Commentaires pour Mystère et boules de gomme ! http://fiafans.org the internet watering hole for fans of the "French in Action" language video course Thu, 17 May 2012 04:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Commentaires sur Discussion par lyre_byrd http://fiafans.org/discussion/#comment-42630 Thu, 17 May 2012 04:55:13 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/discussion/#comment-42630 Bonjour tout le monde, et Max à Kisangani (c’est où?).
J’ai mangé une religieuse cet après-midi à Patachou. Délicieuse!
Mais j’ai besoin de savoir: comment va notre professeur?

]]> Commentaires sur Discussion par Max Reddy http://fiafans.org/discussion/#comment-42577 Wed, 16 May 2012 18:16:30 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/discussion/#comment-42577 Hello Fellow FiA Cultists. I am back in Kisangani. Wish I was at the Luxembourg….

]]> Commentaires sur Demandez au professeur ! par jpsullivan http://fiafans.org/2009/06/15/demandez-au-professeur/#comment-39169 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:45:40 +0000 http://fiafans.org/?p=108#comment-39169 Iral: Mireille says “Commençons par mes parents…voila mon père et ma mère” or “Let’s start with my parents…here is my father and my mother.”

]]> Commentaires sur Demandez au professeur ! par IRAL NELSON http://fiafans.org/2009/06/15/demandez-au-professeur/#comment-39167 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:14:29 +0000 http://fiafans.org/?p=108#comment-39167 Professor Capretz (or anyone who can answer):

I would surely appreciate a transcription of the first few lines Mireille speaks at the beginning of each lesson where she introduces her parents. My wife and I have just renewed our interest in the program after a lapse of may years. At 84, my hearing and comprehension leaves something to be desired. We have the transcriptions of Lesson 2 and beyond. Many thanks.

]]> Commentaires sur FIA 25th Anniversary Reunion videos now online ! par Robert Rendo http://fiafans.org/2011/04/26/224/#comment-38190 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:24:18 +0000 http://fiafans.org/?p=224#comment-38190 I cannot express enough my gratitude to Mr. Carpretz, the cast of French in Action, and Annenberg Learning for such a gift of a series that has completely revolutionized and catapulted my French. I am VERY serious when I say this. I am learning so rapidly and increasing fluency like never before. I am using the Rosetta Stone program as well, and my wife and I will be spending month in Bordeaux with her friends (my wife has native like proficiency).

I hold a masters degree in applied linguistics and I teach ESL here in the United States in New York. I am also a published editorial illustrator with works in the New York TImes, the Chicago Tribune, and the Sacramento Bee. (See http://altpick.com/rrendo)

To Pierre, Valerie, Charles, and Virginie: I love you guys . . . I hope you truly realize how your artistry has opened up a whole new world to me. I now speak far more French and can therefore dialogue witht the French about politics, my favorite topic. We Americans would stand to learn so much from the French mindset.

What I have learned most from your empowering series is this: to speak French is not only a way of speaking. . . . . it is a way of being.

Fondly and Linguistically,
Robert Rendo

]]> Commentaires sur Discussion par Roberto Antonio Hussein Eder http://fiafans.org/discussion/#comment-34991 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:20:16 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/discussion/#comment-34991 Re Marie Laure in FIA. The one thing that bothered me about Mireille was how she treated Marie Laure. I thought that the FIA writers did Mireille a disservice in this regard. I thought Mireille’s harsh impatience was superfluous and unnecessary.

]]> Commentaires sur Discussion par Roberto Antonio Hussein Eder http://fiafans.org/discussion/#comment-34990 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:14:44 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/discussion/#comment-34990 J’étudie maintenant les dialogues de FIA parce que je veux les mémoriser avec l’intention de les apprendre par coeur. Si il y a des autres qui ayant le même désir, on peut peut-être ensemble préparer le méme dialogue, et puis on peut le discuter l’un avec l’autre. Robert Eder, Salt Lake City, hussein.eder@gmail.com.

]]> Commentaires sur Discussion par Roberto Antonio Hussein Eder http://fiafans.org/discussion/#comment-34988 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:58:10 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/discussion/#comment-34988 I see some comments asking about Marie Laure (Virginie Contesse). In the skit between Charles Mayer and Valérie Allain, Mireille said that Marie Laure had been studying law and now was a “detective privée,” or was this just made up for the skit? Or perhaps I misunderstood the dialogue.

]]> Commentaires sur Discussion par jpsullivan http://fiafans.org/discussion/#comment-33942 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:28:52 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/discussion/#comment-33942 At the reunion, Valérie said she stayed in touch with Virginie’s family in Menton, France for a couple of years after filming, but fell out of contact after that. See Charles Mayers’ comment below of 24 Nov 2010. There were some rumors posted here about Virginie working at a store in New York City, but I rather doubt their veracity.

]]> Commentaires sur Discussion par MaxReddy http://fiafans.org/discussion/#comment-33939 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:51 +0000 http://fiafans.wordpress.com/discussion/#comment-33939 At the reunion there was quite a bit of interest in what has become of Virginie. Nobody seemed to know.

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