28 November 2014
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE SANDY JACQUARD
Nous profitons de ce Post pour vous rappeler de nous envoyer votre leçon pédagogique préférée pour le CONCOURS SANDY JACQUARD avant le 12 décembre 2014.
National French Week 2014
Le 9 octobre 2014, de nombreux lycéens, professeurs et francophiles ont célébré National French Week 2014 à Whittier College avec le spectacle Jacques Brel ou l'impossible rêve joué par la Compagnie Caravague. Merci à nos habitués de participer à ce rendez-vous annuel de l'AATF-SC!
24 November 2014
Bonjour à
Tous,
Grace au
climat béni de la Californie du sud qui nous permet de savourer encore une
chaleur presque estivale, l’automne est pourtant bien amorcé. Le but de ces quelques lignes est qu’au nom du
comité de l’AATF-SC et moi-même, nous
vous souhaitons à toutes et à tous un superbe jour de Thanksgiving. Pour
cette occasion festive, je vous souhaite d’être entourés de famille et d’amis.
Ce sera aussi une très grande joie de vous revoir nombreux à notre repas annuel
de fin d’année au restaurant TAIX, le samedi 6 décembre à partir de 18h30. N’oubliez
pas de répondre à Jacki Williams-Jones (323-896-2470).
A très bientôt,
Ines du Cos
de La Hitte
19 November 2014
The Grand Concours 2015!
French teachers,
It is time to register your students for the Grand Concours. 2015 marks a
special anniversary for Le Grand Concours as we will be celebrating the 80th
edition of the exam! Since 1935, when
the Concours began as a local test sponsored, written and scored by AATF
Regional Representatives, to 2015 where the Contest reaches nearly 95,000
students all across the country, AATF continues to recognize student and
teacher success. In our 80 years, we
have added levels and divisions to accommodate all learners who wish to participate
in the Contest and we are continually improving to follow trends in teaching
and learning to make sure that we best meet the needs of French students and
teachers.
There will be a
few changes: over the past several years we have made great strides to include
authentic materials in all levels of the Contest, including podcasts from
France, Canada, Belgium, etc. This year
podcasts will continue to be featured in Levels 4 and 5; conversations will
return to the exam in Level 3.
Here in the
Southern California Chapter, you will be able to administer the Grand Concours (Middle and High School)
from March 4 – 11, 2015, which I
hope will give you as much flexibility as needed. FLES
(Grades 1-6) contest dates are February 14-28, 2015. As in the past, the test will be administered
in your school. As always, arrange for testing in school
through a school administrator, guidance counselor or another (non-French) teacher. French teachers are not allowed to administer
the test to their own students.
The Southern CA contest director will send the
test materials and proctoring information directly to your test administrator
the week prior to the test. The national Office insists that no French teachers
be present in the room while their students are taking the test: however, at
least one French teacher will need to verify that the CDs actually have the
test on them and that no defective CDs will be used. The designated test
administrator may be a guidance counselor, a school administrator, or another
(non-French) teacher. No photocopies of answer sheets will be scored.
If you are
interested in participating in the FLES contest, please contact me as soon as
possible so that we can make arrangements.
If you need information about the specifics of the exams and each level,
please visit http://frenchteachers.org/concours/Resources/Resources.html
As with last year,
the cost of each student for AATF-SC member is $5.00/ for non-members, the cost
is $6.00/student, with CDs at each level available for $7.00. If you have not yet renewed your AATF-SC
membership, there is time! There are
also incentives from the National for those who are joining AATF for the first
time and also for current members! http://frenchteachers.org/concours/Resources/gc_membership.html
Please feel free
to copy and forward this information to anyone who you think might be
interested in participating. In addition, please keep me informed of any
addition or changes to the French staff at your school.
The registration deadline is Friday,
January 9. All registrations must be accompanied
by a check (written to AATF-SC) and the student eligibility form. Contact the Dir. of the Grand Concours for mailing infomation:
Thank
you in advance for respecting these deadlines. The entry form and eligibility sheets are
attached. If you wish to send the
eligibility forms electronically, feel free to use the email address above, which also works
There are some changes in the awards
process!
The names of the
awards will be changed for the 2015 contest.
There will be a Platinum medal and plaque awarded to students earning a
national first place rank. Gold
recognition goes to students in the top 95th percentile; silver
recognition to students in the 85th and 90th percentile;
bronze recognition to students in the 75th – 80th
percentile and Honorable Mentions for students in the 50th – 70th
percentile. The same number of awards
will be handed out, just the names are changing.
Take a chance to win the French Embassy Academic
Prize!
For the third
time, the French Embassy will award the French
Embassy Academic Prize to a
student who will enjoy a 2 week stay in France! The winner will be selected by
a random drawing among the gold medalists of Le Grand Concours 2015, from Level
3, 4 or 5 (divisions A, D or E). If there is no gold medalist eligible, the
Committee will then draw from the pool of silver medalists.
Labels:
AATF,
AATF-SC,
le Grand Concours,
National French Contest
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