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From: "Gashi, Laje" <lgashi@hcstonline.org>
Sent: May 9, 2007 9:05 AM
Subject: school credibility
 

Bonjours, je suis prof de français et j’ai entendu parler de Horizons University, situé à Paris, entièrement en ligne, qui offre des cours intéressants. Y a-t-il qqn qui puisse m’aider en m’en donnant plus d’information?

Laje Gashi  <lgashi@hcstonline.org>

From: Caroline Engels <cengels@noos.fr >
Sent: May 4, 2007 1:09 AM
Subject: school exchange
 

From: Jeanine Kremic <j.kremic@epsb.ca>
Sent: Apr 30, 2007 5:17 PM
Subject: K-Gr. 6 French computer games
 

From: Luciel  <LLucietto@newmanschool.org>
Sent: Apr 27, 2007 1:44 PM
Subject: Recyclable copies of NOUVEAU BLEU -- 2004 EDITION

French teachers at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, are hoping to locate copies of Valette and Valette’s NOUVEAU BLEU 2004 edition.  We just adopted the series this year and are not in a position to adopt a new series or switch to the 2007 edition, which is forthcoming.  Our bookseller, MBS, has advised us that the 2004 edition is no longer available.  If you should have any copies of the 2004 edition that you would like to dispose of, please let me know.  We would be interested in any ancillary materials as well.  Of course, we would want to pay postage and handling.  Please contact me at:

Lena Lucietto, Chair

Foreign Language Department

Isidore Newman School

1903 Jefferson Av

New Orleans, LA 70115

Telephone:  504/896-6361

E-mail:       Llucietto@newmanschool.org

P.S.  If you should have a surplus of the BLANC or ROUGE, we would be interested in those as well!

From: aeb1227@peoplepc.com 
Sent: Apr 25, 2007 2:53 PM
Subject: Recherche d'un lycée français pour séjour-échange
 

From: Carol Stuckey <carol_stuckey@harvard.edu>
Sent: Apr 24, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: Bulletin Board posting: Harvard Course for French Teachers

The Harvard Summer School is offering a course entitled "French for
Teachers: Modern France Through Major Figures."

This course is for French teachers at all levels and has both an academic
and pedagogical component.  Teachers read biographies, autobiographies,
and other writings; listen to interviews; and write opinion papers related
to major French and French-speaking figures. 

FREN S-301 meets Monday through Thursdays from June 25th through July 20th
from 6-8:30 p.m.  For detailed course information and to register, please
visit [ http://www.summer.harvard.edu/ ].


Carol M. Stuckey
Director of Marketing
Harvard University
Division of Continuing Education
51 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-3722
carol_stuckey@harvard.edu
 

From: Perigord Linguistique Culturel <fle_perigueux@yahoo.fr>
Sent: Apr 24, 2007 1:55 AM
Subject: Nouveau, en partenariat avec l'Alliance Française de Bordeaux-Aquitaine : séjours d'été
 

	| Accueil | AF Bordeaux | Pédagogie | Cours | Stages d'été | Vie culturelle | Hébergement | Liens |
	ETABLISSEMENT PRIVE D'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR	S'inscrire

STAGE LINGUISTIQUE de FRANCAIS et ACTIVITES SPORTIVES A PERIGUEUX EN DORDOGNE en partenariat avec l' Association Périgord Linguistique et Culturel
Activités	Matin : Activités linguistiques ludiques (le français à travers la bande dessinée, la littérature jeunesse, le cinéma, le théâtre Après-midi : au choix : golf, canoë Kayak, équitation et activités culturelles / excursions (Grottes de Lascaux, Sarlat, Village du Bournat etc...)
Durée Dates	2 semaines Du 18 au 30 juin 2007 Du 1er au 14 juillet 2007 Du 29 juillet au 11 août 2007 Du 12 août au 25 août 2007
Renseignements, Inscriptions	Mme Béatrice Robin af@alliance-bordeaux.org +33 (0)5 56 00 56 11

Pour l'Association Perigord Linguistique et Culturel
http:www.perigord.tm.fr/fle 
Francoise Lipchitz

I'm going to teach French 4 next year (not AP) and would like the name of an interesting Anthology to use with the kids. I'd like it to have glossed vocabulary in the margins, comprehension questions after each story, maybe a grammar review with each lesson. What title would you/and my colleagues on Babillard recommend?

