Get to know the materials presented by the French Heritage Corridor to help your students explore “Le français chez nous”! FHC raises awareness about the Midwest's rich French history and cultural heritage from the 1600s on. Investigate with your students the legacy of Marquette, LaSalle, the voyageurs, les habitants, DuSable, and more with FHC's teaching materials. Ready-made activities in French, online and on paper, introduce the region’s French history: they’re Standards-aligned and fun! Venez explorer!
When your target audience inhabits a country of English Only laws, your educational institution is located in a monocultural area whose students have never ventured beyond their home state, locating French culture through food labs might help transcend these pedagogical challenges. This interactive presentation offers educators a cost and time-effective method for formalizing something many of us already do in the classroom, eat culture, affording it the same prominence as all other regular learning activities.
Teachers will work on mindfulness strategies that they can use for themselves and their students. This interactive workshop will allow teachers to deepen their own skills, take some time for self-care, and share those techniques with students in the target language. Learning how to be in the present moment helps to create a greater sense of community in the classroom and help teachers and students navigate the ever-changing world. This is an "active" workshop, so attendees will experience first-hand what they can do and how the different activities feel. While the workshop will be taught in English, links and examples will be provided in French so teachers can provide these skills to their students while adapting to each proficiency level.
How are French teachers like you collaborating with our Alliance Française partners? We’ll share their personal stories and offer examples that show teachers, students, and French programs benefitting from a relationship with an AF chapter. This session offers the opportunity to see “close up” how you and your students can connect with the Alliance Française network, both locally and nationally.
Being understood is a primary goal of language learners. However, their various backgrounds may influence their pronunciation. What if language teachers could invest in their students' musical backgrounds to help them improve their French pronunciation? Is it more important for language teachers to focus on achieving native-like pronunciation, or is intelligibility of pronunciation more beneficial for building communicative competence? What other components besides a musical background contribute to the development of their language skills?
Following up on our session in San Diego, we will provide our session participants with more ways to plant culture throughout their teaching, rather than teaching culture as a separate entity. The session will give participants an opportunity to share ideas and bring new strategies to plant seeds of culture with any level of students.
