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accueillir

English translation: teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs


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French term or phrase:accueillir leurs élèves
English translation:teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs
Entered by: Stéphanie Soudais
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14:35 Mar 10, 2009
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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
French term or phrase: accueillir
The text describes a problem at a school in Ontario when several teachers were away and supply teachers were brought in.

"Les enseignantes ne pouvaient pas ***accueillir*** leurs élèves, car elles n'avaient aucune idée où les élèves étaient rendus, ce qu'ils faisaient en mathématiques ou en français."

TIA
Wyley Powell
Teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs
Explanation:
I have done supply teaching (and am about to sign up to do so again!) Even supply teachers are expected to teach a class. Many do so very effectively.

It is hard to teach them EFFECTIVELY or meet their needs when you have just met them and have been given no information about them. This does happen in England, though maybe not in Canada.

There is also the classic where you are left in a classroom with 30 youngsters you have never met before and the teacher who is absent has left no work. Plus it's not your subject. Can't believe I'm about to sign up to do it again!


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bookwormkt
Local time: 08:39
Grading comment
Thanks so much to everyone. "Accueillir" is one of those words (along with "intervention" and "reprendre") that I often find problematic.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10caterChristopher Newell
4 +1teachMarc Glinert
4greet / receive
Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
4accommodateMatthewLaSon
3Teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needsbookwormkt


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Accueillir" in this context
greet / receive


Explanation:
greet / receive

Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
Local time: 09:39
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
"Accueillir" in this context
cater


Explanation:
The replacement teachers could not cater to their pupil's needs, as they had no idea what stage they had reached in french or mathematics.

Christopher Newell
Belgium
Local time: 09:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne-Marie Grant: cater to/meet their needs
8 mins
  -> Merci Anne-Marie
agree  Carmen Schultz
9 mins
  -> Merci Carmen
agree  Ethele Salem Sperling
11 mins
  -> Merci Ethele
neutral  Marc Glinert: ...and make that 'pupils' needs' / French
18 mins
  -> Merci, et bien vu pour l'erreur du pluriel possessif
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: For a British reader, that would be "cater for" and with capital letters for French and Mathematics.
21 mins
  -> Thanks Nikki, you are correct
agree  Sheila Wilson: with Nikki
40 mins
  -> Thanks Sheila
agree  Jenn Mercer
50 mins
  -> Thanks Jenn
agree  Clair@Lexeme
1 hr
  -> Thanks Clair
agree  Sandra Mouton
2 hrs
  -> Merci Sandra
agree  sueaberwoman: "Cater to" preferable for US (and I believe for Canada), but caps needed. No quarrel with your take on "rendus", sorry I wasn't clear! Examples in: www.viepedagogique.gouv.qc.ca/numeros/132/vp132_51-53.pdf
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, you are right for 'rendus', but I used stage, as I believe 'level' is more indicative of which school-year, whereas 'stage' refers to to the current year's curriculum
agree  MatthewLaSon: I prefer "accomodate", but I wouldn't say "teach" here as the asker has decided. The person is going to teach them, but can't really accomodate them. That's the idea.
12 days
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"Accueillir" in this context
teach


Explanation:
Hi there Wylie.

surprising as it sounds, accueillir frequently does not convey any meaning of welcome, greeting, friendliness etc.

“Le bâtiment peut accueillir jusqu' à 4 satellites de télécommunication..”
(http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/ariane/... for example means, of course, quite simply that you can put 4 satellites in the building.

In other words, ‘accueillir’ is one of those vanilla words which needs to be adapted to the flavour we are looking for.

So where does this leave us with the question in point?

Strangely, there are two apparently quite different problems facing our plucky supply teachers:
- they had no idea where the kids had got too
- they had not been informed of the curriculum in the two subjects mentioned and/or of the pupils proficiency in said curriculum.
The following answer is therefore, despite its lack of elegance, perhaps the most appropriate.
"The teachers could not teach their pupils"

Marc Glinert
Local time: 09:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Agree entirely. One of those "untranslatables", leaving the floor open. Given what follows, the specific and starightforward "teach" is clear.
8 mins
  -> Thanks Nikki
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Accueillir" in this context
accommodate


Explanation:
Hello,

To me, it means just that. Because the teachers don't know the levels of particular students in math and French, they are unable to accomodate them. They still will attempt to teach them, but it will be difficult.

I hope this helps.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-03-10 17:23:05 GMT)
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où ils étaient rendus = the level they had reached under the previous teacher

MatthewLaSon
Local time: 03:39
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 85
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
"Accueillir" in this context
Teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs


Explanation:
I have done supply teaching (and am about to sign up to do so again!) Even supply teachers are expected to teach a class. Many do so very effectively.

It is hard to teach them EFFECTIVELY or meet their needs when you have just met them and have been given no information about them. This does happen in England, though maybe not in Canada.

There is also the classic where you are left in a classroom with 30 youngsters you have never met before and the teacher who is absent has left no work. Plus it's not your subject. Can't believe I'm about to sign up to do it again!




bookwormkt
Local time: 08:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks so much to everyone. "Accueillir" is one of those words (along with "intervention" and "reprendre") that I often find problematic.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: I would agree, because according to the theory you are right. I just remember both my own schooldays and my experience of teaching practice. It might all be officially called teaching, but if the kids aren't learning then I don't think it should.
21 mins
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Changes made by editors
Jan 6, 2011 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Edited KOG entryStéphanie Soudais's old entry - "accueillir leurs élèves" => "teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs"
Jan 6, 2011 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Term asked\"Accueillir\" in this context => accueillir
Jan 6, 2011 - Changes made by Stéphanie Soudais:
Edited KOG entryWyley Powell's old entry - ""Accueillir" in this context" => "Teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs"


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