vendredi 29 février 2008

le 29 février 2008, l'année bissextile et le pendule de Foucault

Voilà quelques liens intéressants à propos de ce jour épagomène (gr. supplémentaire), où nous rattrapons un peu en ajoutant un jour au calendrier afin de mieux l'aligner avec la rotation de la planète autour du soleil!

Article du Houston Chronicle
Le pendule de Foucault au Panthéon à Paris
Qu'est-ce qu'une année bissextile? (et d'autres faits sur le calendrier)
Biographie de Jean Bernard Léon Foucault
La Bougie du sapeur: Journal « quotidien » qui ne paraît qu'une fois tous les quatre ans!

jeudi 28 février 2008

Vive la différence! Nouvelle représentante des minorités parisiennes du 16e?


Le TFS a besoin de VOUS!

Les responsables du Texas French Symposium (le fameux concours de français qui aura lieu au lycée Klein Oak du 4 au 5 avril & auquel participeront environ 800 étudiants de français venus des quatre coins de l'état), cherchent des juges francophones! Le TFS existe depuis 1964 (!!!), et des centaines d'élèves travailleurs comptent sur vous! Devenez membre d'un jury en contactant Chandra Golding le plus rapidement possible. Avez-vous déjà quelque chose de prévu pour ce week-end là? Demandez à vos amis (qui parlent français) d'y participer!

Émigrez vers le nord cet été et approfondissez vos connaissances...

Aimeriez-vous fuir la chaleur et l'humidité de l'été houstonien? Le Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (Université du Minnesota à Minneapolis) vous propose les ateliers d'été suivants à des prix abordables:

Using Technology in Second Language Teaching, July 14–18

Meeting the Challenges of Immersion Education: "How well do students speak the immersion language?", July 14–18

Focusing on Learner Language: Second Language Acquisition Basics for Teachers, July 21–25

Improving Language Learning: Styles- and Strategies-Based Instruction, July 21–25

Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development, July 21–25

Immersion 101: An Introduction to Immersion Teaching, July 21–25 (Session 1) -or- July 28–August 1 (Session 2)

Developing Assessments for the Second Language Classroom, July 28–Aug. 1

Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom, July 28–Aug. 1

Teaching and Learning Pragmatics: Enhancing Learners' Ability to Use Second Language in Culturally Appropriate Ways, July 28–Aug. 1

mardi 26 février 2008

Concert: Exiles in Paris, Part I

Da Camera of Houston presents Exiles in Paris, Part I: Gertrude Stein, James Joyce & Friends on Friday, February 29 @ 8pm. Pre-concert talk with musicologist & author Howard Pollack in the Founder's Club @ 7pm. Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby.

More info on Montparnasse & the artists who gathered there:

Histoire en ligne
Wikipédia en français
Musée du Montparnasse à Paris
Livre: Les exilés de Montparnasse (Jean-Paul Caracalla, publié chez Gallimard, 2006)
Photos du quartier
Alice Prin (Kiki de Montparnasse)
Bande dessinée: Kiki de Montparnasse

lundi 25 février 2008

Fêtez la Francophonie en mars!

Le 20 mars est la Journée internationale de la Francophonie, et pendant tout le mois de mars, ça se fête! Participez au concours des 10 mots! Les 10 mots de 2008 sont:

apprivoiser
jubilatoire
palabre
boussole
passerelle
toi
rhizome
tact
visage
s’attabler




Films français à Houston

Voilà deux films (en) français que l'on peut visionner dans des cinémas à Houston...

Persepolis. PG-13. Dessin animé avec Catherine Deneuve. Edwards Greenway Palace Stadium 24: 3839 Weslayan Street, Houston, TX, 77027, AMC Studio 30: 2949 Dunvale, Houston, TX, 77063, & Edwards Houston Marq*E Stadium 23: 7620 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX, 77024.

Le Scaphandre et le papillon. PG-13. Drame avec Mathieu Amalric. Angelika Film Center: 510 Texas Avenue, Houston, TX, 77002.

Cotillard gagne l'Oscar!


Calendrier de l'Alliance française

A la réunion du 23 février, Madame Rolande Leguillon, historienne de notre chapitre, a annoncé des événements qui auront lieu en mars à l'Alliance française de Houston. Parmi ces activités:

-Visite de Peter May, écrivain écossais, le 4 mars.
-Visite de Cara Black, femme écrivain & membre de la Société historique de Paris, le 11 mars.
-Discours sur le cinéma français, Ken Rivers, professeur de français à la Lamar University, le 13 mars.
-Célébration du mois de la Francophonie: Discours sur la Francophonie et le rôle du français au 21e siècle, Michel Lefranc, Directeur de France-Québec, 25 mars.

