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| Title | Video Suggestions for Middle-School French |
| Body | Here are some recommendations for films appropriate for adolescent learners. Two films ("Les Choristes," "La Haine") are recommended at http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/cinemaandmedia/dvds/index.asp , and lesson plans are also available there. ---- A really nice movie that my eighth graders enjoyed was "La guerre des tuques" from Quebec. Although the kids speak with quite a heavy Quebec accent, the plot makes the film succeed. It has been shown on HBO dubbed into English. Another cute one is "La Misterieuse Mademoiselle C", about an unorthodox substitute teacher who takes over a class after the regular teacher has a nervous breakdown while teaching the agreement of direct object pronouns in the passé composé. Graham, D. Re: French video ideas. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (24 Mar. 2006). ---- I teach 8th graders, and "Les Choristes"--"The Chorus" is one of the movies I let students borrow to watch at home, if they get parent permission first. The students who have watched it have all loved it. Universally. Boys and girls. It is rated PG-13. I think the reason is that there is some questionable language in the French (although the English subtitles are milder), and some fairly veiled references to possible or past sexual abuse. It's pretty subtle, and I'm not sure my students pick it up. "Etre et Avoir"--"To be and to have" is another recent possibility. I have showed scenes from that to my classes, and they enjoy the scenes. I'm not sure how they'd be about sitting through the whole thing. Both of these titles are readily available in the US. Rauschenberg, J. Re: French video ideas. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Mar. 2006). |
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