“You'll be singing along in moments - if you can stop dancing. Superlatives for all: the lyrics and erudition of Sue Fenton, the melodies and excellent singing of C.C. Couch, the arrangements and sound production of Teddy Irwin! Sing your way to French. Highly recommended!” BOB DOROUGH, Former Musical Director of ABC–TV’s SchoolHouse Rock


PART 2 CD - BLUE 12 songs

FOCUS: Structure & vocabulary through conversational French
TARGET: Level 1 and Level 2 Review; Level 3 cultural enrichment

These aren't ”baby” songs. They are full studio productions, rich in vocabulary and culture and highly contagious. Blues, reggae, rap, rock, pop, and more. Produced by an Emmy award-winning composer of TV and film.


A Teacher Manual is available with the CD as a SET.


THE SONGS


PART 2 - CD 12 songs
TARGET: Level 1, Level 2, OR Level 3 CULTURE UNITS

Ride the métro, go food shopping, live in a Paris apartment; take a hot air balloon ride, go to a Paris fashion show, sit at a café, do errands, watch an artist painting, etc.



1. MON APPARTEMENT “Live” in a Paris apartment building; immeuble vocabulary; ordinal numbers with floors

2. MON AGENDA appointments & errands around a French city; telling time; days; le matin. Take your poodle to the vet.

3. DANS LE MÉTRO Paris subway vocabulary; Trocadéro c’est + professions vs il est + adjective

4. AU CAFÉ: DU COQUELICOT Sit at the terrasse of a French café and order from a large list of beverages; read Le Monde; maybe meet someone

5. EN VILLE extensive city vocabulary; what you do at which one; 25 French cities

6. PETITES GOUTTES DE COULEURS colors; artist supplies; artist On the Solférino footbridge over the Seine; impressionists

7. FAISONS LES COURSES French supermarkets and vocabulary; 50 food items

8. Défilé DE MODE women’s and men’s clothing; French designers; music for your own fashion show

9. MA BELLE FRANCE hot air balloon ride over France; provinces; French geography

10. OH LÀ LÀ over 50 hip and useful expressions

11. COUP DE FIL telephone vocabulary; leave a message after the “bip sonore”

12. LA FRANCOPHONIE places where French is spoken; repeated faster and faster



COMMENTS:


“These are the best songs on the market for teaching French.”
Susie Hoffman, Roseville, CA

“My students love the songs...I love presenting grammar, culture, or vocabulary in a way that is both fun and enduring. The songs are so full of humor that even the most jaded will pay attention. Thank you for making my work easier.” B. Meador, Fordyce AR, Teacher


“...You are going to discover a superb album.” Jean-Claude Meurisse, French composer and recording artist

“When I presented a session on using music in the classroom (to French teachers), Oh Là Là literally brought the house down. (The teachers) could not get enough examples from the delightful CD’s or the extremely comprehensive manual.” Eileen Angelini, PhD, Associate Professor of French, Philadelphia University

“ Our students love Sue Fenton songs. Year after year they ask to sing them again and again! Her songs include chunks of language that are authentic and useful. There is a ton of great material in each song, and we often create whole units around one song! Thanks, Sue!”

Elizabeth Roberts and Denise Clivaz - K-8 French teachers, The Avery Coonley School, Downers Grove, IL



“I have been teaching for 28 years and the OH LÀ LÀ songs are the best addition to the curriculum at the Hume Fogg Magnet H.S. we have ever made. We offer 5 levels of French including AP. These are not “filler” songs. They are written in a style and with music that the students love. Two seniors in my class are planning to use these CD’s as part of the prom dance music in April!

They have become a crucial part of our curriculum. I no longer have to explain what conjugation means. My students learn how to use common irregular and regular verbs long before the material is presented formally in courses. Students leave my classroom singing. Students acquire many French expressions and much French vocabulary in a natural way without studying.

Students have continually asked for CD’s of their own. We have recently purchased CD’s for all my students and they are delighted. The day I handed them out, you would have thought it was Christmas and my students were 5 years old! It’s great to know that they are going to be listening and singing along with these songs even outside of class.

Thank you, thank you, thank you and MERCI BEAUCOUP!”

M. Murphree, Teacher, TN Levels 1 to 4AP