171 - Les familles bilingues Flashcards

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I can speak (lit. ‘express myself’) on the topic of bilingual families and their specificities.

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Je peux m’exprimer sur le thème des familles bilingues et leurs spécificités.

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I can discuss bilingual families

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Je peux discuter à propos des familles bilingues.

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Would you like to be part of a bilingual family? Why?

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Aimeriez-vous faire partie d’une famille bilingue ? Pourquoi ?

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Bilingualism

Bilingualism is the ability (lit. ‘the fact’) to speak two languages fluently

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bilinguisme

Le bilinguisme est le fait de parler deux langues couramment.

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French is my native language, but I like learning foreign languages.

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Le français est ma langue maternelle, mais j’aime apprendre les langues étrangères.

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Multilingualism

He’s French, but he speaks English at work and Spanish at home. This man is multilingual.

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plurilinguisme

Il est français, mais il parle anglais au travail et espagnol à la maison. Cet homme est plurilingue.

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7
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to speak fluently

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parler couramment

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We speak two languages at home because our family is bilingual.

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Nous parlons deux langues à la maison car notre famille est
bilingue.

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I’m studying a foreign language at school to broaden my horizons.

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J’étudie une langue étrangère à l’école pour élargir mes horizons.

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My friend was born in France but grew up in Spain, so he’s bilingual.

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Mon ami est né en France mais a grandi en Espagne, donc il est bilingue.

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After several years of study, I speak Italian fluently.

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Après plusieurs années d’études, je parle couramment la langue italienne.

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As a diplomat, it’s important to be multilingual to communicate with people from different cultures.

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En tant que diplomate, il est important d’être plurilingue pour communiquer avec des personnes de différentes cultures.

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13
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to make connections

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tisser des liens

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What methods and strategies do multicultural couples use (lit. ‘are put in place by’) to teach their children several languages?

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Quelles sont les méthodes et les stratégies mises en place par les couples multiculturels pour apprendre plusieurs langues à leurs enfants ?

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Give interesting examples of multicultural and bilingual families that you know.

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Donnez des exemples intéressants de familles multiculturelles et bilingues que vous connaissez.

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Cross-cultural (lit. ‘intercultural’) differences make our family even more interesting.

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Les différences interculturelles rendent notre famille encore plus intéressante.

17
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miscegenation

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métissage

18
Q

These children have an Indian mother and an American father. They are mixed-race.

A

Ces enfants ont une mère indienne et un père américain, ils sont métis.

19
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We all have different cultural identities, but we are all friends.

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Nous avons tous une identité culturelle différente, mais nous sommes tous amis.

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This individual tends (lit. ‘has a tendency’) to think that his culture is superior to others; this is ethnocentrism.

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Cet individu a tendance à penser que sa culture est supérieure aux autres, c’est de l’ethnocentrisme.

21
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to tie

22
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What are you doing to successfully preserve both cultures?

A

Que faites-vous pour réussir à conserver les deux cultures ?

23
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How can we prevent one culture from becoming more important (lit. ‘taking more importance’) than the other?

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Comment éviter qu’une culture prenne plus d’importance que l’autre ?

24
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knots

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to stand together
faire bloc