http://www.metafilter.com/tags/PierreCapretz Posts tagged with 'PierreCapretz' at MetaFilter. Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:35:53 -0800 Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:35:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/41501/Utile%2Dpour%2Dapprendre%2Dle%2Dfran0231ais <a href="http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html">French In Action is now available for free, online</a>. (<small>click on the "VoD" link to the right of each episode; free registration required </small>) Long a staple of high school French classes and late-night PBS broadcasts, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_in_Action">French In Action</a> is notable for teaching French without translating it; meaning is made clear through context and repetition. It's an approach some people find <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092356/usercomments?filter=custom&spoiler=&vote_min=&vote_max=&gender=&age_min=&age_max=&country=au&order=score&custom=1">useless</a> and others consider "<a href="http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000521.php">so excellent it almost justifies the invention of television </a>". If you'd rather learn Spanish, there's <a href="http://www.learner.org/resources/series75.html">Destinos</a> and for German, there's <a href="http://www.learner.org/resources/series104.html">Fokus Deutsch</a>--but neither one features Val&#0233;rie Allain, subject of <a href="http://www.fancyrobot.com/2003/03/french_in_actio.html">intense fascination</a> (and occasionally creepy <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/valerieallain/message/45"> obsession</a>.) (<small> Unfortunately, free streaming of French in Action doesn't seem to be available outside the US and Canada; Destinos and Fokus Deutsch have no such restrictions.</small>) tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.41501 Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:35:53 -0800 distanceLearning french FrenchInAction language learning onlineCourses pbs PierreCapretz streamingvideo ValérieAllain yankeefog