Okay so @Divergent1906 I made a chapter of my French book.
I came up with this and I would like to know what you think about it.
It's about the French alphabet and how the letters should be pronunced. I'm trying to explain it with some videos and explain myself but it seems super hard. So please tell me if you understand what I'm saying (for the moment I'm explaining the all in English) and if you think it's interesting enough.
If you're a random reader lost in Wattpad, you can read too. I explain: I'm a French girl, and I would like to write a book about learning French, but not only with grammar and conjugation, but also with some exercises, tests, articles... This chapter would be one of the firsts, and I need some advice. Thanks for reading, but please don't copy. I already feel like I'm kind of leaking my work but I really need back-up.
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|RAPPEL| L'alphabet
Hi! Today's lesson will be a quick reminder of the French alphabet.
· L'alphabet français (The French alphabet)
The French alphabet is exactly the same as the English one, with 26 letters. However, they aren't pronounced in the same way. There are all the letters with how you spell them, and also what sound they make. I will explain to you their sound a bit later, for the moment focus on how they're spelled.
(I can't put a board on Wattpad, so I had to make a screenshot from Word. It sucks...)And then I think a video is really needed with someone actually pronuncing the letters.
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I've found three of them, one is the French alphabet song for children, two others are videos with people saying the letters and a word per letter.
This is the French alphabet song. At the end after all the letters, she sings
"Je connais mon alphabet, la prochaine fois chante avec moi."
"I know my alphabet, next time sing with me."
This one sounds good to me...
In this one, it's more vivid and fun, and the guy has good drawing skills, so why not!
Okay I think that's all... Just a question: do you think I should explain the chapter's content first in French then translate in English so that readers are used to read a little in French or do I wait to be further in the book and readers to be more comfortable with French?
And another question: the goal here was first to know how to spell the letters, because I will make a chapter later that explains how to prononce them. So do I have to remote the part where I explain how to prononce them or is it okay if I leave it here? The thing is that there are other sounds composed like [ou] or [en] and I haven't talked about them here...
Maddie <3 or Kitty. As you want... 🤗 Kitty has nothing to do with my name but I find it so cute I'm gonna keep it I think 😘
