French Seminar: Apprendre et jouer.
August 4-8, 2008
Carthage College campus, Kenosha, Wis.
Participants in this seminar will practice their French by learning to play and learning how to teach others to play a wide variety of authentic games in French: these will include card games, board games, games on the internet and games involving oral language as well as light physical activity. Special attention will be given to the grammatical structures and vocabulary required to understand the rules as well as to play the selected games. Levels of proficiency will vary from elementary to advanced. Teachers will receive detailed instructions so that they can use these games for pedagogical purposes. Participants will be given the means to take home some of the games played; they will also be given addresses enabling them to purchase other games. Everyone will create a project involving the adaptation of a game presented during the course. [4 credits]
Instructor: Pascal Rollet
Professor Rollet specializes in the popular culture of modern
France and in nineteenth-century French literature. He teaches
French and Spanish. He earned his Licence es lettres
d'enseignement d'Anglais from the University of
Caen, France, his M.A. from the University of Kentucky and his
Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania. E-mail: prollet@carthage.edu