Graduate Courses / Deuxième et troisième cycles
N.B. While all coursework and daily activity is carried on in French, these descriptions appear in English to facilitate access by a variety of publics.
1. Language and Linguistics / Langue et sciences du langage
6509 Stylistique appliquée I: Maîtrise du discours écrit et du texte / Applied Stylistics I: Mastering Written Discourse and Text
Instructors: Catherine Noiray, Philippe France
This course is designed for those who need to improve the quality of their written French. Its goal is to familiarize students with major textual types (descriptive, narrative, and argumentative) and provide them with the conceptual and practical tools to produce their own texts. A review of the main grammatical difficulties involved in textual production will be complemented by practical and progressive exercises on constructing texts: crafting an outline, ensuring coherence, using transitions and connectors, etc. N.B. Initially, first-year graduate students will be placed in this course on the basis of their scores on the grammar/comprehension test and on the placement essay; although any remaining seats will be opened to other interested students, they should normally register in 6510.
Text: Grammaire. 350 Exercices, collection "Exerçons-nous", niveau supérieur I (Paris, Hachette).
Recommended: M.P. Caquineau-Gündüz, Y. Delatour, J. P. Girodon, D. Jennepin, F. Lesage-Langot et P. Somé, 500 exercices de grammaire (Paris, Hachette FLE).
6510 Stylistique appliquée II: Composition avancée / Applied Stylistics II: Advanced composition
Instructor: Alex Fancy
This course aims to help students perfect their written French, use appropriate argumentative strategies and develop an authentic style. Identification and resolution of writing problems, stylistic exercises and textual composition, independently and in workshops.
Text: Chovelon, Bernadette et Barthe, Marie (2002). Expression et style: Français de perfectionnement. Presses Universitaires de Grenoble.
6514 Production orale et prononciation / Oral Production and Pronunciation
Instructors: Cynthia Eid, Michel Gabrielli
In this course, students will develop and perfect their oral production skills, by means of various original materials and through a wide array of challenging oral production activities. By working on the linguistic and socio-cultural dimensions of a variety of useful communicative speech situations, students will acquire and consolidate a more sophisticated and lasting proficiency in oral expression. Each class will include systematic work on pronunciation, carefully integrated into the program of the day or the week; practice and correction of French pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation through a wide array of oral exercises (discrimination, repetition, dialogues, in-situation activities...). In all aspects of the course, improving communicative ability will be the priority. A mid-session individual interview will allow students to measure their progress and receive customized suggestions to maximize their oral performance.
Texts: a course pack including documents and supporting material, articles, and short collections of thematic material to stimulate debate and discussion; excerpts of plays, audio and video clips, etc.; Charliac & Motron, Phonetique progressive du Français niveau intermédiaire (Paris, CLE International, 1998).
N.B. Initially, first-year graduate students will be placed in this course on the basis of their scores on the oral interview; although any remaining seats will be opened to other interested students, they should normally register in 6612.
6524 Introduction à la linguistique / An Introduction to Linguistics
Instructor: Didier Tejedor de Felipe
This course is meant to be a first contact with the principles and methods of linguistic analysis. Including an introduction to linguistics, the course is designed for people who are beginning their French linguistic studies as well as for advanced-level students willing to increase and systematize their knowledge by means of a structured reflection on certain fundamental concepts of general linguistics. An introduction to a complex discipline can be dealt with by different approaches. While proposing a view of the organization and functioning of human language, presenting the basic notions of modern linguistics and its main fields of research, we will divide the present course into four broad areas: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax (generative approach), and semantics of enunciation (enunciative and pragmatic approach). No previous knowledge of linguistics is required.
Text: a coursepack will be provided.
Recommended: M-P. Paveau et G-E. Sarfati, Les grandes théories de la linguistique (Armand Colin 2003); D. Maingueneau, L’énonciation en linguistique française (Hachette 1999).
