Spanish
* Rising Spanish 2 students:
El Viaje de su Vida ISBN 0-929724-49-6
*Rising Spanish 3 students:
Casi Se Muere ISBN 0-929724-43-7
*Rising Spanish 4 students:
Viva el Toro ISBN 0-929724-48-8
All can be purchased at: www.tprstorytelling.com or call 1-800-877-4738