French in Action (1987)
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 52 episodes
- Rated
- TV-G
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A French language course built around a television series. The show uses romantic comedy sketches to teach grammar and vocabulary.
educationalcheerfulromanticinstructionalwhimsicalgentlelightheartedretro
What happens
French in Action is a French language course, developed by Professor Pierre Capretz of Yale University. The course includes workbooks, textbooks, and a 52-episode television series. The television series — the best-known aspect of the course — was produced in 1987 by WGBH, Yale University, and Wellesley College, and funded by Annenberg/CPB, and since then, has been aired frequently on PBS in the United States, developing a cult following for its romantic comedy segments interspersed among grammar and vocabulary lessons. In 2010, Yale University hosted a 25th anniversary reunion in celebration of the programme's success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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