6605 Le français et les langues de la Méditerranée: études de linguistique romane / French and Mediterranean Languages: Romance Linguistics Studies
Instructor: Didier Tejedor de Felipe
The purpose of this course is to present a general overview of Romance linguistics. We will cover the main so-called neo-Latin languages (among them: Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and French) from both a diachronic and a synchronic perspective. Our approach will highlight, on the one hand, the evolution of Romance languages in their socio-historical contexts and, on the other hand, a general reflection on the language, the different linguistic varieties, and the problems raised in a given society. No previous knowledge of Latin or the other, non-French Romance languages is required.
Text: a coursepack will be provided.
Recommended: H. Walter, L’aventure des langues en Occident (Le livre de poche, 1994).
6648 Le français québécois (linguistique culturelle) / French Quebecois (cultural linguistics)
Instructor: Elise Salaun
The goal of this course is to demonstrate how the French of Quebec constitutes not only the language of art and literature but an integral part of Quebecers’ identity. By reading and discussing critical essays and diverse forms of literature such as folktales and legends, songs and novels, students will be exposed to the linguistic particularities of Quebec French, known as québécismes. They will also understand how the language evolved throughout its history in a North America environment. In the 1960’s, literature proved to be the perfect setting for this creative and original form of French language in both the cultural and political arenas of Quebec. Since this decade, several of these significant Quebecois texts, which will be discussed in this course, have transcended the borders of Quebec where they have enriched francophone literature globally.
Text : Marty Laforest, États d’âme, états de langue. Essai sur le français parlé au Québec, 2e édition, Québec, Éditions Nota Bene, 2007, 144 p.
6612 Le Petit Conservatoire / Theater and Language
Instructors: Anne-Marie White, Mylène Roy
This course aims at developing ease, fluidity, and efficiency in oral expression through the medium of theater. By interpreting characters in short contemporary plays, students work both on phonetic and intonative accuracy and on their body language. All those who engage in public speaking (teachers especially) will find dramatic training invaluable in improving the quality of their voice, of their posture, and generally in making them feel more
comfortable when addressing an audience. Daily work includes vocal, breathing, and other exercises in addition to rehearsing a short play that will be performed in a public show toward the end of the summer session.
This course meets 2 hours daily.
6525 Lire, comprendre, écrire: méthodes d'analyses textuelles / Reading, understanding, writing: text analysis methodology
Instructors: Sylvie Requemora, Roger Lauverjat
This course aims at helping students to master discourse analysis techniques to allow deep analytical reading of a variety of social science and literature texts and to develop their written analytical skills though a variety of exercises in analysis methodology. The unifying theme of these exercices will be ancient and modern figures of "the Other" with texts from diverse geographical, political, sociological, anthropological and historical perspectives.
RequiredTexts:
1) A coursepack with a diversity of argumentative texts,
2) Julia Kristeva, Etrangers à nous-mêmes, Folio Essai, n° 156, février 1991.
3) Diderot, Supplément au voyage de Bougainville
Recommended text :
Anthologie de l’éloquence, P. Dauzier, P. Lombard, Table ronde, Vermillon, 1995.
2. Literature / Littérature
6589 Introduction à la littérature maghrébine de langue française / Introduction to Maghrebian Francophone Literature
Instructor: Bachir Adjil
This course studies the history of French-language Maghrebian literature through works from the colonial and post-colonial periods by prominent authors and within main currents such as the "Algerian novel." Beginning in the Fifties, this genre has distinguished itself by its literary qualities and discursive ambitions, a critical affirmation aiming to decipher social phenomena and denounce traditionalist practices. In the Seventies, a new generation of novelists came into its own in the three countries of French-speaking North Africa, searching for renewal of the genre (Rachid Boudjedra, Tahar BenJelloun, Mohammed Khaireddine), while the French language became, in the Eighties, a space where permissiveness could thrive (Tahar Djaout, Rachid Mimouni, Boualem Sansal, Assia Djebar). Lastly, we will examine the latest frontiers of this field, the detective novel (Yasmina Khadra) and migrant literature.
