African Virtual University

 

A course in Distance Education

Elementary French for beginners

Using "French in Action" by Pierre Capretz

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Nicole Vaget is professor of French at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachussetts. She is chair of the French Department and of the European Studies Program. This is her Curiculum Vitae. You can send her an e-mail.

 

 

The methode used in this Distance Learning course is "French in Action" by Pierre Capretz

This video-based course is designed for beginning students who want to improve their overall French communication skills. Listening, speaking, writing, reading, vocabulary, and French culture are integrated to maximize use of the language. The level of the course is " for beginners"(= students who never studied French) or "for false beginners" (= students who have already been exposed to the language)

 

 

• Methodology
• Syllabus for 1999-2000
• AVU Sites for "French in Action"
• Link to African Virtual University
• 5 College Multimedia Fair, Amherst, 2/17/2000
• Twentieth Century French Studies Conference, Philadelphia,4/1/2000
• Actual ten minutes talk