Parlez-vous français?

Est-ce que le français c’est vraiment important ? Bien oui, le français c’est une langue qui a beaucoup d’importance dans le monde actuelle. C’est pour ca que je considère que le fait que le Tec nous enseigne français nous aidera vachement dans notre vie future.

Quand j’apprends des nouveaux mots en français je peux faire une comparaison avec les deux langues que je déjà sais. Ca c’est superbe parce que je peux bien faire une relation et je peux augmenter mon vocabulaire à l’espagnol ou à l’anglais.

Une autre avantage de savoir français ce que nous avons accès a plus d’information, pas seulement a l’information qui est écrit en anglais ou en espagnol. Nous pouvons aussi rechercher sur l’internet dans les pages écrites en français.

À mes classes des français, on n’apprend pas uniquement la grammaire de la langue française, on apprend aussi de la société et de la culture française. Ca c’est très utile puisque ca m’ouvre la vision du monde et aussi parce que j’arrive à comprendre le mode de vie d’autres personnes.

Afin de pratiquer le français on fait beaucoup d’exercices. On appelle par l’intermédiaire de skype en France et on se sert des professeurs français pour avoir une meilleure prononciation et pour apprendre du vocabulaire colloquial. À la classe, on fait aussi des discussions sur un thème spécifique et on commence à argumenter nos points de vues.

Je vraiment crois que savoir parler et écrire le français nous est très utile parce que nous pouvons accroître notre connaissance sur les langues, la culture et sur le monde en général.

I Have Two Cows...

One of our French teachers decided to show us a page about some of the different type of governments it exists with and also how the different cultures affect the government. First of all, the article starts by saying that we are owners of 2 cows. From these 2 cows, the government is going to intervene in different ways depending on the type of government chosen. Some of the examples are a little bit exaggerated but you can see the funny side also, since is based on prejudices that people have by the actions this government made in the past or some of them still do. I can relate some of the material we learn in class in this blog post. For example, the blog post says that if you had 2 cows and live in a communist country, the state will take both of them and give you milk. As we saw in class, in a communist country, the state controls both resources and prices. It's cool to see their opinion of the other governments like, socialism, capitalism, etc., which by the way I also don't think there's one government that is better than another. Each country has the chance to success if they get focused on it, like for example China is now in the second place in the world's economy, just behind the U.S., and they have different government systems. This is the proof that there are different methods to be in the first place of the world's economy, not just one.

Besides talking about the different type of governments, the blog post also talks about the prejudices we have about how some countries manage their economy. The one that captured my attention was the French economy. I said that if you were a french person and you have two cows, you will declare a strike because what you really wanted was 3 cows. Recently, the teacher had showed us about a strike in the store "Carrefour", which make us laugh while we were reading this. Well, France was the country were the Human Rights were established, so I think its okay that they are claiming their rights. However, this has also created a bad image on France, as people make prejudices that they work only a few hours or if not they are in a strike. In a recent article that came on my French exam, says that France is fighting hard against this image that has been created around it. France invested around 10 millions of Euros in 3 years to create a campaign to show people the reality. I think is a very good idea of France to promote this campaigns so that more people gets motivated to work on there, or simply just to don't have the negative idea, just as we as Mexicans don't like to people think that Mexico = big sombrero moving on a burrito or taking a nap under a big sahuaro! Each country needs an opportunity to give the best of it.

Integration Is The Way

In one of our French classes we began to talk about how culture affects the society. The class was about how the "Burqa" was banned in France, and the effects it brings. The Burqa is a Islamic robe that covers both body and face. President Nicolas Sarkozy already make an statement and took a side: "Burqa isn't welcomed in France". He said that the burqa affects women's equality, identity, lack of a social life and made them prisioners behind a screen. He also said that they should adapt to the French culture in order to get opportunities to became part of the country.

I think that these is an issue that have both good and bad sides. Let's start with the good news, positive all the way. I think that what France is trying to do is to tear apart barriers that could affect the integration of immigrants to their country. The best way is for them to start a new life and share their culture. Also, the burqa automatically isolates the woman that are inside of it. Communication can't be completely accomplished since you can't even see who is behind it. I think that this will also be a good new start for any woman who wants equality and not to be beated by a man who has 5 more wives.

However, these decision can also bring negative effects. These new rules of France can create tensions with the Muslim world. Also, discrimination for these woman that can't leave their traditions, since they were born in that culture. It's hard to change those kind of ideas that were part of all your life, but not impossible. The french community need to also put effort on their part and give a chance to these people to show what they are capable of.

In conclusion, I think that these ideas the French government has adopted can lead to an integration of all the ethnic groups.