Useful Ideas for Promoting French In and Out of the Classroom

Consult the list below for articles from past issues of the AATF National Bulletin.

Click here to consult the complete archives of the National Bulletin (Vol. 1-32).

Click here for Commission Reports which are also listed below by theme.

Advocacy - Useful Information

• AATF Policy Statement on K-12 Foreign Language Programs

• The Aftermath of 9/11 and Year of Languages: From Sputnik Moment to Real Momentum in Language Policy

• Le Français...pas compliqué: A 2007 Advocacy Moment

• French Moments in State History: Advocacy Outside of Economic Interests

• French: the Most Practical Foreign Language

• Journal d'un assistant améicain en France 2002-2003

• Language of the Stars

• Making Your Voice Heard is Important

• A New Era for Foreign Languages

• On the Importance of Studying Other Languages

• Top Languages

Advocacy - What to Do

• Advocacy Lessons Learned

• Advocacy Tips

• Advocating for French: The Role of the Local AATF Chapter President

• Affirm French

• College French Advocacy: Offer Up the Best Defense

• “French for Fun:" An Idea to Promote the Study of French in Our Town

• Making Your Voice Heard is Important

• Marketing French: New Strategies

• The Power of One, the Support of Many: On Single Deeds that Can Save French Programs

• Preemptive Strike: The AATF Works to Preserve Choice for Our Kids

• Promoting French to Spanish Speakers

• Promoting the AATF at the State Level

• Repairing after One Storm, Preparing for the Next: AATF Advocacy

• Saving a French Program

• Stand up for French

• SWAAF: Collegiality and Collaboration Yield Rich Rewards

• Unabashed: Defending French Studies Without Defensiveness

• Your French Program is Worth Saving

Art

• Art as a Tool for Language Teaching

Cinema

• C’est du déjà vu...au cinéma

• Diabolo menthe / Peppermint Soda

• Francophone Cinema, a Primer

• Francophone Film: Pièces d'identités

• Les Liaisons dangereuses: The Devil and the Cinema of Cruelty Come to the Aid of an 18th-Century Literature Course

• On Stage in Dupeyron's Film Adaptation of Monsieur Ibrahim

Classroom Activities

• À la découverte de l'Union européenne

• A Case for Teaching "Oscar et la dame rose" by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

• Another Reason to Learn French: Crossword Puzzles

• Call to Teach the Dangers of Racism in the French Classroom

• Crossword Packet

• Culture des cafés

• Le Destin Fabuleux de Grégory Lemarchal

• Four Walls and the Fourth Wall, or How to Create an Animated French Village in the Classroom

• La Francophonie et les États-Unis: Teaching Activities

• French Culture in the Caribbean: D'Iberville

• Integrating Contemporary Algerian R&B Music in the French Classroom

• Interdisciplinaire à la carte

• Lily Daché, vous connaissez?

• Louisiana French Expressions

• «Madeline» et Brel en classe de français

• The Musical Legacy of Carole Fredericks Introduced in Martinique

• Mots chassés (activités basées sur "La Vie des mots")

• Mystery Theater in the French Classroom

• Petit Déjeuner avec Prévert et Queneau

• Power of the Dream as Expressed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the European Union

• Quel nombre?

• Qu'est-ce que tu manges?

• Qui nous mène?

• A Refreshed Reading of Voltaire's Candide

• Service-Learning in French

• Teaching about la Francophone et les Etats-Unis

Culture

• Comment les États-Unis sont perçus par les Français I

• Comment les États-Unis sont perçus par les Français II

• Culture des cafés

• Culture-Lab Credit: An Alternative to Language Lab Credit

• Le Destin Fabuleux de Grégory Lemarchal

• French Culture Project: Regions in France

• Le Général Charles de Gaulle et l'Algérie I

• Le Général Charles de Gaulle et l'Algérie II

• How to Enjoy French Food in Your Classroom

• Immersion 2005: From Paris to the Pyrenees

• On présente Paris

• On the Teaching of Francophone Cultures to Anglophone Students

• On the Teaching of French Culture Through the Press

• Paris: A Virtual Tour

• Un Petit Déjeuner à la française

• Le Proverbe français: Clé de la langue et de la culture

• Ségolène et les animaux

• Teaching Culture with Graffiti

• Un Français à la conquête de l'Amérique

Europe

• À la découverte de l'Union européenne

• Power of the Dream as Expressed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the European Union

FLES / Salut les jeunes!

• The ABCs of Elementary School Foreign Language Programs: A Guide for Parents

• L’Arbre généalogique

• Le Baseball

• Les Cartes Postales

• The Directions Game

• The Gender Dilemma

• Increasing French Enrollment in Middle School Programs

• J’aime le chocolat!

• Joyeux Noël

• Métro boulot dodo

• More Salut les jeunes! Activities

• Où est le trésor?

• Power of the Dream: Martin Luther King Day (Additional activities)

• Le Recyclage des Jeux

• La Salle de classe

• Tabou

• Vive la rentrée!

• Vous et tu

Francophonie

• 48 heures en enfer

• AATF Excursion to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

• «Cadien», «Cadjin» ou «Cajun»? Une Question socio- et psycho-linguistique

• The Canadians are Coming

• Discover French-Speaking Louisiana: A Brief Guide to Creating an "Acadiana Adventure Tour"

• Exploring Québec: hier, aujourd'hui, demain

• Le Français m'ouvre le monde

• Le Français m'ouvre le monde: La Belgique

• La Francophonie et les États-Unis: Teaching Activities

• French Culture in the Caribbean: D'Iberville

• Haiti-Before the Earthquake

• Hope for Haiti

• Louisiana French Expressions

• Quand les Français ouvraient la marche vers l'ouest américain

• Quebec Internet Tourist Sites

• Qu'est-ce que les Américains ont à faire avec les Français?