427 Lovett Boulevard (dans le quarier de Montrose), tél. 713.526.1121, courriel.

dimanche 24 février 2008

Free Technology Symposium for College & University World Language Instructors

Houghton Mifflin invites COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY world language instructors to a free professional development technology symposium in Houston, TX on Saturday, March 8th from 9:30-3 pm. It will be hosted by University of Houston on their campus. Room location at UH will be determined and sent in subsequent follow-up message. As we all know, these opportunities do not happen that often within driving distance! So please consider joining colleagues at both four-year and two-year schools from throughout our area for a lively day of professional development and networking! Here is the agenda for the Symposium:

Talking with Technology: Online Synchronous & Asynchronous Voice Systems, Andrew Tabor, HM World Language Specialist

Concerns, Challenges and Strategies for Teaching Language Online, Greg Rivera, Lorain County Community College

That's Hot! YouTube, Google Earth, Second Life and Other New Technologies, Dr. LeeAnn Stone, HM World Language Specialist

Lunch will be provided. THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE; however, RSVP is required as seating is limited, so you are strongly encouraged to express interest as soon as possible. For more info, and to reserve your seat, contact:

Greg Rivera, World Languages Specialist
Northeast, Great Lakes, Midwest, Heartland & Southwest Regions
Houghton Mifflin Company 440-212-5092

samedi 23 février 2008

FACC Scholarships


At the spring meeting, Shelley Anne Chavis, representing the French American Chamber of Commerce in Houston, presented information on scholarships for French students. Phone 832.594.5167.


Houston World Affairs Council


At the spring meeting, a representative from the Houston World Affairs Council presented information on their Foreign Language Symposiums.


Auralog's Tell Me More



John Bel from Auralog, makers of Tell Me More, presented a brief demonstration of their language learning software, available in online & networked formats. For more information, click on the hyperlinked text at the beginning of this post or contact Mr. Bel directly at:

John Bel
Education Solutions Consultant - TX tell me more®, powered by Auralog
Toll Free: 888.388.3535x 407
Direct: 281.712.1519
Fax Line: 281.712.1518
Cell Ph. : 832.876.1750
John.bel@auralog.com
3710 E. University Drive, Suite 1
Phoenix, AZ 85034
Excellence in language learning

Nouveau livre de Denis Tillinac

Dictionnaire amoureux de la France de Denis Tillinac. Plon, 396 pages, 22,50 €.


vendredi 22 février 2008

Lone Star College-CyFair announces summer French courses

All levels of college freshman (Fren 1411 & Fren 1412) & sophomore (Fren 2311 & 2312) French are being offered this summer at Lone Star College-CyFair in Cypress, TX.

summer2008frenchflyerCROP

Ateliers d'été dans le Michigan? Ça vous intéresse?

Le Center for Language Education and Research vous propose tout un calendrier d'entraînement pour les professeurs de langues étrangères à des prix très intéressants.

Gagnez un laboratoire de langues de pointe pour votre école!

February 2008; (North Branford, CT) - SANS Inc., Software and Network Solutions, the developer and exclusive licensor of Sony language learning software solutions, is pleased to announce the SANS 2008, SANSSpaceTM Technology Grant Program. This comprehensive grant is available for eligible Senior High Schools, Colleges, and Universities in the U.S. and Canada. The announcement was made by Ron Remschel, President of SANS Inc.

Nécrologie: Alain Robbe-Grillet, nouveau romancier

Nécrologie: Henri Salvador, chanteur guyanais

http://www.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/musique/2008/02/13/001-salvador-mort.asp

jeudi 21 février 2008

Oyez! Oyez! Quelques dates importantes...

le 6 mars: National French Exam @ Waltrip, Bush, Bellaire, A&M Consolidated, & Cypress Woods High Schools. Plus d'infos.

du 28 au 30 mars: Texas Foreign Language Association in Corpus Christi. Plus d'infos.

du 4 au 5 avril: Texas French Symposium @ Klein Oak High School. Plus d'infos.

le 2 mai: Distribution des Prix @ University of St. Thomas, infos à venir.

du 16 au 19 juillet: AATF Convention Liège, Belgium. Plus d'infos.

Spring 2008 Meeting: le samedi 23 février






In conjunction with the upcoming meeting of the Houston Area Teachers of Foreign Languages (HATFL), AATF-Houston will meet on Saturday, February 23 from 12:30-2:30pm in the Jerabeck Center (2nd floor) on the campus of the University of St. Thomas in the Montrose area. Join us for a full agenda of opportunities to network, learn, & have fun à la française!
















Qui sommes-nous?

We are the Houston Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF-Houston). The American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) was founded in 1927 and is the largest national association of French teachers in the world with nearly 10,000 members. Our members are French teachers at all levels and include approximately 3/4 secondary teachers and 1/4 post-secondary. We also have a growing number of French teachers in immersion settings and in the elementary grades. As a professional association, we seek to address the concerns of our members which include: promoting the study of languages in general and French in particular; facilitating the implementation of national and state standards in the classroom; improving the training of French teachers by encouraging minimum levels of language and cultural proficiency, and exposure to the French-speaking world through study abroad opportunities; creating opportunities and finding resources for practicing teachers to update their skills and improve their teaching; and, finally, encouraging the use of new technologies in the teaching of French and actively developing materials to support this use. Our regional representative to the national office is Dr. Jacqueline Thomas of Texas A&M University at Kingsville.

Officers of AATF-Houston

Roya Razavipour MCARTHUR, President
rrazavipour@gmail.com



Dore Sulistyo, Vice President
GUNDORE@sbcglobal.net



Johan P. Vergult, Grand Concours Director
Johan.Vergult@springbranchisd.com



Kathy KOCH, Secretary



Gerri MANLOVE, Treasurer
gembus@earthlink.net



Claude BOUTIN, Destination France Program Administrator
cgboutin@yahoo.com


Marci Pampe, Webmaster
mpampe@sbcglobal.net




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