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French in Action Video Course
This is an excellent resource for the self-study of French.
Try to buy a copy of the workbooks or textbook too before starting. Although their use is not mandatory, the extra course material will help.
Like the similar series, Destinos for learning Spanish, the series is several decades old and looks a little dated but that detracts very little from its overall value as a learning tool.
From the Annenberg Learner web site --
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A video instructional series in French for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 52 half-hour video programs, audiocassettes, coordinated books, and Web site
This series uses active participation to increase fluency in French, while introducing French culture. Pierre Capretz's proven language-immersion method is presented within a humorous teleplay with native speakers of all ages and backgrounds. The storyline of an American student and a young Frenchwoman's adventures in Paris and the French countryside is reinforced by Dr. Capretz's on-camera instruction. The series is also appropriate for teacher professional development.
Produced by Yale University and WGBH Boston with Wellesley College. 1987.
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The episodes
Each episode is half an hour long. The earliest episodes have four main elements:
- A classroom session, featuring Prof. Capretz explaining the basic ideas of the episode to a group of international students.
- An excerpt from an ongoing story, filmed especially for the series, and framed as a narrative that Prof. Capretz and his students are inventing in order to practice their French. The story focuses on American student Robert Taylor (played by Charles Mayer) and his French love interest Mireille Belleau (played by Valérie Allain).
- Clips from French films and television shows illustrating the new vocabulary words of the lesson.
- A brief Guignol-style puppet show recapping some element of the episode's story.
In later episodes, the classroom section is omitted, and the episode begins with the excerpt from the ongoing story.
The series uses context and repetition, rather than translation, to teach the meanings of words, With the exception of a brief English language introduction at the beginning of each episode, the series is conducted entirely in French.
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