Specifically designed for teachers of French in the United States, this online course, entitled France in motion, will present France in today's social and cultural components.

The Cultural Services of the Embassy of France is launching the second webinar « Web 2.0 : comment l'intégrer à mes pratiques de classe ? » hosted by the Centre de Linguistique Appliquée at the Université de Franche-Comté with the support of the American Association of Teachers of French.

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy is organizing professional development sessions in the Midwest for teachers of French (K-12 and Universities). The program and registration for these sessions will be online soon.

La Chanson Francophone

March 15 - North Park University - Chicago (IL)

March 17 - Alliance Française de Minneapolis/St Paul (MN)

March 18 - Webster University - Saint Louis (MO)

Français des Affaires

May 19-23 - Ohio University - Athens (OH)

The SPCD (Stages Pédagogiques de Courte Durée) program of the French Embassy awards 40 grants each year to qualified primary and secondary school teachers of French seeking to enhance their knowledge of French culture and improve their language and teaching skills.

K-12 teachers in the Midwest (IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, ND, SD, OH,WI) must send their application by mail or email to the French Cultural Service in Chicago.

The practice of Théâtre Forum is to group play problem situations to identify mechanisms and seek solutions. This workshop provides training to use this tool for reflection and develop group communication in everyday French classes.

Supported by the new Continuing Education Fund of the North Star with a generous private AFMSP contribution, and with the support of French Institute Alliance Française in New York.

The Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago and the Institut Français is offering one youth summer grant to France on the theme of human rights in the digital age from July 6-16 2014. The objective of the program is to promote the French language as a tool for discussion and action on key issues of our time.

The Benjamin Franklin Travel Grant call for applicants is NOW OPEN ! The Benjamin Franklin Travel Grant targets outstanding Sophomore, Junior & Senior students, enrolled in American universities in a double major including one major in French, who have a specific academic or professional project that they want to accomplish in France (studies, internship, specific visits…).

The Fondation Maison des Sciences et de l’Homme is pleased to announce the launch of a new grant program in digital humanities.

As part of the Festival de la Francophonie de Chicago and on the occasion of the Book Fair on Saturday, March 8th, the Alliance Française de Chicago and the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago are organizing a writing contest around the theme "Dis-moi dix mots".

The National French Contest/Le Grand Concours is an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. All students of French from grades 1 to 12 are eligible and very welcome to participate.

What’s on the horizon for 2014? Here's a sneak peek at the upcoming projects of the Book Department of the French Embassy.

This spring, as part of Poetry Month in April, French authors will be touring the United States with a special focus on music and poetry. Rachida Madani, Pierre Alféri, and Anne Portugal will present their art, often with musical accompaniment. Also, Fréderic Gros, professor of philosophy at the University of Paris XII and the Institute of Political Studies will be on tour to present his betseller A Philosophy of Walking (Verso, 2014) that explores how the act of walking has influenced some of the greatest thinkers in history.

Through our booking program, these authors are available for panel discussions, readings, signings, and symposia, with limited funding available.

French is the first translated language in the US, before German and Spanish (and the second in the world, after English). The New York Times “100 Notable books of 2012” feature only four works in translation, but two of them were written in French: Marie NDiaye’s Three Strong Women (who made the cover of the NY Times in the summer of 2012) and Laurent Binet’s first novel HHhH.

Check out the new crop of French titles published in English like1914 by Jean Echenoz, Renée by Ludovic Debeurme or Revisiting the Jewish Question by Elisabeth Roudinesco.

They are writers and they chose to write in French instead of their mother tongue. Meetings with Eugène Green, Ursula Mathis Moser and Akira Mizubayashi.

Through slideshows on the world of French comics, discover authors and illustrators and their publications.

Teachers (K-12, colleges, universities and Alliances Françaises) can now access the IF cinema platform of the Institut Français for educational purposes. More than 300 royalty free films are available (fiction films, documentaries, feature and short films, films recently released, cultural heritage films and films for young audiences) along with over 50 educational kits.

To have access to the films, teachers must register and have their educational project validated.

French Art at the Saint Louis Art Museum is a new learning resource in French and English for teachers and students developed by the University of Missouri-St. Louis with the support of the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago.

As part of the Semaine de la langue française et de la Francophonie in March 2014, the Ministry of Culture and Communication launches the annual, Dis-moi dix mots... à la folie operation. Each year an educational kit is available to teachers to help them work on these words. Do not hesitate to discover the ten words with your students and give free rein to their imagination!

The Printemps des Poètes is a national and international celebration to raise awareness to poetry in all its forms.Its 16th edition theme is At the heart of the arts.  Perfect opportunity to explore french poetry and their relations to the arts with your students. The website offers many activities for the classroom.

After the success of My French Film Festival last year,  the leading online worldwide French film screening series returns. The fourth edition includes a wealth of new films with new languages available, new partner platforms, screenings in selected theaters, and exclusive VOD options.

The French Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) program offers U.S. K-12 schools and universities the opportunity to welcome young French educators to serve as teaching assistants in their classrooms.

Unifrance Films International and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy are pleased to offer a variety of recent French films not yet released in the United States to American colleges and universities.

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and l’ACID, an association of filmmakers who support the distribution of independent films, in association with the Institut Français are thrilled to offer OPENING UP French Society, a list of French films, for American Universities.

On January 16th, France Digital University started offering its first MOOCs.

Following the great success of the second edition in 2012, the Office for Science and Technology in Chicago is launching the third edition of the French-American Science Festival, as part of the French Week organized by the French-American Chamber of Commerce in Chicago to be held in May. On May 14th, 2014, a whole day is scheduled for the discovery of science by students and their teachers, in downtown Chicago, through hands-on activities presented by French and American scientific partners. Allow your students to discover state-of-the-art science!

Registration and participation for classes is free.

Fore information and registration, please contact deputy-agro@ambascience-usa.org

On January 16,2014, the Alliance française de Chicago and the Cultural service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago presented the DELF diploma to six laureates of Lincoln Park High School in Chicago.

Over one hundred U.S. debaters have kicked off the first stage of an exciting new program sponsored by the Higher Education Department of the French Embassy in partnership with the George Washington University, The Lafayette Debates.