Do you like to show films in class? Want some ideas to maximize the effectiveness of the medium? Film is an outstanding way to process language and culture and can be just as profound for language learning as a text. Come join me as we discover new films, new authentic resources, new ideas, and a myriad of ways to connect le septième art to the classroom.
Cherchez-vous des ressources intéressantes et animées pour intégrer la culture québécoise dans vos cours ? Connaissez-vous la danse de la cabane à sucre ? Ben… venez nombreux et vous découvrirez ce qu’il vous faut pour intégrer le vocabulaire, la littérature, le folklore, la musique et «l’fun» de nos amis du nord dans tous les niveaux que vous enseignez!
Invite your students to plan a class trip to different Francophone regions using Airbnb.fr and other authentic sites. The tasks will whet students’ appetites for la Francophonie, reinforce communication around travel and housing and facilitate comparisons between the places they discover and “chez nous.” As a task-based assessment, the AirBnB project incorporates ACTFL’s recently updated world-readiness standards. Participants will leave the session with slides and links that can be easily adapted to their needs.
This session will explore the many facets of la Francophonie readily available to us via daily technology. Access to often free French-language resources allows us to come closer than ever before to recreating a surround-sound experience, traveling virtually to French communities both around the world and closer to home, and embracing a novel conceptualization of “le Français chez nous.” We will sample a variety of listening, reading, writing, and speaking exercises designed around the integration of contemporary French news clips, music videos, podcasts, TV shows, and films. Reflections will be shared with regard to scaffolding activities appropriately for different levels from middle school through university courses, and participants will be invited to contribute to an ongoing database of shared links with accompanying exercises for future use.
