Franconnexion Sessions
Prepare to make a connexion!
What is a Franconnexion Session?
Franconnexion Sessions help students connect the French learned in the classroom with the real-life benefits of being bilingual.
A Franconnexion Session is an event that is organized for students in grades 7 to 12 enrolled in any French program (Core, Extended, Immersion, French as a First Language). This one-hour, half-day, or full-day event takes places within a school or school board and gives students the opportunity to participate in workshops and cultural activities centered on the benefits of speaking French.
Why organize a Franconnexion Session?
Teachers, students, French program coordinators, and guidance counsellors alike can build and customize their own unique Franconnexion Session to:
- encourage students to stay in their French courses throughout high school and beyond
- help students see that French is very much alive outside the classroom walls
- motivate students to make French a part of their lives
- provide students with a positive environment in which to practise their French-speaking skills
- re-energize in-class French learning!
How to organize a Franconnexion Session?
Use the following free materials and resources provided to Franconnexion Session organizers:
1. Planning guide :
- a step-by-step checklist of how to plan your event
- a list of suggestions of people in the community who can help run a workshop by sharing their stories on how French has enriched their lives
- ready-made letter invitations to invite them
- a pre-designed poster template to help promote your event
- suggestions for the types of workshops that can be incorporated in your event
2. Free Toolkit:
- a virtual guest speaker: a DVD of the entertaining and inspiring personal story of an anglophone’s pathway to bilingualism
- a PowerPoint trivia game on la francophonie canadienne
- 2 mini-videos: “French for the Future” and “Why Learn French?”
- an official Franconnexion Session banner to display during your event
- a full-size (36” x 24”) bilingual version of our popular poster “Why Learn French?” to display in the classroom
- door prizes for students
Watch this sneak peak of virtual guest speaker Hughie Batherson
Get Started!
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Send us your completed registration form to receive the free toolkit for your event!
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Questions about Franconnexion Sessions? Please contact Kristy Brezina, Program and Liaison Officer, at kbrezina@french-future.org.