Texts: Driss Chraibi, Le Passé simple (Paris, Gallimard Folio, 1986); Albert Memmi, La Statue de sel (Paris, Gallimard Folio, 1972); Assia Djebar, L’Amour, la fantasia (Paris, Albin Michel, coll: Le Livre de Poche, 2001).
6635 Le roman africain de 1950 à nos jours / The Francophone African Novel from 1950 to Today
Instructor: Tierno Monenembo
This course is meant for MA and PhD students who would like to discover African literature, or expand their knowledge of it. We will examine the variations of the African novel (in both style and themes) throughout the past fifty years, and draw an outline of the different literary generations according to the historical events that affected the continent. The student will be presented with a short but salient overview of African literature and will become acquainted with the codes that will allow him/her to explore more deeply a literature in full emergence. After a short introduction on the oral sources and the influences of the 19th century naturalist novel, we will define the three major phases of the African novel (colonization, independence, migration), and study at length one representative novel of each.
Texts: Ferdinand Oyono, Le vieux nègre et la médaille (Collection 10/18, Paris); Ahmadou Kourouma, Les soleils des Indépendances (Editions du Seuil, Paris); Fatou Diom, Le ventre de l’Atlantique (Editions Anne Carrière, Paris).
6675 Théorie et critique littéraires / Literary Theory and Criticism
Instructor: Roger Lauverjat
Numerous students enrolled in Master’s programs or preparing for the D.M.L. degree have in the past criticized the absence of courses teaching the critical methods for analyzing literary texts. This chiefly practical course attempts to remedy the situation by presenting an overview of the existing major currents. Twenty years after the success of "new criticism," the partisan passions, excesses, intellectual terrorism, and exaggerated use of jargon seem to have subsided and it is now possible to study the different approaches from a more lucid and calmer perspective. Thanks to Antoine Compagnon, we now have an invaluable text to stimulate our reflection: his Démon de la Théorie (Le Seuil, 1998) will serve as our guide throughout the course. With this work, we will address the fundamental notions of literary theory: the specificity of literature; issues of author, reader, and style; the relationships of the text to the world; anchorage in history; the issue of literary value, etc. A study of Germinal of Emile Zola will help us illustrate throughout the course all these essential concepts of literary theory. Conducted in a discussion and dialogue format, this presentation of critical methods will quickly reveal that knowledge and the love of literature are inseparable.
Text: Antoine Compagnon, Le Démon de la théorie- Littérature et sens commun
(Le Seuil, col. Points, Essais 1998) ISBN: 2020490943; Emile Zola, Germinal (GF-Flammarion) ISBN: 208710729.
6614 Étranger et étrange dans le théâtre francophone des années 1950-60: Arrabal, Beckett, De Obaldia et Ionesco / Strange and Stranger in the Francophone Theater of the 1950s and 1960s: Arrabal, Beckett, De Obaldia and Ionesco
Instructor: Christophe Lagier
A large number of young playwrights flourished in France in the '50s and '60s. They revolutionized theater by constantly questioning its very foundation through examination of the link between language, comprehension of the world, and defining one’s identity. The leaders of this movement, called "absurdist theater," were foreigners. Through close readings, this course will establish the links between the fact they were "strangers," the ever present theme of "the strange" in their plays, and their constant questioning of language as a tool on their ontological quest.
