Using Comics in FLI/FLE training

Do you want to engage your learners in a creative project?

For teachers of French as a foreign language (FLE) and French as a language of integration (FLI), this training aims to explore the potential of comics and life stories in the practice of adult education professionals with a migration background.

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Educational goals

  • Exploring the potential of comics and life stories in teaching FLI/FLE;
  • Seizing the method and exercises of the 10Fold teaching manual;
  • Exploring tools for creating online Comics;
  • Revealing your creativity to use it in language lessons;
  • Discovering educational scenarios inspired by images from the 10Fold comic book;
  • Drawing comic book sketches for educational purposes.

Program

This course is composed of 4 units

Unit 1 - Exploring the potential of comics and learners' life stories

3:30 hours in a group in person | Assessment: Informal activities and final questionnaire

  • Reviewing the terminology of comic book keywords
  • Knowing the added value of designed and creative materials in adult training
  • Identifying the added value of the biographical stories of female learners during FLE/FLI
  • Sharing and exchanging about the practices of trainers for adults
  • Translating the learning outcomes of the training into a pedagogical scenario for learners

Unit 2 - Seizing the 10fold comic book

3:30 hours in a group in person | Assessment: Informal activities and final questionnaire

  • Discovering the 10fold II project and its comic
  • Putting yourself in the shoes of a language learner and testing creative activities from the 10Fold II educational manual
  • Participating in two creative activities “Narrative dice” and “Zig zag dialogue” to develop learners' ability to memorize and speak, and knowing how to animate them afterwards

Unit 3 - Creating a comic book online during FLE/FLI classes

3h30 in a group in person | Assessment: Final questionnaire

  • Becoming familiar with online tools for creating educational comics
  • Designing a “strip” (2 or boxes) and 2 or 3 phylacteries (bubbles), online
  • Correlating the use of digital tools and the creativity of the trainer during FLE/FLI

Unit 4 - Developing your creativity with a comic book professional

3h30 in a group in person | Assessment: Final questionnaire

  • Imagining a scenario
  • Drawing character sketches
  • Building a dialogue
  • Knowing how to place phylacteries (bubbles)
  • Revealing your creativity and thinking about how to use it in language lessons

They talk about it better than we do

Consult the opinion of our alumni to get your own idea of the quality of our courses.

“It was very interesting! too short! ”

Claire C.

FLE trainer

“A great discovery for a new teaching method that is fun and easily reusable”

Sophie B.

FLE trainer

“It was a real success. Thank you very much! ”

Patricia P.

FLE trainer

“Two happy and stimulating days. Concrete ideas to glean and exploit very good content, very good atmosphere, did not annoy me for a second”

Nicole T.

FLE trainer

“You made sure that each of us could benefit from your knowledge so that in turn, we could share it with those who want to learn French, often in difficult conditions. Thank you for that.”

Françoise L.

FLE trainer

“The numerous practical exercises were very positive”

Elisabeth B.

FLE trainer
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