"You may already be speaking French!"
Students may be surprised to learn that many everyday "English" words are actually French. "Café, filet mignon, cul-de-sac, genre, etc." can often be heard outside the French classroom. Sharing some of these with your FSL students might let them see how much "la belle langue" has influenced English!
- http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/french-phrases.html
- http://www.thegoodlifefrance.com/common-french-words-also-common-in-english/
- https://qsepodcast.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/french-phrases-in-english.pdf
- http://www.briansteel.net/writings/frenchwordsinenglish2005.pdf
Also: here's a great poster to download and print, or share on your class webpage:
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