Texts : Arrabal, F L'Architecte et l'Empereur d'Assyrie (extraits) ; Beckett, S. En attendant Godot Minuit, 2001 ; Fin de Partie, Minuit, Minuit, 2001 ; Ionesco, E. Rhinocéros Gallimard-Folio, 1991 ; Obaldia, R. Genousie Arche-Scène ouverte , 1987
6725 L’image des Suds dans la littérature française (XIXe-XXe siècles) / The Image of the Souths in French Literature (19th & 20th Centuries)
Instructor: Jacques Noiray
This course, addressed to advanced students, aims to examine the image of the Mediterranean world in French literature from the Romantic period to the present. Multiple but convergent points of view will be taken in order to develop a global perspective. We will first concentrate on the origins of the theme by studying the idea of exoticism, particularly oriental exoticism beginning with the late 18th C. We will consider the genre of the "Voyage in the Orient" with brief insights from several major authors (Chateaubriand, Nerval). We will analyze in greater detail the Voyage en Espagne of Théophile Gautier, a narrative representative of the genre. The Lettres de mon Moulin of Alphonse Daudet, will demonstrate how in the 19th C., both in the fable and the realist novel, a picturesque image of the South in France (Languedoc and Provence) developed. We will also examine the influence of Classical Mediterranean civilizations on Giono, Valéry, Gide, Camus, and how this influence, important in the first part of the 20th C., helped form a very different image of the South. Literature from the Maghreb, particularly the novel of Mouloud Mammeri, La Colline oubliée will broaden our perspective on the French literature of the Mediterranean world.
Texts: Théophile Gautier, Voyage en Espagne (Gallimard, Folio classique, nº 1295); Alphonse Daudet, Lettres de mon moulin (Gallimard, Folio classique, nº 3239); Jean Giono, Regain, Hachette, Le Livre de poche, nº 382; Mouloud Mammeri, La Colline oubliée, Gallimard, Folio, nº 2353.
In addition, a collection of short texts will be provided.
6766 Littérature et journalisme (XIXe-XXe siècles) / Literature and Journalism (XIXe-XXe centuries)
Instructor: Jacques Noiray
In this course we will explore the complex and often difficult relations that have developed between literature and written journalism in France from 1830 to the present. We will first examine Balzac’s pejorative image, growing out of his own experience in this milieu, of the press and journalists in his novel Illusions perdues. It is this image that dominated literary representations of the press and that is evident again in Goncourt’s Charles Demailly, as well as in the second great 19th C. novel, Bel-Ami by Maupassant, that we will study in more depth. However this deprecatory image dramatically changes after 1880 under the influence of more modern writers, such as Zola, conscious of the possibilities that journalism offers to literature. Literature borrows new genres: the chronicle, the reporting. We will also study examples of great chroniclers : Zola, Maupassant, and then, in the 20th C., famous writer-reporters : Simenon, Kessel, Malraux. Finally we will analyse, using the work of two major authors, Camus and Mauriac, how the 20th C. writer uses the press as a forum to promulgate views on political and social issues, thereby achieving intellectual and moral authority. We will finish by considering the contemporary period examining whether the union of writer and journalist still exists in a period of general decline of the traditional written press (and literature itself?).
Texts : Balzac, Illusions perdues, 2e partie, Un grand homme de province à Paris, GF Flammarion, nº 518, ISBN 2-08-070158-0
Maupassant, Bel-Ami, Gallimard, Folio classique, nº 3227, ISBN 2-07-040935-8.
Camus, Chroniques algériennes, 1939-1958 (Actuelles, III), Gallimard, Folio-Essais, nº 400, ISBN 2-07-042272-0.
Mauriac, Bloc-Notes, t. 1, 1952-1957, éd. du Seuil, Points-Essais, nº 269, ISBN 2-02-012814-4.
3. Civilization, Culture, and Society / Civilisation, Culture et société
6520 Introduction au monde francophone / Introduction to the Francophone World
Instructor: Romuald Fonkoua
This course introduces a major theme in French studies, whose understanding has become absolutely indispensable—for French teachers especially—in its many aspects: history, society, culture, language. Coursework will therefore combine a study of the French-speaking regions, of ways of expressing identity through the French language, and of language meeting culture, with an analysis of transnational Francophone strategies for development and solidarity.
Text: A course pack will be provided.
Recommended: Coll., Mondes francophones, ADPF Éditions, 2006 ; Jacques Barrat, Claude Moisei, Géopolitique de la francophonie, un nouveau souffle ?, Paris, La documentation française, 2004 ; Xavier Deniau, La francophonie, PUF, « Que sais-je », 1986 ; D. Wolton, Demain la francophonie, Paris, Flammarion, 2006.
