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Language - civilization - methodology and multimedia in the language class |
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For teachers of French working abroad or future teachers,
15 people per group maximum
Two week training course
40 hours of classes (20 hours per week) + cultural activities (trips, visits, etc.)
Times: classes every morning, and between 3 and 4 afternoons per week
Objectives:
This training course is aimed at teachers needing to "top up" their communication skills (including listening comprehension and conversation), to update their knowledge of French civilisation, to immerse themselves in a French-speaking environment and to further discover the methods and tools used for the teaching/learning of French. First and foremost these are teachers who have come along to enrich their educational repertoire through contact with the trainers at the CIEL and other foreign participants.
Part of the course is devoted to the incorporation of the new technologies in French classes, with this work being carried out in the multimedia laboratory, offering a chance to cover such fields as:
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The incorporation of the new technologies in French classes
The Internet and French classes:
The Internet and French classes:
-Knowledge/use of "French as a foreign language" websites for teachers and pupils, authentic resource sites, search engines, activities for the class and the creation of educational work sheets.
-Communications/discussion: Forum, tandem
The multimedia laboratory:
-presentation/operation and advantages of a multimedia laboratory.
-Analysis and integration of "French as a foreign language" educational software as part of a series of classes.
-Introduction to, and use of authoring software.
-Multimedia activities for the class.
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Method used:
This is essentially a practical training course largely focused on the performance and experimentation of educational tasks aimed at the target groups taught by each of the teachers.
Interactive aspects, games and humour are all key features, both in the r0elationship between the trainers and the trainees and in the proposed activities. Work in small groups is used extensively.
The focus is therefore clearly on participation and not on an ex cathedra transmission of knowledge.
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