In this new episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon analyzes the drop in spelling at school and wonders about the future with Michel Feltin-Palas, editor-in-chief at L’Express and author of the newsletter ” On the tip of the tongues” and Maria Candéa, socio linguist, professor at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris).
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The team: Xavier Yvon (presentation), Charlotte Baris (writing), Ambre Rosala (editing) and Jules Krot (directing).
Credits: RTL
Music and design: Emmanuel Herschon/Studio Torrent
Image credits: Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP
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Xavier Yvon: To start this episode, I suggest you an exercise that you probably haven’t practiced for a long time and which will perhaps bring back bad memories… Don’t worry, you won’t be alone, the entire La Loupe team is in the studio to do it at the same time as you!
So everyone get out a sheet, a pen and be very attentive: it’s time for La Loupe dictation.
I take my best teacher intonation and here we go:
Evening was falling. Point. The – evening – was falling – period.
Very well Jules, no error on the conjugation of fell!
Dad and mom – comma – worried – comma/
Ah Charlotte, watch out for the punctuation! Worried – comma!
I continue: mom and dad – comma- worried – comma- wondered why their four boys hadn’t come home – period.
Bravo for the more than perfect Margaux!
Michael Feltin: Xavier sorry I’m disturbing you. Ah, you make them do the famous dictation!
Xavier Yvon: Yes, the one that reveals the level of French schoolchildren in spelling, and the latest results aren’t very good… That’s why I asked you to come. We just finished the dictation, you can settle in Michel!
Michael Feltin: Thanks !
Xavier Yvon: Together, we have already looked at the evolutions of the language, wondering what French our children will speak in 100 years… And hearing the notes of this dictation, I said to myself that we could do a sequel, in s questioning this time about writing… To wonder if the schoolchildren of tomorrow are doomed to make more and more mistakes…
Michael Feltin: With pleasure Xavier. And I can tell you that we’re going to talk about dictations on the phone and a spelling diploma…
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