Tag: Raconter

Past Tenses in Song: Fugain’s “Une Belle Histoire”

by Rachel • August 10, 2010 • 0 Comments

Michel Fugain’s 1972 song “Une Belle Histoire” has become a classic ballad of summer vacation, travel, and youth. The musical style is pretty dated, but that only adds to the kitchy fun of the song. It also happens to use…

Queneau’s Exercices de Style in the Writing Classroom

by Rachel • July 16, 2010 • 2 Comments

Raymond Queneau’s Exercices de Style (1947) is a useful and engaging text to use in an intermediate language or writing classes. Students at both levels seem to enjoy delving into Queneau’s project – that is, to tell the same story in…