Module 8 of 8
Putting it together
One unbroken exchange, and what you hand in.
Everything in this course is one situation. You arrive somewhere, you meet someone, you give your name, you spell it, you are told a number, you miss something and ask for it again, and you leave. That sequence is the artifact — a single continuous exchange rather than eight separate drills, because what makes a real conversation hard is the joins between the parts, not the parts.
What is being marked is whether the exchange works, not whether you sound French. Intelligibility and completing the task are the bar at this level; the accent is not, and a reviewer who marked you down for one would be marking the wrong thing. Before you record, write the exchange out, read it aloud until you are no longer reading it, then record it once through — including the moment where you ask for something to be repeated.
Played by your device’s own French voice. It is a synthetic voice, not a recording of a teacher — close enough to learn the shape of a word, not close enough to copy exactly.
- Bonjour !Hello!
- Je m'appelle Alex. Ça s'écrit A-L-E-X.My name is Alex. That is spelled A-L-E-X.
- Salle quatorze.Room fourteen.
- Je ne comprends pas. Répétez, s'il vous plaît.I do not understand. Please repeat that.
- Merci beaucoup.Thank you very much.
- Au revoir. À bientôt !Goodbye. See you soon!
Hand in one continuous exchange, not eight drills. The bar is being understood and completing the task, not sounding French.
That is the last module. What you hand in is A first French exchange — written transcript and one recording — the rubric it is marked against is on the course page.