Merci bien,
Steve Covey
AB Miller High
Fontana, CA
 

From: MARY KAPLAN <MKAPLAN@aiken.k12.sc.us>
Sent: Apr 18, 2007 11:03 AM
Subject: Award certificates

I am desperately looking for award certificates in French. I used to have some,
and I don't remember where I ordered them. Does anyone have nice certificates
and know where I can order some?

Mary Kaplan
mkaplan@aiken.k12.sc.us

Mary Kaplan
NBCT
French
Aiken High School
449 Rutland Drive
Aiken, SC 29801
803-641-2500
Fax 803-641-2501

Win a Language Study Scholarship! Register now

Bonjour ;
 

Rating: 

This interesting site helps you practice your French by listening to modern French music.  I loved the site especially because I am someone who has a hard time understanding songs in any language.  This site allows you to see the words as they are being sung and also gives you pictures to help you figure out meanings of words that you might not know.  You can also click on a word and the definition is given to you.  There are several different levels that you can advance to and each time you write a response, you are able to verify your answer immediately.  You may listen to the song segment as many times as you like. The site is a great way to listen to and understand contemporary French music.

CIAF International French-Immersion Summer Camps for Youth - Université de Moncton, New-Brunswick, Canada

The Centre international d'apprentissage du français (CIAF), part of the Université de Moncton, Campus of Shippagan, located in New-Brunswick, Canada, is the proud organizer of the International French-Immersion Summer Camps for Youth. This five-week event, starting July 1st and ending August 4th 2007, sets out to be the most exciting adventure of this summer, as well as the perfect opportunity for youth between 13 and 17 years of age, to learn French within a supervised cadre and a fully francophone context. For more information about the Summer Camps or about the activities of the CIAF, please contact our Project Officer, at moldovan@umcs.ca or visit us on http://www.umcs.ca/ciaf

Camp d'été en immersion française pour jeunes étudiants internationaux - CIAF, Université de Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada
 
Le Centre international d'apprentissage du français de l'Université de Moncton, Campus de Shippagan, situé au Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada, est le fier organisateur du Camp d'été en immersion française pour jeunes étudiants internationaux. Cet évènement, qui débute le 1er juillet et finit le 4 août 2007, se veut une aventure estivale sans pareil pour les jeunes âgés de 13 à 17 ans, ainsi qu'une opportunité tout à fait unique d'apprendre le français dans un cadre supervisé et strictement francophone. Pour plus d'informations à propos des camps ou à propos du CIAF, veuillez prendre contact avec notre Agent de projets, à : moldovan@umcs.ca, ou bien visitez notre site web à l'adresse suivante : http://www.umcs.ca/ciaf

R. Nicolas MOLDOVAN
Agent de projets
Centre international d'apprentissage du français (CIAF)
Université de Moncton, campus de Shippagan
Shippagan, NB
E8S1P6
Canada
Tél: (506)-336-3437
Fax: (506)-336-3478
Email: moldovan@umcs.ca
Web: http://www.umcs.ca/ciaf
 

From: Laurence and Marjorie Porter   <porter@msu.edu>
Sent: Apr 9, 2007 8:24 PM
Subject:  call for articles in French Women's Studies 
 

“RIVALRY, COOPERATION, CONSPIRACY, AND PATRONAGE: STUDIES IN THE DYNAMICS OF WOMEN’S INTERACTION IN FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE”

CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE OF WOMEN IN FRENCH STUDIES

Co-Editors: Julia Simms Holderness and Laurence M. Porter

Dept. of French, Classics, & Italian – Michigan State University

“RIVALRY, COOPERATION, CONSPIRACY, AND PATRONAGE: STUDIES IN THE DYNAMICS OF WOMEN’S INTERACTION IN FRENCH LITERATURE AND CULTURE”

How do women collaborate, and how do they compete? These questions have profound implications for our understanding of society; and yet, literary and cultural studies have tended to seek answers in only two spheres—the familial and the erotic. We invite reflections on historical or fictional collaborations and competition among women in other areas such as education, the workplace, professional life, politics, salons, courts, or convents. Analyses of “underground” collaboration (or competition) are of particular interest to us. Contributors may focus on any period of French or Francophone literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present. Critical perspectives from extra-literary fields such as sociology, anthropology, and social psychology are welcome. Publication is planned for 2010.

