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Tant Qu'Elle Chante, Elle Vit! | Couleurs et parfums

Couleurs et parfums
Apprendre le français grâce à l'héritage de Carole Fredericks

Now that students are engaged through the visual medium of music videos in Tant Qu'Elle Chante, Elle Vit!, you can enhance their cultural appreciation and comprehension of French with the new unit, Couleurs et parfums... Apprendre le français grâce à l'héritage de Carole Fredericks CD and Activity Book.

The CD delivers a blend of rap, and rhythm & blues inspired songs served up en français. Songs list: Qu'est-ce qui t'amène, J'ai le sang blues, Respire, Le prix à payer, Mighty Love, Au bout de mes rêves, Ecope, new Veille (French adaptation of Vain), Tu es là and Kaai Djallema (Time After Time, duet/Wolof and English) and Personne ne saurait. The CD is conveniently housed in a plastic sleeve on the inside back cover of the unit Activity Book.

The Activity Book is filled with all new reproducible exercises for each song and includes the lyrics. Each lesson explores vocabulary and offers interpretive, analytical and presentational assignments. The songs and activities are appropriate for many age groups and can be adapted to different class levels.

Add the Couleurs et parfums unit to your established curriculum to enhance listening comprehension, language usage, and pronunciation. Reinforce the 5 C's standards and grammar with more great music from Carole Fredericks.

Information

Introduced in 2005 at the 79th Congrès de l'American Association of Teachers of French Convention in Québec City, Canada, Couleurs et parfums is an innovative unit designed to reinforce listening comprehension, language usage, and pronunciation skills.

Purpose: Ad-on, ancillary unit; works well in conjunction with established French curriculum. Supports the 5 C's: Communication, Connection, Comparisons, Cultural, and Community.

Grade level: 9 - post-secondary; sophisticated content, best used with high school, college students and advanced learners. Select songs and activities can be used with K-6 students.

Unit includes: 1- spiral bound Activity Book (52 pages), and 1-authentic French language music CD

Workbook content: Introduction by John Beaver; Acknowledgments by Connie Fredericks-Malone, Carole Fredericks' Biography; Song lyrics; Lessons for each song; Corrigé

Lessons include: song lyrics, vocabulary lists and exercises, interpretive and presentational exercises.

Music Format: 11 songs on 1-CD

Song list: Qu'est-ce qui t'amène, J'ai le sang blues, Kaai Djallema/Time After Time, Respire, Le prix à payer, Mighty Love, Au bout de mes rêves, Ecope, Personne ne saurait, Veille, and Tu es là

Developed by: Tralco Educational Services, Inc. in cooperation with CDF Music Legacy LLC and the estate of Carole Denise Fredericks

Produced by: CDF Music Legacy LLC and Tralco Educational Services, Inc.

Published by: CDF Music Legacy LLC, www.cdfmusiclegacy.com and Tralco Educational Services, www.tralco.com.

Distribution: Tralco Lingo-Fun, Canada, www.tralco.com

To order Couleurs et parfums:

Tralco Lingo-Fun on the web at: www.tralco.com, Toll Free: 1-888-487-2526
Cost: Set (CD & Activity Book) CD02 $49.95/US; $59.95/CAN