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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:
Élémentaire 3e année 4e année 5e année 6e année 7e année 8e année
Subjects:
Français Notions fondamentales de la langue Français langue seconde (FLS) Écoute (FLS) Interaction et production orale (FLS)
Skills:
Apprentissage autonome Citoyenneté mondiale et durabilité Communication Pensée critique
Themes:
Compréhension interculturelle Francophonie
French level:
A1 : Introductif ou découverte A2 : Intermédiaire ou de survie
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E1 : Les mots d'emprunt

2 min 36 s
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

2 min 56 s
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?

2 min 31 s
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

2 min 40 s
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

2 min 48 s
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

3 min 44 s
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

2 min 31 s
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

3 min 4 s
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:
    Élémentaire 3e année 4e année 5e année 6e année 7e année 8e année
    Subjects:
    Français Notions fondamentales de la langue Français langue seconde (FLS) Écoute (FLS) Interaction et production orale (FLS)
    Skills:
    Apprentissage autonome Citoyenneté mondiale et durabilité Communication Pensée critique
    Themes:
    Compréhension interculturelle Francophonie
    French level:
    A1 : Introductif ou découverte A2 : Intermédiaire ou de survie