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Caramelicious Tuesday 07th of June 2005 05:25:00 AM
French in Action Course - My friend from Costa Rica sent me this FREE website for spanish, but he said that they have courses for many languages.

The concept is emmersion. Instead of giving french lessons word by word, translating to english, etc. They throw french at you all at once. You learn everything at one time and become fast and a better speaker this way.

View the first video to try it out and see if you like it. Click the first video and they will prompt you to register, register then type "French" in the search bar of the websaite then chose, "French in Action" and chose the first video.

The first video explains everything that goes on in the lessons, it is also the first unit. I think that this will be a great tool, I plan on over the summer doing every unit and following this course as well as here on Phrasebase.

If you are learning French please take a look at this and tell me what you think.

*They are videos, if you do not have a good connection to the internet they might not work as well.

Here is the website:
[url]http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html#[/url]

There are also lessons for other languages, I will be posting this in the "Language Tools" forum also for others. Thank you!

The course also has tapes and a workbook, but I don't think they give them out on the site ;) but it is still good to use

MagnumPI Tuesday 07th of June 2005 12:54:03 PM
- French in Action is awesome for learning French, if you already know a little. I would recommend, for someone with no French whatsoever, to start with Standard Deviants Parlez-Vous Francais. If someone starts studying French, and their mother tongue was English, the concept of verbs changing based on who is doing the action might take some getting used to. If the FIA viewer does not know this, it will be more frustrating trying to understand. For example, Je vais followed by Nous allons. Maybe it was just my mind, but at the very start I could not figure out why "I go" is different from "We go". Once my mind figured this out, I was off to the races.

Having said the above, I can't think of any better way to learn French than to watch French in Action. I think the best way to use FIA is to watch each episode twice, then move on to the next no matter how little was understood. Once reaching episode 20, to return to 2 and start over, this time watching to understand. The first month will be the hardest, after learning a few verbs it will get easier. After going through the whole program 4 or 5 times, everything should be easily understood.

One last tip, if watching FIA on the internet, have a second window open with babelfish. Pause FIA every time a word appears on the screen, and look it up. Write these words down. It will help learning vocabulary.

mula Tuesday 07th of June 2005 03:23:35 PM
- Sorry for intruding into this thread but I didn't want to create a new one and thought that this might be of some interest to someone.
Anyway, these links refer to the tasks of French exams here in Lithuania. These are held at national level every year by the students who finish secondary school (this year, I'm one of them but I didn't take French exam). So anyone, who wish to check their competence in French, might try them out.
Oh, and you might skip the first listening comprehension tasks. Unfortunately, sound records are not publicized.

Year 2002:
http://www.nesiparink.lt/nec/u2002/pranck.pdf

Year 2003:
http://www.nesiparink.lt/nec/2004/uzduotys/u2003/prancuzu.pdf

Year 2004: http://www.nesiparink.lt/nec/2004/uzduotys/u2004/prancuzu.pdf

Year 2005:
http://193.219.137.75/EasyAdmin/sys/files/pranc_valst(INT)_5-1.pdf

Honus Saturday 16th of July 2005 01:13:18 AM
- I saw French in Action on PBS one day and later found it on the internet. I have watched many of the segments and they are very useful for conversational comprehension. I find it helpful to watch them over and over until I can anticipate what they are going to say and respond. I know, it's kind of funny to talk to a tv show, but it sure helps!

Pathfinder05 Saturday 16th of July 2005 10:51:50 AM
- That course is awesome. I watched the first French video, the intro, and I thought that using the course could get me ready for my vacation to Switzerland next year. However, I will be spending most of our time in the German speaking areas and since I already know quite a bit of German, I thought I would use the German version of the course.

Maybe later on I will look back on the French course and try that out, once I become fluent in German.

undemi Saturday 06th of August 2005 11:59:50 PM
French in Action - I definitely like this course not just because Mireille is so cute. However my teachers at Alliance Francaise says it is too
much "in the 80s". They recommend their course "in the 90s" however I don't seem to like it too much.

Thanks for the site, I know the learner.org but I don't know they offer free video online. However almost every library in the US has the video tapes of this program. It is so GREAT to see they finally make DVDs.

undemi Sunday 07th of August 2005 12:25:52 AM
it is not working any more - none of those videos can be played :-(
mms://ossus.edb.utexas.edu/annenberg/French_in_Action_20.wmv

undemi Sunday 07th of August 2005 10:00:05 AM
it worked after upgrading Windows Media Player to V10 - Thanks!

