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                                                                                               Sue Fenton, M Ed

                    Veteran teacher of French 1-4 AP & Spanish 1; Education Consultant, Speaker; Motivator;

                              Writer, Creative Consultant, Innovator; Humorist; Songwriter; Photographer

 

                                                                                                                                  

                                                                           

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THE ONLY METHOD BASED TOTALLY ON CULTURE CONTEXTS

                  “Madame Fifi's teaching materials bring vitality and authenticity to the language classroom. Her creative approach to teaching

  with an emphasis on oral communication will jump start your students and have them using the target language immediately.”

                                                                                                       -J. Powell, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools 

         "I have used 'Madame Fifi' products for years with great success." - Angela Shropshire, FL Department Head, Boiling Springs H.S., SC

                                                      REVIEWS in the AATF's The French Review & on APCentral.com (Spanish reviews)

      

 

 

 

                                                     WELCOME!  AND THANK YOU FOR VISITING!                                  

                                           

          Thanks to so many of you for your support & encouragement during these 11 years! Your gracious and enthusiastic feedback has kept me inspired to continue creating materials to make language study more "experential," personalized, communicative, real-world, and fun for students...and teachers! Stay tuned. Now that "Spanish Chat Boosters" has been written, I will spend time on downloads!  Best. Sue

    

   I'm teaching a 30-hour credit workshop at the TAFT INSTITUTE (CT)

                                        July 23-27!                                  

               NEW!      SPANISH CHAT BOOSTERS                                          

      ENRICHMENT HANDOUTS FOR SPEAKING  - GREAT FUN FOR STUDENTS!

   "It's my new best, most-treasured Spanish teaching resource."  E. Braman, PA

  BASED ON VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, AND VERBS OF LEVELS 1 & 2!  -  READY TO SAY!!!

                                                         1,000'S OF THINGS TO SAY!

 

                                   

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      OH LÀ LÀ - SING YOUR

          WAY TO FRENCH

Sue Fenton, CC Couch,

Teddy Irwin

CD alone

or CD Set (w/Manual-1000 Ideas)

 

Part 1- Level 1, 2 

 (16 songs)

LISTEN

Interview with Napoleon, baguette      

sandwich, Louis XIV at Versailles,

avoir, faire, negative, possessives,

Me Voici, rap, être, savoir, Paris, conjugations, etc.

 

Part 2- Level 1, 2, or 3

 (12 songs)

                    LISTEN

                         "Live" in Paris!

  My Paris apartment, métro, shopping,

  artist on walk bridge, hot air balloon

  ride, sitting at a café, stores, agenda,

  fashion show, 40 expressions,

  telephone call, etc.

 

        ABOUT 

   SUE FENTON

 

     MEET OSCAR GAU,

    A Scholar & Distinguished

     Friend of Madame Fifi

               

 Escar-pose

 

  

 

 

       

 

 

 

© Susan M. Fenton   2011

  

 

  "SPEAKING

  language is the

  greatest gift we

    can give our

       students."                                    S.Fenton

 

     

SPANISH CHAT BOOSTERS

  1,000's of things to say!

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   PLAN DE PARIS 101-

  BASIC LAYOUT IN PHOTOS

CD-ROM with 525-SLIDES - many labeled with vocabulary. Spiced

with humor. Paris in 5 sections.

  "Fantastic." "A masterpiece." 

  

     

  

a) Virtual Residence Language

b) enrich any course all year.

c) teach Alliance Française (or

   other) travel courses.

Manual has culture notes, vocab. lists, maps, easy

note-taking sheets, quizzes

& more.

              

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        USING SONGS

        BESTSELLER!

A required text for many university methods courses. 

For world language courses

or ANY subject!

      100's of IDEAS!

 

SPANISH PREVIEW

SPANISH CLASS POOCH PAL  ¿QUÉ DICE USTED?

 SPANISH Q-CARDS    Level  1    Set 1

         SIGNS & STUFF

CLASSROOM SIGNS

INFLATABLE FRENCH POODLEMOVIE CLAPBOARDFOAM DICE

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     PROMOTE LANGUAGE

                  STUDY

Humorous, Creative, Cute

Ilustrations, Poignant Signs

PROFESSOR MEL T. LINGUAL'S BOOK OF SIGNS

Personal Enrichment, Travel, Celebrating Multiculturalism, Careers, SAT's

 

            

    

        Escar-goyle

       

              

 

 

 

 

 

All material on this web site is copyrighted. It may not be used without the permission of Sue Fenton.

 

Give students the world,

not just endings & rules!

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VIRTUAL RESIDENCE

  LANGUAGE!

  An exciting METHOD based on

teaching language via CULTURE

CONTEXTS with SPEAKING as a

PRIORITY.

Teach "on location" (virtually!)

   The BASIC MANUAL for a VRL   

course for ANY language!

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2 SPEAKING RESOURCES

for ALL Languages!

                 BESTSELLERS!

   These have been ordered by school districts for 50 - 250 teachers!

                

Speaking classroom set-up; 1,400 stimuli

for pairs. Reviewed in: The French

Review, APCentral.com (Spanish)

         Sequel. 2,400 Cues & Ideas

    Speaking activities & strategies for

    one, two, or groups.

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SPANISH BLOCKBUSTER

for PAIRED SPEAKING!

                

  Sheets or cards; many options

         2,400 POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

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   SPEAKING BOOSTER

BESTSELLER!

FRENCH CHAT BOOSTERS

"...One of my

best resources

and I can't live

without it...keep...

in my briefcase

at all times."

Kay Romero,

Colorado Springs, CO

•   80 charts packed with conversational

     French

   Level 1 & 2

   paired speaking, homework, skits         

   choices far beyond the text.

 

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PARIS APARTMENT - MOVE-IN VOCABULARY & CLIP ARTPARIS TRIVIA-PALOOZA!

FIFI'S FRENCH CROSSWORDSMOVE YOUR STUDENTS TO PARIS

FAISONS LES COURSESand more!

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Escar-ga-ga!

 

 

               NEWS!

A city in North Carolina just ordered 250 Power Talk books for all FL teachers in the district!

          New Endorsement!      

    I think your ideas are   amazing! ... I admire your creativity and how practical your ideas are! Thank you for sharing them with teachers like me."

         Vanessa, NC

    Thank you, Vanessa!

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French & Spanish Jokes from Sue's 2 "Wackiest Joke Books" (McGraw-Hill) are being featured on a new web site,

www.triplingo.com

   Sue was interviewed on

     

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                HUMOR

GOOFY & FULL OF FUN!

   Humor makes connections that helpstudents remember vocabulary. Ask your students to write 5 original jokes for the current Chapter!

Cute illustrations & culture facts, too!

Organized by vocabulary themes.

A GREAT LIFE SKILL

FOR STUDENTS - INVENTING

TRICKS TO REMEMBER...

THE WORLD'S WACKIEST SPANISH JOKE BOOK 

Reviewed in the NECTFL

Conference papers, 2011

 

THE WORLD'S WACKIEST FRENCH JOKE BOOK

Reviewed in the AATF's

The French Review, 2010

 

 

              PHOTOS

         by Sue Fenton

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