My students can!

ContextO French 3500 – CU BoulderO Level: Advanced course in FrenchO Purpose: Composition and conversationO Object: current events

O Reading: French newspapersO Grammar & styleO Paper: 10 pages on a subject

MetamorphoseO Background: French JournalismO Notebook: Le manuel de JournalismO Sources: movies, news, Internet, books…

O Project: to build a magazine (Internet & paper)O ArticlesO MosaïquesO PresentationsO Interviews O Vidéocast

What they learnt?O French Journalism:

O History of journalismO How a newsroom worksO The professions in journalismO Collect of information, respect of the sourcesO Rules of redaction for an article, billets, an interview..O etc.

O Films: all related to the world of the Press O Film criticsO Cultural analysis

O Applied GrammarO Style and grammar on their own work

O Assesments O Quiz (one per day: on movies, reading, presentations, verbs…)O Articles (five 600 words billets)O Vidéos and interviews (one video and one interview)O Presentations on assigned subjects and on their work

O The use of TechnologyO Holala !

Can they? Can I?O About the “students oriented” , do they really want?

O What they think they can do vs what they really canO Do they really care ?

O those who want a grade, O those who are passionate…

O About extra work, do I really want?O Struggle for money and equipmentO Struggle for the right classroomO Around 40 hours per week for one class!O Help from my Dept and colleagues? O so lonely……….O Altec CU, my only resourceO Financial compensation?O Is it worth it?

O Will I do it again?

The result ?O Bruitdemoquette.comO A website that I keep aliveO This semester’s students

My students can!

Can they? Can I? CU boulder Juliette Bourdier