Phrasebase Archive
	Caramelicious	Tuesday 07th of June 2005 05:25:00 AM
	French in Action Course - My friend from Costa Rica sent me this FREE website for spanish, but he said that they have courses for many languages. The concept is emmersion. Instead of giving french lessons word by word, translating to english, etc. They throw french at you all at once. You learn everything at one time and become fast and a better speaker this way. View the first video to try it out and see if you like it. Click the first video and they will prompt you to register, register then type "French" in the search bar of the websaite then chose, "French in Action" and chose the first video. The first video explains everything that goes on in the lessons, it is also the first unit. I think that this will be a great tool, I plan on over the summer doing every unit and following this course as well as here on Phrasebase. If you are learning French please take a look at this and tell me what you think. They are videos, if you do not have a good connection to the internet they might not work as well. Here is the website: [url]http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html#[/url] There are also lessons for other languages, I will be posting this in the "Language Tools" forum also for others. Thank you! The course also has tapes and a workbook, but I don't think they give them out on the site ;) but it is still good to use*
	MagnumPI	Tuesday 07th of June 2005 12:54:03 PM
	- French in Action is awesome for learning French, if you already know a little. I would recommend, for someone with no French whatsoever, to start with Standard Deviants Parlez-Vous Francais. If someone starts studying French, and their mother tongue was English, the concept of verbs changing based on who is doing the action might take some getting used to. If the FIA viewer does not know this, it will be more frustrating trying to understand. For example, Je vais followed by Nous allons. Maybe it was just my mind, but at the very start I could not figure out why "I go" is different from "We go". Once my mind figured this out, I was off to the races. Having said the above, I can't think of any better way to learn French than to watch French in Action. I think the best way to use FIA is to watch each episode twice, then move on to the next no matter how little was understood. Once reaching episode 20, to return to 2 and start over, this time watching to understand. The first month will be the hardest, after learning a few verbs it will get easier. After going through the whole program 4 or 5 times, everything should be easily understood. One last tip, if watching FIA on the internet, have a second window open with babelfish. Pause FIA every time a word appears on the screen, and look it up. Write these words down. It will help learning vocabulary.
	mula	Tuesday 07th of June 2005 03:23:35 PM
	- Sorry for intruding into this thread but I didn't want to create a new one and thought that this might be of some interest to someone. Anyway, these links refer to the tasks of French exams here in Lithuania. These are held at national level every year by the students who finish secondary school (this year, I'm one of them but I didn't take French exam). So anyone, who wish to check their competence in French, might try them out. Oh, and you might skip the first listening comprehension tasks. Unfortunately, sound records are not publicized. Year 2002: http://www.nesiparink.lt/nec/u2002/pranck.pdf Year 2003: http://www.nesiparink.lt/nec/2004/uzduotys/u2003/prancuzu.pdf Year 2004: http://www.nesiparink.lt/nec/2004/uzduotys/u2004/prancuzu.pdf Year 2005: http://193.219.137.75/EasyAdmin/sys/files/pranc_valst(INT)_5-1.pdf
	Honus	Saturday 16th of July 2005 01:13:18 AM
	- I saw French in Action on PBS one day and later found it on the internet. I have watched many of the segments and they are very useful for conversational comprehension. I find it helpful to watch them over and over until I can anticipate what they are going to say and respond. I know, it's kind of funny to talk to a tv show, but it sure helps!
	Pathfinder05	Saturday 16th of July 2005 10:51:50 AM
	- That course is awesome. I watched the first French video, the intro, and I thought that using the course could get me ready for my vacation to Switzerland next year. However, I will be spending most of our time in the German speaking areas and since I already know quite a bit of German, I thought I would use the German version of the course. Maybe later on I will look back on the French course and try that out, once I become fluent in German.
	undemi	Saturday 06th of August 2005 11:59:50 PM
	French in Action - I definitely like this course not just because Mireille is so cute. However my teachers at Alliance Francaise says it is too much "in the 80s". They recommend their course "in the 90s" however I don't seem to like it too much. Thanks for the site, I know the learner.org but I don't know they offer free video online. However almost every library in the US has the video tapes of this program. It is so GREAT to see they finally make DVDs.
	undemi	Sunday 07th of August 2005 12:25:52 AM
	it is not working any more - none of those videos can be played :-( mms://ossus.edb.utexas.edu/annenberg/French_in_Action_20.wmv
	undemi	Sunday 07th of August 2005 10:00:05 AM
	it worked after upgrading Windows Media Player to V10 - Thanks!