6660 La vie politique en France / Political Life in France
Instructor: Dominique Agostini
This course’s aim is to define the institutional context of French political life (constitution, government, European institutions), and to examine how the different political parties from the extreme left to the extreme right appeared and interact. We will also study their program and their role in today’s society. This course will offer the students a large overview of the French political agenda. A large palette of themes will be presented: France and Europe, the economical reforms, the educational system, the foreign policy. No previous knowledge is required.
Recommended text: Les Institutions de la France Ve République, B. de Gunten, Fernand Nathan 2007
6636 La Méditerranée: culture et civilisation / Mediterranean Culture and Civilization
Instructor: Dominique Agostini
The purpose of this course is to present a general overview of the Mediterranean.
We will focus on the historical aspects of the region from the beginning of the main civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, etc.) to the present. We will also focus on the geographical, cultural and economical context. Situated at the crossroad of different religions, societies, cultural traditions, the course will have a multidisciplinary approach. No previous knowledge is required.
Recommended text: Histoire de la Méditerranée , Jean Carpentier and Francois Lebrun, Seuil 2001
6645 Le Québec en images: cinéma québécois / Cinéma québécois
Instructor: Elise Salaün
Quebec films offer a rich and diverse repertoire of works which delve primarily into the social identity of the largest French speaking culture in North America. Other predominant themes to be discussed focus more on the social and historical particularities of Quebec. These include: British colonization, Catholicism, winter, large families, the north, etc. This course will follow the evolution of filmmaking in Quebec, since its conception at the beginning of the 20th century, and focus primarily on two defining decades. The first, known as the Quiet Revolution (1960-1980), is considered as the starting point of contemporary Quebecois cinema. From this period emerged the National Film Board of Canada, several of Quebec’s most influential film producers: Jutra, Brault, Perreault, Carle, Arcand, etc., as well as various styles of cinematography, most notably, "cinema direct" or candid eye. The second part, the New Generation (1990-2000) will show how a group of young filmmakers provided a second wind to an ailing industry. Through the use of more modern filming techniques and a post-modern approach to script writing which focused less on social and political themes, they were instrumental in gaining international recognition for Quebecois cinema. For each period, we will discuss and analyze several filmmakers and their selected works.
Text : Yves Lever, Les 100 films québécois qu’il faut voir, Québec, Nuit blanche éditeur, 1995, 284 p.
6640 Histoire de France—de l’échelle métropolitaine à l’échelle-monde / History of France—From the Metropolitan to the Global Level
Instructor: Nicolas Roussellier
This course offers students a condensed panorama of the principal changes marking the history of France since the Age of Enlightenment. France will be studied from the perspectives of the metropolis and its external relationships and actions (colonies, migrations, exiles, etc.). Two topics receiving particular attention will be the creation of the nation-state confronted with the instability of political regimes, and social, religious, and cultural identities, from the search for unity to recognition of minorities.
Texts: Berstein S. et Winock M. (dir.), L’invention de la démocratie 1789-1914, Seuil, 2002 ; Berstein S. et Winock M. (dir.), La République recommencée, Seuil, 2004.
6665 L'extrême droite en France et en Europe / The Extreme Right in France and Europe
Instructor: Pascal Perrineau
N.B. This course will meet two hours per day for three weeks (July 26 to August 15). After defining the political movement of the Extreme Right, we will examine how it has appeared and developed historically in Europe, its diverse programs, its invariant qualities, its various organizational forms and the psychological, social, cultural and political foundations which propel it. Finally, we will analyze its relationship to power and its potential future.
Texts: Pascal Perrineau, Le symptôme Le Pen, Radiographie des électeurs du Front national (Paris, Fayard, 1997); Hans-Georg Betz, La droite populiste en Europe. Extrême et démocrate? (Paris, Editions Autrement, 2004).