• Tchantchès le Liégeois

• Teaching about "la Francophonie et les États-Unis”

• Teaching about Les Acadiens

French for Special Purposes

• The French Language and Business

• Giving Beginning French Students the Business: The Case for Teaching Business French at the Beginning Level

Literature

• A Case for Teaching "Oscar et la dame rose" by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

• A Learning Project for French II Students Studying Poetry

• Les Liaisons dangereuses: The Devil and the Cinema of Cruelty Come to the Aid of an 18th-Century Literature Course

• Petit Déjeuner avec Prévert et Queneau

• Le Proverbe français: Clé de la langue et de la culture

• Quelques idées utiles pour enseigner Une si longue lettre de Mariama Bâ

• A Refreshed Reading of Voltaire's Candide

Music

• Integrating Contemporary Algerian R&B Music in the French Classroom

• «Madeline» et Brel en classe de français

• The Musical Legacy of Carole Fredericks Introduced in Martinique

• “La Musique c'est quelque chose de magique:" Mes Aïeux

• Notre-Dame de Paris: Le spectacle comme outil pédagogique

• Quebec Music Links

• Qui nous mène?

• Sound of French Music

National French Week Activities

• National French Week Activity: French in English Contest

• National French Week Activities That Work

• National French Week Grant Reports

Promotion - General Information

• The ABCs of Elementary School Foreign Language Programs: A Guide for Parents

• Advocating for French: The Role of the Local AATF Chapter President

• Affirm French

• Building Better Bridges from Secondary School to College: Foreign Language Training and Current Trends in International Studies

• Les Fables Fabuleuses de la Fontaine

• Le Français est la langue des champions

• French: the Most Practical Foreign Language

• Fundraising Made Fun

• A Golden Opportunity

• Haiti: What Can We Do?

• High School Students Attend French Immersion Day

• Hope for Haiti

• Increasing French Enrollment in Middle School Programs

• Journal d'un assistant améicain en France 2002-2003

• Marketing French: New Strategies

• Les Moines et les missionaires ou «aide-toi, le tiel t'aidera»

• Peace Corps Returnees Broaden French Students Horizons

• Promoting French in Colleges and Universities

• Promoting French Through Music

• Promoting French to Spanish Speakers

• Promotion in Motion

• On the Importance of Studying Other Languages

• On the Teaching of Francophone Cultures to Anglophone Students

• Promoting the AATF at the State Level

• Raising the Visibility of French on the College Campus with Pi Delta Phi

• Revinvigorating a High School French Program

• Service Learning: Another Tool for Promoting Your French Program

• SWAAF: Collegiality and Collaboration Yield Rich Rewards

• Top Languages

• Unabashed: Defending French Studies Without Defensiveness

• URI French Major Expands into One of the Largest Programs in U.S.

• U.S. School Administrator Reflects on Experiences in France

• U.S. School Administrators Visit France (2005)

• U.S. School Administrators Visit France (2006)

Promotion - Increasing Enrollment

• French Plus!

• How to Recruit Students and Support Teachers

• Unabashed: Defending French Studies without Defensiveness

• Vive le français: Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Students in French Classes

• Who Says We Can't Do It?

Promotion at the University Level

• Building Better Bridges from Secondary School to College: Foreign Language Training and Current Trends in International Studies

• The French Language and Business

• Giving Beginning French Students the Business: The Case for Teaching Business French at the Beginning Level

• The Impact of the Atlantis Double Degree Program on French Majors at Canisius College

• Promoting French in Colleges and Universities

• Raising the Visibility of French on the College Campus with Pi Delta Phi

• URI French Major Expands into One of the Largest Programs in U.S.

Technology

• AATF Internet Use Policy

• Classroom Activities and Internet: Using Search Engines in French

• Easy Button for Free Basic Web Sites

• Exploring Virtual Linguistic Landscapes

• French Podcasting

• The Growing “Net” Worth of French

• La Nouvelle Technologie dans une classe de français

• Paris: A Virtual Tour

• Photo Story: A Low-Tech Storytelling Tool

• Promoting Speaking in the Target Language via Rich Internet Applications

• Que fais-tu? Twitter for Language and Culture

• Quebec Internet Tourist Sites

• Quebec Music Links

• Student Video Projects

• Technology Applications for the Advanced Level: A Return to the Podcast

• Technology Works in this Classroom

• Telematics Commission Survey Report

• Tu and Vous in Hypertext

• Update Your Movie and Audio Selection in the Classroom with the Help of (Free) VLC Media Playing Software

• Using Collaborative Google Maps to Explore a Francophone City

• Using Texting in the Classroom

• Videoconferencing and Language Learning

• What in the Wiki?

Travel

• AATF Excursion to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon

• Discover French-Speaking Louisiana: A Brief Guide to Creating an "Acadiana Adventure Tour"

• Immersion 2005: From Paris to the Pyrenees

• Students Pedaled the Pyrenees...and Beyond!

Writing

• Creative Writing in French

Created: July 28, 2010
Last update; December 12, 2010

 

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