Défi francophone

Défi francophone

A project-based French program that places culture at the heart of language learning.

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About DÉFI FRANCOPHONE

DÉFI FRANCOPHONE’s innovative design follows a task-based, content-focused approach. Its main goal is to inspire students to build knowledge through explorative and expansive learning. The French classroom becomes a space where students develop 21st-century skills, such as collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and communication.

Why DÉFI FRANCOPHONE?

  • Modern program emphasizing culture in language learning
  • Ignites interest in Francophone cultures and societies
  • Progressive grammar teaching through document analysis
  • Encourages vocabulary acquisition throughout units
  • Emphasizes interculturality and personal engagement
  • Utilizes reading strategies for comprehension and independent work
  • Micro-tasks prepare learners for end-of-unit challenges
  • Inclusive approach accommodates various learning styles
  • Embraces diverse cultural representations
  • Suited for flipped classroom, optimizing class time
  • Student-centered design empowers learners through task-based activities
  • Promotes active role in own learning process

Why DÉFI FRANCOPHONE?

  • Modern program emphasizing culture in language learning
  • Ignites interest in Francophone cultures and societies
  • Progressive grammar teaching through document analysis
  • Encourages vocabulary acquisition throughout units
  • Emphasizes interculturality and personal engagement
  • Utilizes reading strategies for comprehension and independent work
  • Micro-tasks prepare learners for end-of-unit challenges
  • Inclusive approach accommodates various learning styles
  • Embraces diverse cultural representations
  • Suited for flipped classroom, optimizing class time
  • Student-centered design empowers learners through task-based activities
  • Promotes active role in own learning process

DÉFI FRANCOPHONE components

Textbook

Annotated Instructor's Edition

Bundle Edition

Digital Edition

Go through the levels and samples

Sample video

Annotated Instructor's Edition

The Annotated Instructor's Edition of DÉFI FRANCOPHONE contains an abundance of annotations created to complement various teaching styles, save time in class preparation and course management, and provide additional ideas on how to extend some activities

Our digital environment

The KWL Hub is a platform offering digital content and resources for students and instructors who work with DÉFI FRANCOPHONE. 

It is designed with a clear purpose in mind: to improve teaching and learning experiences in Higher Education environments with engaging content and helpful, user-friendly tools.

Technology that is affordable,
intuitive, mobile, and accessible to all!

Students can find:

  • Interactive Textbook, a fully digital version of the student book
  • Interactive Activities, a fully digital version of a traditional Student Activities Manual (SAM)
  • Enriched eText with audio and videos
  • Grammar tutorials
  • Capsule de phonétique: animated short films explaining the fundamentals of pronunciation and intonation
  • Interactive quizzes for each chapter
  • Audios and their scripts
  • Videos and their scripts
  • Texte lu, audio text narrated by different native speakers from France and Quebec
  • And MUCH more!

Instructors can find:

  • Interactive Textbook, a fully digital version of the student book
  • Interactive Activities, a fully digital version of a traditional Student Activities Manual (SAM)
  • Digital AIE, an eBook version of the Annotated Instructor’s Edition
  • Enriched eText with audio and videos
  • A fully functional online platform with a gradebook, a messaging system, a homework assignment tool, and analytics data to evaluate student performance
  • Texte lu, audio text narrated by different native speakers from France and Quebec
  • Grammar and verb tables
  • All materials are highly customizable and easy to copy and share with our 'master class' tool
  • A great variety of assessment tools: tests, self-correcting quizzes, rubrics, etc


Unique feature

Among its many features, we would like to draw your attention to a particular resource that sets DÉFI FRANCOPHONE apart from other programs.

 

Texte lu

These texts are read aloud by different native speakers from France and Canada. This feature allows students to listen to the text while they read along, listen after they have read the text themselves, or practice and check their own French pronunciation, among many other possibilities.

Contributors

Hedwige Meyer, M.A.

University of Washington

Lorenzo Giachetti, Ph.D.

University of Washington

Annye Castonguay, M.A.

University of Victoria

Sophie Le Gall

Alliance Française de Calgary

Marie-Claude Dansereau, M.A.

University of Ottawa

Catherine Caws, Ph.D.

University of Victoria

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West Canada

Manitoba, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon

East Canada

Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador 

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