6619 L'intellectuel(le) en France... Une affaire politique et littéraire / Intellectuals in France: a Political and Literary Business (Section A – Methodology ; Section B – Civilization)Instructor: Thierry Leterre
The figure of the intellectual is a typical feature of French literary, political, and even artistic life. The word was first used at the end of the 19th century in the wake of the "Dreyfus Affair" when a group of journalists and writers took side with the unjustly condemned Captain and accused the French army of forgery. However it had already been a long time since French writers had fought for justice in the debates of their time.
The course will introduce two major representatives of this conception based on the connivance between politics and literature for which words can make a difference in the evolution of politics. Using a text-study methodology, analyses will range from the great precursors, Voltaire and Rousseau to the contemporary period, the so-called "postmodern" movement and Michel Foucault, up to the contemporary work of Elisabeth Badinter.
The course includes a methodological perspective. Students can validate their credits in methodology (equivalent to 6525) by electing specific exercises (French type) for their evaluation or they can choose standard evaluation without validating the methodology unit.
6742. Des cultures à l’écran. Le cinéma des minorités dans l’ère postcoloniale / Cultures on the Screen. The Cinema of Minorities in the Postcolonial Era
Instructor: Romuald Fonkoua
In the postcolonial world of images, cinema of minorities stemming from immigration and displacement (cinema of « beur », suburbs, or immigration) mixes with cinema of those who rose to political liberty (in Southern or Northern Africa) or people coming from the French West Indies or Caribbean. This course will explore particularities and generalities of these dynamic movements. Through a large selection of films, novels and authors coming from French and Francophone regions (Black South Africa, North Africa, French continental, metropolitan or extra continental, France’s overseas territories and departments, French Caribbean and West Indies), the analysis will study esthetic forms and thematic, political and cultural discourses.
Texts : A list of films will be provided.
Recommended : Guy Gauthier. Le documentaire, un autre cinéma, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005.
6705 L’Histoire de Paris, de Lutèce à nos jours. / The History of Paris from Lutetia to the Present
Instructor: Charles Sala
In this course we shall study the main stages in the development of Paris, from the Gallo-Roman city of Lutetia to our days. The resources used will be: archeological finds, engravings, city maps, paintings and photographs (19th C.). Methodology will be based on urban sociology, history of urban development, history and art history.
The first part will be devoted to Lutetia, the Gallo-Roman city (52-253AD) and we shall study the archeological finds, the temples, the baths and the theaters. We shall also stress the importance of the progress of Christianity after the Edict of Milan by Emperor Constantine.
The next part will be about Paris in the Middle-Ages: the problem of the fortifications, Philippe-Auguste, Charles V, the king’s Palace, the Ile de la Cité and the Notre-Dame cathedral. In the third part we shall deal with the introduction of Italian architectural models in the 16th C. and their adaptation to the situation in Paris, and with royal urban development in the 17th C. We shall then concentrate on the history of the Louvre, from the original Castle in 1210 to the Greater Louvre by Pei in 1997. The following part will take us to a fundamental shift in the development of Paris: the urban restructuring imposed by Napoleon III and carried out by the Seine prefect Haussmann (1853-1870). The World Fairs will be studied, specifically that of 1889 with the Eiffel tower. The final chapter will be about the Orsay railway station (1900) and its transformation into a museum in 1986. The Défense business quarter will be the final object of our study.
Text: Students will have at their disposal a 70-page document including a list of all the slides used and the introductions for each part as well as a bibliography.
4. Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy / Didactique des langues et Pédagogie
6658 Du virtuel au réel : l'apprentissage "authentique" grâce à la Technologie / From the Virtual World to the Real World: "Authentic" Learning Through Technology
Instructor: Bonnie Woolley
How can we help learners who don’t live in a French-speaking country to have
access to what are called "authentic" documents, and to make contact with "real" Francophones? This course will help answer that question, which leads to others… What, in fact, is "authenticity"? How should we choose pedagogical supports and learning situations so that they supply "authentic input"? Is it possible to participate in "real" linguistic exchanges with the help of virtual tools like the Internet or simulation games? In a virtual context, can we be certain that we are dealing with "real" Francophones? We will investigate these issues together through the exploration of various resources and technological means of communication… as well as through the creation of our own virtual worlds.
