French

Subject:

Social Sciences

Institution Name:

Carnegie Mellon University - Open Learning Initiative

Collection:

Carnegie Mellon University

Grade Level:

Post-secondary

Abstract:

French Online is an interactive video-based course intended for use by university students and independent learners on the Internet. The first-semester course is divided into five thematic modules, with three lessons within each module. Each lesson is designed to take approximately one week to complete so working through the entire course will take the average learner approximately fifteen weeks. 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 so the speech and 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).

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Full Course, Homework and Assignments, Video Lectures

Media Format:

Text/HTML, Video

Conditions of Use:

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0