            Two hard copies of your completed article in either French or English, from approximately 4,000 to 6,500 words, accompanied by a précis (a summary in the form of one complete sentence per paragraph in your text) and by an electronic copy on PC-compatible diskette, should reach Laurence M. Porter, 723 Collingwood Drive, East Lansing, MI, 48823-3416, by September 30, 2008. You must have already joined Women in French for your article to be considered. Both editors will evaluate all submissions.

Preliminary inquiries are welcome: address them simultaneously to dameraison@yahoo.com and to porter@msu.edu

Format: Follow the MLA Style Manual, except for modifications required in French texts (quotation marks, spacing, ellipses). Number all pages consecutively. All NOTES must be endnotes, beginning on a separate page. Avoid “ibid” and “op. cit.” notes. Finally, list WORKS CITED on a final, separate page. On each page after the first, provide a HEADER with your last name and a short title for your essay. All materials must be double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font.

A few examples of possible avenues of inquiry:

Ø      Artistic patronage at the courts of Aliénor d’Aquitaine, Marie de Champagne, Marguerite de Navarre.

Ø      Political activism (e.g., Assia Djebar’s “L’Amour, la fantasia” or Ousmane Sembene’s “Les Bouts de Bois de Dieu”)

Ø      The salon (e.g., The Hôtel de Rambouillet, Mme de Staël, Natalie Barney, Paulette Nardal)

Ø      Gynotopias (e.g. Christine de Pizan’s “Cité des dames,” Monique Wittig’s “Les Guérillères”)

Ø      Underground communities (e.g. the anonymous Évangiles des Quenouilles, Marguerite Yourcenar’s retelling of Médée, 1996)

Thank you, L Porter

From: Sandra Peevers   <sandy@OnQueueArtists.com>
Sent: Apr 6, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject:  Francophone performing artists

If you would like to celebrate National French Week or any other francophone occasion, the following groups from Quebec would be happy to perform for you:

Le Vent du Nord, featuring hurdy-gurdy (vielle a roue), fiddle, guitar, accordeon and vocals. www.leventdunord.com
Genticorum, featuring flute, fiddle, guitar and vocals. www.genticorum.com
Matapat, featuring fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass and step dancer. www.matapat.com

There are additional francophone groups (but larger ensembles) on our website: www.OnQueueArtists.com.

If you're interested in discussing bringing a French-speaking group into your school to perform, please contact
Sandra Peevers
On Queue Performing Artists
607-547-9494
sandy@OnQueueArtists.com
www.OnQueueArtists.com

Merci beaucoup!

Je vous attends...

All the best,

Sandy
 

From: badachi
Sent: Apr 5, 2007 6:59 PM
Subject: getting students to speak
 

From: Kim Thatcher <kimkat2005@gmail.com>
Sent: Apr 6, 2007 8:47 AM
Subject: Looking for e-pals for my French 2 and 3 students
 

From: KIET HUYNH <carole_kiet@yahoo.com>
Sent: Mar 30, 2007 6:26 PM
Subject: Petition AP
 

Bonjour Chers Amis et Chers Collègues,

Il y a une pétition qui circule. Elle demande la
standardisation des examens AP de langues étrangères.
Les commentaires sont révelateurs. Nous obtenons 25
signatures par jour. Des profs de français de tous les
Etats Unis la signent.
Signez la et faites la circulez!
Attention le site n'est pas facile à trouver.

http://www.petitiononline.com/APfrench

Meilleures salutations,
Carole Huynh
 

From: Kim Thatcher <kimkat2005@gmail.com>
Sent: Mar 31, 2007 7:01 AM
Subject: French in Action

Hello!

I am on Long island in a private school and wanted to show some episodes of French in Action to my classes via Learner.org. Unfortunately, they had to shut down the area's wireless capability so that plan is not  viable. Plan B is to show the DVDs, however, I do not want to spend the $ for the set (own money) if it is not helpful. Is there anyone out there willing to loan a few episodes and I will gladly pay for postage? I will send details on which episodes, but I am wrestling with the subjunctive in one class, another is dealing with relative pronouns Qui and Que.

Merci mille fois,

Kim Thatcher
French Teacher and SLMS
The Knox School
Saint James, NY

kthatcher@knoxschool.org

Musées recommendés par nos lecteurs Poem in praise of La Francophonie by UN Secretary-General Kofi Anan

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