6696 Concepts de base en didactique des langues : l’apprenant, la langue, l’enseignant / Basic Concepts in Language Pedagogy: the Learner, the Language, the Teacher
Instructor: Christine Guyot-Clément
This course is targeted at professors or future professors of FSL who wish to integrate an analytical reflection into their classroom practices. An exploration of FSL theories will alternate with a reflection on methods and methodologies, class practices and pedagogical strategies, all aimed at developing students’ autonomy. Key linguistic, communicative, and cultural concepts applied to language, as well as specific suggestions to organize a course centered on learning contracts, will provide a basis for discussion and development of pedagogical practices specific to teaching French as a foreign language.
Texts: M.Pendanx, Les activités d’apprentissages en classe de langue (Hachette FLE, 1998); Your class textbook or the one you would like to use in class.
Co-Curricular Activities
The French School offers several academically oriented seminars or workshops that meet periodically in support of various parts of the academic program. In addition, we propose a variety of complementary group activities, to provide students of all levels a chance to take a break from their formal studies while continuing to expand their competence in French and their knowledge of French ways and culture. The activities listed here will be presented in more detail at a special session on the afternoon of Wednesday July 2.
1. Séminaire DML (T. Leterre & A. Germain-Rutherford)
2. Atelier d’écriture créative: Et si l’on contait? (T. Monénembo)
This workshop is meant for those who have always dreamed of writing and never dared to start. Generally, the novel intimidates the neophyte by its thickness, its complicated characters, and its unpredictable plot. As for the short novel, it seems difficult because of its density and its precision. The tale is thus best indicated to liberate the beginner. Because it is the most accessible literary genre, and the most universal, it is also the best entrance into the literary world. Participants will enrich their style and imagination, taking as a starting point some African tales. This way, they will kill two birds with one stone: practice the difficult art of writing, while being initiated into the African culture. Participants will write an interactive tale that will be published in La Gazette de l'École française. Each participant will write 10 pages minimum.
Books: Birago Diop, Les contes d’Ahmadou Koumba (Présence Africaine); Hampâté Bâ, Contes Initiatiques peuls (Pocket).
3. Atelier de phonétique (C. Eid)
4. Enseignement du français langue seconde : stimuler l’engagement des étudiants (A. Fancy)
Discussion et mise en pratique de stratégies de l'engagement dans l'enseignement. Chaque séance comprendra aussi la discussion d'une "Situation", un texte évoquant la démotivation, ce qui permettra aux participant.e.s de privilégier l'apprentissage à base de problèmes.
5. Intégration des technologies dans son enseignement (L. Patenotte)
6. Forum de pédagogie concrète (B. Sicot-Koontz)
Cet atelier de pédagogie concrète s’adresse à tous les professeurs de français qui souhaitent profiter de leur séjour Middleburyen pour se constituer non seulement une banque de données et de ressources pédagogiques mais aussi enrichir leur bagage éducatif. Le programme sera fixé en fonction des besoins de chacun. Nous nous rencontrerons une heure toutes les semaines pour partager nos techniques de classe les plus efficaces.
7. La naissance d’une chanson (M. Aymar)
A general introduction to francophone music from around the world with the emphasis being on selected songwriters (old and new) and a basic study of some of their songs. Whether it being lyric writing and/or composing and/or performing the participants will experience the birth, nurturing and the coming of age of a song. Being able to play an instrument (at whatever level) is a plus but not a requirement. Being able to sing is a plus but not a requirement. This workshop will culminate in a public performance at the end of the summer.
