| Dektora Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5419 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Greetings, linguaphiles! This is my first post on the forum, although I've been dipping in for a while. It was here that I first learned of the French In Action series. I've managed to get hold of the videos and have just bought the textbooks and workbooks. I've been able to acquire some of the audio files from the interweb but this page only seems to contain the text work up, not the aural exercises. Does anyone know if it is possible to get the whole of the audio materials for this course on the net? Apologies if this question has been done to death - I've searched but haven't found anything to answer my question. Cheers! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Will Senior Member United States Joined 5653 days ago 165 posts - 165 votes | You can listen to the audio at this link - Web Site Good Luck Edited by Will on 18 July 2006 at 11:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Dektora Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5419 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Thanks so much for replying, Will! I'm really enjoying the videos (although I'm only onto number 8) but I'm sure the extra audio and workbook exercises will be a huge benefit. Cheers! Edited by Dektora on 19 July 2006 at 3:12am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rafaelrbp Pentaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5728 days ago 181 posts - 201 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Spanish, English, French, Italian Studies: German | Well, Apparently, the scm.edu site is now asking for user/password. Anyone know of any other educational site to listen to FIA audio? Thanks in advance. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Magnum Bilingual Triglot Retired Moderator Pro Member United States Joined 5832 days ago 359 posts - 353 votes Speaks: English*, Serbian*, French Studies: German Personal Language Map |
http://www.vatoweb.com/french.html 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| rafaelrbp Pentaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5728 days ago 181 posts - 201 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Spanish, English, French, Italian Studies: German | Magnum, we can't get the complete FIA audio from this link, just the text workup. Each FIA lesson have: - one video - its corresponding audio - the 'mise en ouvre' (where you repeat the sentences, those form the text workup) - 30-40 audio exercises (aural exercises, explaining grammar, vocabulary, drills). Edited by rafaelrbp on 23 October 2006 at 8:28am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Walshy Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5657 days ago 335 posts - 365 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German | You can find all that audio on usenet, look for a thread named 'A place to share FSI - seeding unnecessary' for full instructions. Unfortunately, bandwidth is not free, I use paypal to buy 10GB blocks of downloads for US$5 a pop, and the FIA audio is about 6GB. It's a lot cheaper than buying it, and you can grab the public domain Italian and Spanish DLI courses with your left over download quota. Oh, and please refrain from downloading the illegal courses, blah blah blah. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dpoesc Newbie United States Joined 5320 days ago 29 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | you can get everything you need here: lessons 1-26 lessons 27-52 Edited by dpoesc on 13 December 2006 at 7:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
This series uses active participation to increase fluency in French, while introducing French culture. Pierre Capretz's proven language-immersion method is presented within a humorous teleplay with native speakers of all ages and backgrounds. An introduction to French in Action: its creation, its components, and its functioning. How to work with the video programs and how to integrate them with the audio and print components. This is the only program in English; the others are entirely in French.
Series
Become fluent in French by exploring the culture in this video series for college and high school classrooms and adult learners.
French In Action Audio Files Online
A video instructional series in French for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 52 half-hour video programs. Please note: Annenberg Learner no longer sells supplementary materials for this series. Please visit Yale University Press for workbooks and audio.
This series uses active participation to increase fluency in French, while introducing French culture. Pierre Capretz’s proven language-immersion method is presented within a humorous teleplay with native speakers of all ages and backgrounds. The storyline of an American student and a young Frenchwoman’s adventures in Paris and the French countryside is reinforced by Dr. Capretz’s on-camera instruction. The series is also appropriate for teacher professional development.
Due to licensing agreements, online viewing of the videos for this resource is restricted to network connections in the United States and Canada.
Reviews
New York Post
April 1989
“A blackboard is never on camera. Instead, the storyline is illustrated with clips from French films, TV shows, cartoons, and drawings, each designed to help viewers learn the language. These programs certainly save you airline tickets. It’s the next best thing to being there.”
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U.S. News and World Report, Washington, DC
May 1990
“Seeing people communicate in a cultural context, using facial expressions and gestures, aids language learning. The best videos show native speakers filmed on location speaking at a natural pace. After each scene in French in Action Yale Professor Pierre Capretz reviews grammar and vocabulary entirely in French, an ‘immersion’ method that forces you to learn language much as a child does.”
The Washington Post
February 1990
“One of my favorite TV shows — French in Action has caught on like wild fire since its inception. Dozens of public stations show it, and hundreds of universities use it as their basic French curriculum. I first became an addict one year ago while flicking through the public TV offerings.”
French In Action Audio Files
Awards
Association for Educational Communications and Technology Division of Instructional Development
1988 Honorable Mention Award
Birmingham International Educational Film Festival
1988 Certificate of Recognition in Language Arts
International Film and TV Festival of New York
1988 Silver Medal
National Educational Film and Video Festival
1987 Silver Apple Award for “Encounters”
Ohio State Award
1988 Achievement of Merit Award