Ici Paris
Ici Paris is a French-language BBC schools TV series from the 1990s, covering French Language for secondary school pupils.
The presenters' conversation is spoken at a pace which may seem fast to viewers so they have to watch a sequence back again or use visual clues to follow the gist. Meanwhile the students being interviewed, who attend the Lycée International in Paris, speak naturally but in a more controlled way and with repetition of similar vocabulary between interviewees to aid comprehension.
The series was a follow-on to the series Quinze Minutes and formed the second year contribution to the five-year-long (secondary school leading up to GCSE exams) French language course called Etoiles from the BBC and the publisher Longman. It follows the philosophy of the Etoiles course, which was to expose viewing students to real spoken French which they may not immediately understand but will find interesting enough in content and context to persuade them to be taught how to understand it.
Episodes
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Paris - ville internationale | 14 Jan 1992 |
| 2. | Paris - au jour le jour | 21 Jan 1992 |
| 3. | Paris - la banlieu et la campagne | 28 Jan 1992 |
| 4. | Paris - art et téchnologie | 4 Feb 1992 |
| 5. | Paris - jeune | 11 Feb 1992 |
The series was first shown in Spring 1992.
Credits
| Presented by | Jean-Elie Drai |
| Consultant | David Edwards |
| Producer | Luis España |
Resources
A comprehensive booklet of teacher's notes written by Pauline Sterling, and a video release.
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