8. La Chorale française (B. Woolley)
9. Les Concertistes de l'École française (M. Galib et B. Woolley)
10. Le Théâtre de l'École française (A.M. White et M. Roy)
11. Le Cabaret de l'École française (M. Aymar, P. France & C. Spacher)
En plus de son traditionnel Can-Can* (C. Spacher), le Cabaret présente, en fin de session, de courts numéros proposés par les différents talents de l’École : chansons, danse, musique, sketches, etc. (*Pourquoi dit-on le "French" cancan, même en français? Venez le découvrir à travers le film de Jean Renoir et le danser pour le plaisir de tous au cabaret. Toutes les danseuses et danseurs, de tous niveaux, sont les bienvenus pour s'entraîner deux fois par semaine afin de produire une chorégraphie joyeuse et entrainante...)
12. Le Ciné-Club (R. Fonkoua)
13. Atelier de lectures dramatisées (M. Gabrielli)
Open to students on a voluntary basis. This workshop will culminate in a public performance of dramatic readings in French, together with piano interludes. Participants will meet in groups twice a week to read and rehearse selected texts, with special attention to the difficulties of French pronunciation.
14. L’Atelier d’arts plastiques (M.A. Tirole)
15. L’Atelier de Cuisine (E. Salaün et R. Bontems)
L'atelier de cuisine permettra à un groupe d'étudiants gourmands de se retrouver une fois par semaine pour concocter un délicieux plat. Au plaisir de cuisiner s'ajoutera celui de discuter et de se détendre autour de la bonne nourriture. Ensuite, chaque semaine, nous goûterons nos plats lors d'un repas partagé par tous les cuisiniers!
16. Le Club «Actualités» (D. Agostini)
17. La Radio de l'École française (B. Adjil & Claire Spacher)
Vous voulez écoutez de la musique française ? Avoir des nouvelles fraîches de l'hexagone ? Savoir quel temps il fait sur la côte d'Azur ? Passer une petite annonce ? Branchez-vous sur "Radio-Midd, La voix de l'École française". Pour toute information sur nos programmes, suggestions, propositions, dédicaces, adressez-vous à : Claire ou Bachir.
18. Atelier De Fil en Aiguille (C. Fertein & C. Noiray)
Vous aimez compter et la broderie vous tente? Venez nous rejoindre un après midi par semaine devant le Château dans un fauteuil Addirondack.
19. Le Club Aquagym (C. Lagier & S. Requemora)
20. Le Club Cyclisme (P. France)
21. Le Football (D. Lanni)
22. Le Tennis (R. Mattei & N. Houdelette)
Deux fois par semaine l'atelier tennis vous permettra de pratiquer l’un de vos sports préférés, en même temps que vous continuerez à communiquer efficacement en français dans un contexte ludique. Le tournoi de tennis de l'École française, véritable fête du tennis à laquelle les joueurs de tous niveaux sont conviés, couronnera cette activité.
23. Le Volleyball (P. Somé)
Vous avez envie de faire du sport ou tout simplement de vous détendre après une journée de travail intense ? L'équipe de volley-ball de l'école française vous ouvre grandes ses portes. Ambiance sportive et conviviale assurée ! Deux rendez-vous hebdomadaires pour les entraînements : "Le volley-ball, c'est aussi une autre manière de communiquer en français!"
24. Le Golf (S. Muller)
Cet atelier s'adresse à des golfeurs déjà expérimentés, qui, plutôt que de jouer seuls, préféreront se retrouver à plusieurs, (par groupes de quatre au maximum) pour perfectionner à la fois leur jeu et leur français. Vu le modeste handicap de l'animatrice de cet atelier, son rôle ne consistera pas à dispenser des conseils techniques, mais à effectuer, une ou deux après-midi par semaine, les réservations et à organiser, le cas échéant, des compétitions amicales, selon le désir des participants. Cet atelier n'a d'autre ambition que de favoriser des rencontres et des échanges, à la fois stimulants et détendus, entre tous les passionnés de golf de l'École française.
25. Pâtisserie française (H. Achalfane)