Oui, je peux - French Institute Alliance Française

Welcome to FIAF’s John & Francine
Haskell Library—a vital key to your
language-learning success!
Our goal is to provide you with
materials that will help you on your
way to learning the language and
culture of France.
This guide will highlight some of
the resources in the Library at
your class level and will provide
you with suggestions and ideas for
materials to complement your
activities in the classroom. The items
listed here are just a few examples
of the materials available to you!
Any item in the Alexandre
and Jacques Leviant Centre
d’auto-apprentissage (the “CAA”)
with a BLUE LABEL is appropriate
for level A2.
Hours
Monday–Thursday: 11:30am–8pm
Saturday: 9:30am–3pm
Friday & Sunday: Closed
Closed on Saturdays during the
summer and on national holidays
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Oui,
je peux !
Niveau A2
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(subject: A2) for additional
materials appropriate for your level.
Alexandre and Jacques Leviant
Centre d’auto-apprentissage
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• iPod with a level A2 playlist of French tunes
• CDs: Arthur H, Cali, Renan Luce, Thomas Fersen
• All-Audio French, Maximum French, Exercices d’oral
en contexte niveau 2
Français Facile books with CDs: Alex Leroc series,
Des traces dans la neige, Le Grand Meaulnes
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Lire
• Livres en Français Facile with blue labels: Poursuite
dans Paris, Suivez la piste, Maigret et la grande perche
• Magazines: Elle, Les Inrockuptibles, Phosphore
• Magazines with CDs: Bien-dire, Champs-Élysées
Regarder
et comprendre
• Any DVD with a green dot on the spine has an option for French subtitles—read along as you watch!
• DVD suggestions: Amélie, Prête-moi ta main,
Les poupées russes, Tanguy
French in Action DVDs (Part 1, discs 4–7)
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501 French Verbs, 101 Most Useful French Words,
Expression écrite niveau 2
Schaum’s Outline of French Grammar
Révisions : 450 nouveaux exercices
“Homework Central”—a collection of dictionaries,
verb books, and style guides located in the reading
room, just behind the newspapers
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Parler
• Vocabulary guide to the Library available at the front desk
• Bien Dire booklets with CDs: Social Conversations,
The Good Pronunciation Guide
• Cercle de lecture A2 Book discussion group
(first Thursday of every month at 6:30pm)
Découvrir
la culture
• Watch French programs on cable channel TV5Monde
• Magazines: Cuisine et Vins, Détours en France
• Collection Les Regards Croisés—cultural comparisons
between the US and France
Travel guides and art books
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Oui, je peux...
Travailler mes
compétences
• Use interactive computer exercises, Quoi d’neuf,
on any computer in the Centre d’auto-apprentissage
• Préparation à l’examen du DELF A2 : 200 Activités,
Clés du nouveau DELF A2
Activités CECR niveau 2
Internet activities on the websites of TV5Monde,
RFI, or Le Point du FLE
Practice with Rond-Point exercises on the FIAF
Language Center webpage
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M’amuser tout
en apprenant !
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TV5Monde—watch sitcoms, game shows,
and sports matches all in French
Faites vos jeux ! monthly game night—
play with other students at your level of French
French cookbooks and travel guides
Chat with new friends from class on the Centre
d’auto-apprentissage benches… en français, bien sûr !
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… and more!