CULTURAL  AGENDA  _  March 2010

Grant for Young Americans to go to Paris (Nuit blanche)

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Each year, the Cultural Services Department of the French Embassy in the U.S. offers Youth International Meetings grants (Rencontres Internationales de Jeunes – RIJ), giving young Americans the opportunity to spend 9 to 15 days in France.

This year, the Consulate of France in Houston offers a trip to Paris on the occasion of La Nuit Blanche from September 28 to October 3, 2010 in Paris. The grant covers all costs (activities, accommodation, meals, airfare...).

Deadline: March, 31 2010

Click here to know more: http://www.consulfrance-houston.org/spip.php?article730

Field trip

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The internationally acclaimed French artist, Bernar Venet brings 15 monumental sculptures  in eight locations throughout scenic Hermann Park, Houston.
This could be a fantastic cultural field trip for your students!

More about the exhition on TFAA website...
Visit the official website : www.bernarvenet.com

Make your students discover France with a Power Point

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Click here to download it.

A power point with basic facts about France and great pictures.

Those pictures and many more are downloadable, free of reproduction by clicking here

A lire: 12 idées reçues sur l’école

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Teaching French to kids

As demonstrated in a recent study from the European Commission, the learning of a foreign language starts at an earlier age. In primary schools, foreign languages are often taught by generalist teachers, who will find some resources in this file (teachers' notes, youth literature, websites…), some lines of thoughts as well as stories from other teachers.

The two following notes are inspired by the website Primlangues dedicated to the teaching of foreign languages in primary schools in France: 

Download the document "Un gâteau au yaourt pour le goûter !"

Download the document "Fêter Noël à la française"


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