http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:34 PDT Sun, 19 May 2013 13:53:34 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=335105 A teaching resource for digital literacy, stimulus for story telling and creativity that is FREE to download. It has been developed in partnership between BradField and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and its schools.Inanimate Alice the multi award-winning interactive audio-visual narrative from new-media production house the BradField Company (BradField) has been identified by Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) as delivering compelling new media suitable for an education audience. Seen by over 1 million viewers (estimate), it is an aid to creativity in the classroom, assisting in story telling and literacy and can be a free and major contribution to the creative curriculum that has been welcomed by teachers accessing it. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=317279 Website with online activities to learn French with videos, including video clips, interactive exercices, forum discussions, pronunciation tutorials, grammar section and other activities. Four versions are available: French, English, German and Spanish. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=519822 This online course comes from the Open Learning Initiative (OLI) by Carnegie Mellon. “The course includes self-guiding materials and activities, and is ideal for independent learners, or instructors trying out this course package.”״French Online is an interactive video-based course intended for use by university students and independent learners on the Internet. (See Conditions of Use.) The second-semester course is divided into fifteen lessons, for a total duration of fifteen weeks. These lessons can be lengthened by classroom teachers or independent learners, but not easily shortened, given the amount of material covered. The beginning of each lesson is always a set sequence, from simple recognition of language in a video dialogue to written and spoken production of variations on that language. After this ordered beginning, a number of activities are offered to the student in which the language learned is used in understanding new texts or videos or in creative production (conversation or writing).״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=519819 This online course comes from the Open Learning Initiative (OLI) by Carnegie Mellon. “The course includes self-guiding materials and activities, and is ideal for independent learners, or instructors trying out this course package.”״French Online is an interactive video-based course intended for use by university students and independent learners on the Internet. (See Conditions of Use.) The first-semester course is divided into five thematic modules, with three lessons of one week duration within each module, for a total duration of fifteen weeks. These modules can be lengthened by classroom teachers or independent learners, but not easily shortened, given the amount of material covered. The beginning of each lesson is always a set sequence, from simple recognition of language in a video dialogue to written and spoken production of variations on that language. After this ordered beginning, a number of activities are offered to the student in which the language learned is used in understanding new texts or videos or in creative production (conversation or writing).״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=736097 Adaptation of an audio book published by Hachette in 1983, les Accents des Français (nº ISBN 2.01.008021.1). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=284084 Un projet à explorer pour comprendre des vidéos (interviews de lycéens français) à l'aide d'exercices interactifs, participer à un test ainsi qu'à une discussion sur un forum. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=555465 21F.301/351 offers an introduction to the French language and culture with an emphasis on the acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. The course is conducted entirely in French, and students interact in French with their classmates from the very beginning. They also receive exposure to the language via a variety of authentic sources such as the Internet, audio, video and printed materials which help them develop cultural awareness as well as linguistic proficiency. There is a coordinated language lab program. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=555176 21F.302/352 is the second part of an introductory course to the French language and culture with an emphasis on the acquisition of vocabulary and grammatical concepts through active communication. The course is conducted entirely in French and students interact in French with their classmates from the very beginning. They also receive exposure to the language via a variety of authentic sources such as the Internet, audio, video and printed materials which help them develop cultural awareness as well as linguistic proficiency. There is a coordinated language lab program. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=555087 Ce cours est une introduction à la culture et la société françaises depuis la Révolution, mais surtout à partir du Second Empire. Nous tacherons de cerner ce qui définit la singularité francaise dans une perspective historique. Nous commencerons avec la notion "d'exception francaise" et de ce qui la constitue depuis la Révolution (La République, L'Universalisme, La Laicité, etc.) Nous explorerons l'impact de l'industrialisation, ainsi que la tension entre la France pays de la modernité dans les arts et la technologie et la France nostalgique de sa grandeur passée. Nous discuterons les moments charnières de cette tension avec les grands débats d'idées autour des impressionistes, de "Fleurs du Mal״, du Paris de Haussmann, de la construction de la Tour Eiffel, des expositions universelles et coloniales. Nous analyserons la représentation littéraire et filmique des moments historiques et des crises hexagonales qui ont marqué le 20e siècle: l'Affaire Dreyfus, les deux guerres mondiales le colonialisme et la guerre d'Algérie, Mai 68. A travers des textes, des images, des articles de journaux, des films, nous tenteront de faire le lien entre cette histoire et les débats contemporrains sur l'identité Française. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=666077 ״Elementary French I is a carefully sequenced and highly interactive presentation of French language and culture in a media-rich course environment including new video shot in France and Quebec with young professional actors. It is designed to be used as a full course of study.״״The course is divided into fifteen thematic lessons. Each lesson is designed to take one week to complete so working through an entire course will take the average student approximately fifteen weeks. Completing this course and Elementary French 2 will require two semesters or roughly thirty weeks at the university level. These courses have also been used successfully at the secondary level where they can be extended to cover two years or more.״״Each lesson opens with a video dramatization that sets the context for the lesson. Parts of the video are then replayed in a variety of interactive activities and tutors. Each video in the course was written specifically to serve as the foundation for the lesson in which it is used. These high quality videos were produced with French actors on location in France (Nantes) and Quebec (Montreal) so the speech, movements and contexts are authentic.The beginning of each lesson is always a set sequence, from simple recognition of language in a video dialogue, through explicit learning of grammar and pronunciation, to written and spoken production of variations on that language. After this ordered beginning, a number of activities are offered to the student in which the language learned is used in understanding new texts, sounds or videos or in creative production (conversation or writing). Lesson tests and final exams, generated from extensive question pools (portions of which are automatically graded), are available to students enrolled in instructor-led courses. The Learning Dashboard allows for at-a-glance evaluation by instructors of student progress based on each lesson’s learning objectives.״