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To further establish the Alliance Française Dublin as a resource centre for teachers of French in the Dublin region, we regularly organise Teachers Workshops that will offer improved, practical strategies on how to teach French as a foreign language to teachers in public and private schools at both primary and secondary levels.

The primary objective is to provide affordable, highly accessible instruction that will give teachers a greater range of pedagogical skills to make their work more effective. Each session will focus on developing particular pedagogical skills that the teachers will be able to incorporate into their existing lesson plans, easily and methodically, for the greater benefit of their students.

French teachers can avail of a 10% discount on registration and membership!

And don't forget that our Multimedia Library is here for you, whether you are a student of the Alliance Française or not!

Upcoming Workshops: 

How to use authentic documents in class: The song as a cultural basis and a pedagogical tool. In this workshop especially dedicated to secondary school French teachers, we will see how a song may be used as a tool to help develop language practice and cultural awareness, through written, aural and oral activities. Trainees will leave the workshops with various new ideas for the class and with a selection of websites suitable for use in class.

This workshop will be lead by Cécile Dubois, teacher in the Alliance Française in Dublin who has just joined our team after several years in different Alliance Française in Europe.

Saturday 19 November 2011 - 2pm to 5pm
€15 / €10 AF Members

How to integrate phonetics and communication in the classroom: a new approach to teaching French. In this workshop especially dedicated to secondary school teachers, Odile Ledru-Menot will help trainees to understand the importance of phonetics in communication in order to help students to improve orality. Trainees will be introduced to phonetics and its impact on motivation, how to make students practise phonetics in a simple way from very early in their learning, how to correct students’ pronunciation when needed and how to create useful tools for the class.

This workshop will be lead by Odile Ledru-Menot, teacher and pedagogical director in INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales)

Saturday 10 December 2011 - 9am to 1pm
€20 /€15 AF Members

Previous Workshops included:

This workshop is dedicated to all teachers of French who want to bring their class to life, whatever the type of students they have: children, teenagers or adults.
We will discuss the difference between “games” and “fun activities” and the importance of using them both in class. We will discover different uses for such activities and show teachers who might still be sceptical, that spending time on them is definitely not a waste of time. And of course, a range of games and activities will be introduced to the trainees who will understand that, like their students, it is always better to learn while having fun!

This workshop will be lead by Mickaël Lenglet, Children’s and Teens’ Programmes Coordinator in the Alliance Française Dublin.

Through exercise and vocal games, this workshop offers teachers of French as a Foreign Language, as well as secondary school French teachers, some strategies to develop oral and aural skills and provide their students with the courage to take the lead in conversations and to improve structure and pronunciation.

The musical theatre of Georges Aperghis, who combines poetry and humour, the speaking voice and the singing voice, will provide the material used by Laura Zimmerman, a professional singer, who is currently directing the Choir of the Alliance Française Dublin.

Acting techniques for improved student engagement

Using theatrical techniques learn how to take account of personal qualities to help voice utilisation, body movements and the use of space, in particular. Activities help students to take the lead and participate more fully in class.

Presented by Anne Abel-Ginisty, both a professional actress and a teacher of French as a foreign language at the Alliance Française in Dublin.

Presentation of the tool and its specifics for teaching French as a foreigh language.
Teachers can learn how to find resources and how to create effective ones for the teaching of French - for both adults and children.

Presented by Claire Bourgeois, Director of the Alliance Française, who implemented this tool successfully on a large scale at the Alliance Française in New York.

The aim was to introduce the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, present the A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 & C2 levels and accredit new DELF  & DALF examiners (Diplome d'Études en Langue Française & Diplome Approfondi de Langue Française awarded by the Centre International d'Études Pédagogiques)

Presented by Patricia Rousseau teacher of French as a foreign language at the Alliance Française in Dublin.

The aim was to explore the great variety of circumstances which may lead to bilingualism / multilingualism in the modern world, noting the role of the language of parents, of the larger community and of the school.

Presented by Professor David Singleton from Trinity College Dublin.