{"id":5709,"date":"2025-10-19T15:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/10\/19\/october-19th-describing-myself-and-others\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T15:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:17:53","slug":"october-19th-describing-myself-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/10\/19\/october-19th-describing-myself-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"October 19th ~ Describing Myself and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flourishingfish.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8423\/2025\/10\/20250906_122005-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Me at Picklefest, 2025 (Right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>This week I am focusing on practising describing myself and my two dogs! I wrote myself a script to read off, but want to get to the point where I am more comfortable and natural speaking about my dogs and myself. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/flourishingfish.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8423\/2025\/10\/20251018_212854-1.mp4\" preload=\"none\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p>I think it will be more helpful when I have someone I can speak french with to help with my pronunciation and fluency. There is also a need to practice the proper dictation of my tone and voice. <\/p>\n<p>Here is the script I wrote and followed. As you can see, there were several mistakes that I corrected with the help of the references at the bottom of this post. I think making mistakes is important for learning, and self-correction can be less pressure than having someone else correct you. Both are important though!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/flourishingfish.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8423\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-10-19-at-14.44.11_b9a30536-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\"><\/figure>\n<p>Here is my corrected and typed script to follow:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"532\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/flourishingfish.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8423\/2025\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\"><\/figure>\n<p>The challenge with running through a script like this on my own is that I don\u2019t have anyone to ask if I\u2019ve made mistakes before they occur. I did use several sources to help me with sentence structure and pronunciation, but as languages are living I think it would be more helpful to have someone I can practice with in person. The sources I used are linked at the bottom of the post.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to my next activities! Here are a few photos of my dogs I was describing in my video for reference. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f642.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude42\" class=\"wp-smiley\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/flourishingfish.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8423\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-05-13-at-22.28.52_55af9d44.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Juno (Left) &amp; Riley (Right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/flourishingfish.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8423\/2025\/10\/20240929_093658-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505\"><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/flourishingfish.opened.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8423\/2025\/10\/Snapchat-713171318-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\"><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p>References:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frenchwithagnes.com\/tips-for-describing-and-discussing-your-dog-in-french\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.frenchwithagnes.com\/tips-for-describing-and-discussing-your-dog-in-french\/\">Tips for Describing and Discussing Your Dog in French | French With Agnes<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohlalafrenchcourse.com\/en\/blog\/article\/describe-and-talk-about-your-pets-in-french\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ohlalafrenchcourse.com\/en\/blog\/article\/describe-and-talk-about-your-pets-in-french\">Describe and Talk About Your Pets in French | Ohlala French Course<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fOdXP1svtB0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fOdXP1svtB0\">Mon Chien \/ My Dog YouTube Video<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/French\/comments\/iwsd5r\/french_for_both_apart_from_tous_les_deux\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/French\/comments\/iwsd5r\/french_for_both_apart_from_tous_les_deux\/\">r\/French Reddit Forum<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me at Picklefest, 2025 (Right) This week I am focusing on practising describing myself and my two dogs! I wrote myself a script to read off, but want to get to the point where I am more comfortable and natural&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/2025\/10\/19\/october-19th-describing-myself-and-others\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci339\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}