LANGUAGES

JE ME PRÉSENTE – MADAME LYND – ONE OF THE TWO NEW FRENCH TEACHERS AT MCKINNON

I would like to introduce myself to the school and give a little of background. I started my teaching career in Tasmania after studying French at the University of Tasmania.  After teaching there for a few years, I studied a Diploma in Teaching French as a Foreign Language at the Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III.

The next few years of my life involved some detours – I taught English to adults in Prague for five years and I worked as the Native English Speaking teacher in a Hong Kong secondary school for eight years. I have been head of languages and more recently of English and EAL in a Melbourne secondary school for the past few years, and I am now very excited to have joined the McKinnon family, where I am teaching Years 7, 8, 9 and 11 French. I have wonderful classes, and I am loving being part of a big and dynamic languages team. 

Jenny Lynd

French Teacher

NEW FRENCH TEACHER - CEDRIC CHAMONTIN

Bonjour! I am Cedric Chamontin, one of the two new French teachers this year at McKinnon Secondary College. I am a native speaker with many years of experience teaching and leading language teams in Australian secondary schools. This year, I am teaching Year 12 French, as well as five Year 7 classes at McKinnon SC. I look forward to working with the community to share my love of languages. A bientôt !

FRENCH CONVERSATION CLUB 

Do you want to practice your French speaking skills with a native speaker? If you do, come to B6 at lunchtime every Monday for a chat en Français at the French Conversation Club. All French students welcome! A bientôt!

Thank you very much.

Monsieur Cédric Chamontin

French Teacher

LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE: HOW PARENTS CAN HELP

Please support your child in learning another language! Research confirms that parents' attitudes towards language-learning have a significant impact on the child's success.

Another language is a lasting asset (and this need not involve near-native fluency) in an increasingly demanding global world whilst many other skills undergo constant change. Languages not only enhance communication skills but also develop flexibility, creativity and higher-order thinking. Language-learning can also result in health and social benefits. The emperor Charlemagne said more than a thousand years ago: "To have another language is to possess a second soul." (Charlemagne was emperor of most of western and central Europe in the 700s-800s. He promoted literacy at a time when it wasn't a priority for many leaders.)

The following article will give you a few tips on how to support your child!

http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/learning-a-second-language/

David Nutting

German Teacher