Faire salon is a resource designed to bring French into students’ real lives. Its goal is simple: to make writing more current, more motivating and more meaningful by offering workshops that inspire students to read, listen, reflect and, above all, write.
Designed for today’s classroom, Faire salon turns French learning into an active experience. Students do more than answer questions: they observe writing techniques, work directly with language, discover vibrant forms of expression and produce meaningful texts of their own. Each activity is designed to show that French is not fixed or distant: it is a rich, creative, contemporary language that is deeply connected to culture.
ach workshop unfolds over 5 progressive sessions and includes an activity book, a timeline, a podcast, a teaching guide, dictations and digital exercises with immediate feedback. Together, these components make it possible to vary teaching approaches, support instruction and sustain student engagement from beginning to end.
Faire salon is a practical way to help students connect with French, to value writing as a tool for expression and to give learners the sense that what they read, what they write and what they think truly matters in school.
- Living French: activities that connect language to today’s cultural realities
- More meaningful writing: students write to express, persuade, create and take a stand
- A clear progression: 5 structured sessions that are easy to implement
- Complete resources: activity book, podcast, timeline, dictations, digital tools and teaching guide
- Real time savings: ready-to-use content that is flexible and easy to adapt
- Strong student engagement: active formats that encourage participation, speaking and creativity
- 5 progressive sessions
- A structured activity book
- A timeline to place key cultural reference points
- A podcast to deepen listening and comprehension
- A teaching guide to support instruction
- Dictations to work on language in a different way
- Digital exercises with immediate feedback
Faire salon is intended for elementary and secondary classrooms, family learning projects, home learning settings, as well as cultural and extracurricular workshops.