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Les mots d'emprunt

S1 E1
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2020

Adèle, Alexie and Karelle finish a particularly difficult math assignment with a big ouf! Alexie throws out an Acadian expression that her friends have never heard before, prompting the three girls to find other colourful French expressions and words of foreign origin.

Levels:
Secondary Elementary Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 6 Grade 5
Subjects:
Français Communication orale French as a Second Language Speaking Listening
Skills:
Communication Self-Directed Learning Critical Thinking Global Citizenship and Sustainability
Themes:
Intercultural Understanding Francophonie
French level:
A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2) A1: Breakthrough
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E1 : Les mots d'emprunt

2min36s
Adèle, Alexie and Karelle finish a particularly difficult math assignment with a big ouf! Alexie throws out an Acadian expression that her friends have never heard before, prompting the three girls to find other colourful French expressions and words of foreign origin.
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E2 : Les niveaux de langue

2min56s
Maya asks Adele and Alexie to comment on a speech she has to give to an assembly of parents and teachers. A discussion about language levels ensues, giving each of them the opportunity to have fun saying the same sentence in four different language levels.
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E3 : D'où vient la poutine, anyway?

2min31s
Dorian tells Adele and Alexie that he has just returned from Ottawa, where he had a delicious poutine. Our trio then wonders about the origins of this popular dish.
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E4 : Les festivals francophones

2min40s
Adèle tells Elliot and Emma how much she already misses the festivals in Montreal. Emma and Elliot cheer her up by telling her that there are great Francophone cultural events across the country, including in the National Capital Region, Ottawa.
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E5 : La lutte pour l'enseignement en français

2min48s
Boris takes advantage of Emma and Maya's help to prepare for his geography test. He tells an anecdote that happened to him at school, which leads to a lively discussion about the history of the various struggles to preserve French-language education in Canada.
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E6 : L'identité

3min44s
Boris, Elliot and Emma have fun filling out the same questionnaire on Francophone identity, an exercise that leads them to react, exchange and reflect on the different components of their identity and the global Francophonie.
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E7 : Les vagues d'immigration francophone

2min31s
Dorian is excited to share with Boris and Maya that his cousin Loïc, from Gabon, will soon be coming to live with him and his family in Toronto. The trio then explores how the Canadian Francophonie has been shaped by various waves of immigration.
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E8 : Les accents

3min4s
Elliot is rehearsing a passage from Molière's play 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme', where the Master of Philosophy is giving a diction lesson. He rolls the R, which makes Karelle and Boris laugh. A discussion ensues on the various accents in the Canadian Francophonie.
Levels:
Secondary Elementary Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 6 Grade 5
Subjects:
Français Communication orale French as a Second Language Speaking Listening
Skills:
Communication Self-Directed Learning Critical Thinking Global Citizenship and Sustainability
Themes:
Intercultural Understanding Francophonie
French level:
A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2) A1: Breakthrough