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TitleRecommended Songs for Teaching French
BodyHere are some French songs recommended for teaching particular topics and grammar points.

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Grammar
- Quelquepart, quelqu’un - jean Jacques Goldman (numbers 1-100)
- Besoin pour vivre - Claude Dubois (verb infinitives)
- Laisser l'été avoir quinze ans - Claude Dubois (infinitives vs. familiar commands)
- Les femmes (from the CD for the spectacle Don Juan) – Mario Pelchat (comparatives, colors and seasons; PLUS this one has a chorus in Spanish and offers an opportunity for an interdepartmental teaming with your Spanish-teaching colleagues)
- Je veux que tu saches - Matt Laurent (if clauses, the imparfait)
- La machine est mon amie - Luc Dela Rochellière (the world’s best song on technology and gadgets)
- Pour un instant – Harmonium (infinitives and the passé compose)
- Les dinosaures - Michel Rivard (question words)
- Qui est cet homme? – Laurence Jalbert (passé compose and preceding direct object pronouns
- Jamais la plus belle – Mes Aieux (passé composé/imparfait use)

Topics
- Les femmes – Mario Pelchat (comparatives, colors and seasons)
- L’homme de la maison - Gaston Mandeville (household tasks, family roles)
- La machine est mon amie - Luc Dela Rochellière (the world’s best song on technology and gadgets)
- La famille rock - Marc Drouin (members of the family)
- L’amour animal - Marc Drouin (animals and nationality)
- Le début des temps - Jean Leloup (animals)
- La belle province - Gilles valiquette (geography of Québec)

Graham, D. Re: teaching French grammar. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (28 Feb. 2006).
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