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The Cultural Services of the Consulate wish you a happy Fourth of July
The Cultural Services of the Consulat Général de France in Boston wish you a happy Independence Day. We would like to thank all of you for the amazing work you have accomplished all along the year at our side, thus making the future of the Franco-American friendship in our region so bright. We hope you will enjoy your holidays and be as happy and ready to work with us in September as we will be to work with you. Bonnes Vacances,
et joyeux Quatre Juillet. Emmanuelle and Magali |
Thursday July 10th, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Quinn Auditorium, University of Rhode Island
60 Upper College Road
Kingston, RI
Andrée Madec-King of the Association Brest-Newport will give a special presentation as part of the Université d'été du Rhode Island. Open to teachers of French at any level, this event will showcase the process of creating partnerships between Atlantic coastal schools in France and the US. It will also focus on the arrival of L'Hermione, a reproduction of the famous ship of General Lafayette who arrived with his troops in Newport, RI on July 11th, 1780. Come learn about the 2015 commemorational voyage
to the east coast just before the anniversary of the original trip 235 years ago! Free admission, no registration necessary. Presentation will be given in French. To see a map of the campus, click here.
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The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and ARTE, the European cultural TV channel, are thrilled to offer ARTE Docs USA, a selection of 47 French documentaries, for American Universities, non-profit institutions, schools and Alliances Françaises. These thought-provoking films are available on DVD or digital file for screening in classes, film festivals, or special events. They are available with English subtitles, with affordable screening rights, and are sometimes non-distributed in the United States yet. To order a film from the ARTE Docs USA list, please contact the distributors directly
(contact information available for every movie, in the list of films). READ MORE |
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| ACTUALITÉS |
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Les étudiants du Maine French Heritage Language Program ont fêté la fin de l'année
20 mai 2014 au Club Calumet d'Augusta, ME
Professeurs, parents et enfants étaient réunis pour une soirée de chants avec le musicien folk et conteur Michael Parent et ont pu savourer des mets typiquement franco-américains tels que la tourtière.
Les élèves qui ont suivi les cours du French Maine Heritage Language Program pour l’année 2013-2014 dans les écoles d’Augusta et de Lewiston/Auburn étaient ravis de recevoir leurs certificats des mains de leurs professeurs ainsi que de petits cadeaux remis par l’attachée culturelle du Consulat, Emmanuelle Marchand.
Bravo aux enseignantes et coordinatrices du programme : Chelsea Ray, Karen Foust, Diane Pelletier-Perron, Doris Bonneau, Jacynthe Jacques ainsi qu’à tous les associés culturels, assistants, volontaires et sponsors qui font vivre French Heritage dans le Maine ! |
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| POUR VOS CLASSES |
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French Films on Campus
Tournées Festival is a program of FACE, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which aims to bring contemporary French cinema to American college and university campuses by facilitatating festival organization. Now in its 19th year, the Tournées Festival program has partnered with over 450 universities, reaching an audience of over 500,000 students and community members across the United States. To see the brochure,
click here. For more information, click here. READ MORE |
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| FORMATIONS |
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Université d’été du Rhode Island - Registration closed
Du 7 au 11 juillet 2014
Sponsorisée et organisée par les Services Culturels de l’Ambassade de France à Washington et à Boston et en partenariat avec l’AATF-RI.
Congratulations to the 43 participants who registered for this training! The teachers of French from all over New England and at various levels will learn some invaluable FLE skills in the beautiful southern Rhode Island. Thank you to the University of Rhode Island team for making this event possible. |
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July 19-22, 2014
739 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel
La convention de l'AATF 2014 aura lieu dans une ville à l'héritage francophone très marqué : la Nouvelle-Orléans. Des ateliers pédagogiques, des conférences, mais aussi des excursions, des dîners et des rencontres vous attendent ! Inscrivez-vous. Pour plus d'informations, cliquez ici.
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Friday, September 26-28, 2014
Penobscot, Maine
A French language immersion experience for intermediate to advanced level high school and college students, French teachers, and interested adults To register, fill out this form.
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| SUMMER CAMPS |
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Summer in French for Children and Teenagers
Les Alliances Françaises de Nouvelle-Angleterre offrent une panoplie de cours et de moments de détente en français cet été.
- L'Alliance Française de Boston (MA) accueillera les enfants de 3 à 13 ans du 23 Juillet au 29 Août. Pour plus d'informations, cliquez ici.
- L'Alliance Française de Boston proposera aussi un programme pour adolescents (deux sessions : du 7 au 18 juillet et du 4 au 15 août). Pour vous inscrire, cliquez ici.
- L'Alliance Française de Providence (RI) accueillera des enfants de 5 à 11 ans du 7 au 25 Juillet. Pour plus d'informations, cliquez ici. |
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| SUMMER CONFERENCES AND MOOCS |
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Classes in French Just a Click Away
Keep learning during the summertime
There is a wide number of Moocs and free conferences online you can have access to because soon, you may feel the summer ennui! Click here or here
to check out current courses. Conferences in French : Our suggestions
To know more about the History of Francophonie given at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, click here.
For a series of courses about the relationship between war and litterature in general at the Collège de France, click here.
To learn more specifically about the relationship between WWI and litterature, click here. Radio broadcast :To listen about the evolutions of the French language and the Francophone world, click here. |
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| SAVE THE DATE |
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Cafés Français
Le service culturel du Consulat général de France à Boston est heureux de vous informer de la tenue de deux cafés français : - Le Grand Café Français de la Rentrée aura lieu le jeudi 18 septembre à 18h, à la Résidence de France à Cambridge, MA. - Le Café Français de l’Automne se tiendra le jeudi 13 novembre à 17h30, à Williams College, Williamstown, MA. |
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| RESSOURCES PÉDAGOGIQUES |
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Get help from a French educator into your classroom
The French Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) program offers American schools the chance to welcome young French educators to serve as teaching assistants in their institutions. FLTAs lead conversation groups, attend language laboratories, research and create class materials, etc. For more information, read the flyer.
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| OFFRE D'EMPLOI |
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2014-2015 school year position available
The French-American School of Rhode Island is currently accepting applications for the position of Assistant to the Head of School for the coming school year. The ideal candidate will have native-level English and proficient-to-native abilities in written and spoken French, as well as experience in an office and/or school setting. Candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, and references to headofschool@fasri.org. READ MORE |
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