Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
accueillir leurs élèves
English translation:
teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs
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Stéphanie Soudais
Mar 10, 2009 14:35
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French term
Canada
accueillir
French to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
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."
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"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."
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Proposed translations
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| 3 | Teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs |
bookwormkt
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| 4 +10 | cater |
Christopher Newell
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| 4 +1 | teach |
Marc Glinert
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| 4 | greet / receive |
Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
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| 4 | accommodate |
MatthewLaSon
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Change log
Jan 6, 2011 11:09: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/28247">Wyley Powell's</a> old entry - ""Accueillir" in this context"" to ""Teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs""
Jan 6, 2011 11:10: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "\"Accueillir\" in this context" to "accueillir "
Jan 6, 2011 11:10: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/132717">Stéphanie Soudais's</a> old entry - "accueillir leurs élèves"" to ""teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs""
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French term (edited):
"Accueillir" in this context
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Teach their pupils effectively/meet their pupils needs
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!
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!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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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Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
Native in French
The right word at the right time!
Native in: Italian (Variants: Standard-Italy, Milanese) 
, French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian to French, and 3 more.
French term (edited):
"Accueillir" in this context
greet / receive
greet / receive
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Christopher Newell
Ireland
Ireland
Native in French
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English
Specializes in field
Ireland
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French term (edited):
"Accueillir" in this context
cater
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.
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Anne-Marie Grant (X)
: cater to/meet their needs
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Merci Anne-Marie
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Carmen Schultz
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Merci Carmen
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Ethele Salem Sperling
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Merci Ethele
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Marc Glinert
: ...and make that 'pupils' needs' / French
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Merci, et bien vu pour l'erreur du pluriel possessif
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: For a British reader, that would be "cater for" and with capital letters for French and Mathematics.
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Thanks Nikki, you are correct
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Sheila Wilson
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Thanks Sheila
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Jenn Mercer
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Thanks Jenn
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Clair Pickworth
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Thanks Clair
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Sandra Mouton
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Merci Sandra
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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
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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
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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.
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Marc Glinert
Native in English
20 years in financial services
Native in: English
Works in: English to French, French to English
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French term (edited):
"Accueillir" in this context
teach
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"
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"
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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
: Agree entirely. One of those "untranslatables", leaving the floor open. Given what follows, the specific and starightforward "teach" is clear.
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Thanks Nikki
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French term (edited):
"Accueillir" in this context
accommodate
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
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
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