Interesting sites

 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language)

Academy of Living Langauges International

allinternational.wikispaces.com  

Useful Web Pages

Bonjour Everyone!
How are all of you doing? Here’s a small Webliography on Paris you might enjoy. See you at the airport!

Here are some cites to get you started:
There are Les Pages de Paris (The Paris Pages) online in English and French, designed for visiteurs and will keep you busy for a while: http://www.paris.org

http://www.visit-paris.com
(free e-postcards): http://paris.parishotels.com/ecards/index.php?lang=en

and let’s not forget about the FIAP’s resources: http://www.fiap.asso.fr/uk/

Read about the Carte Orange that you got at the orientation meeting:
http://www.paris.org/Expos/ParisTickets/Orange/
http://www.paris.org/Metro/

You can ask questions about travel to and around Paris, or on life in Paris on the "Thorn Tree" Travel Forum, a service from LonelyPlanet.com that allows you to post questions (for free) and have anyone in the world who wants to answer respond.

See it for yourself:
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com

More on cultural adjustment: Do you know what values define American Culture? Check out this web page to see about 13 values that most Americans hold (and don't know they have).

http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/culturematters/bookintro.html

Need help brushing up on your French? Check this out:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/lj/
http://french.about.com/
http://www.homestead.com/Anne_Fox/LearningFrench.html

Most of you will withdraw money from a teller once you’re over there, which is one of the most efficient ways to get money in Euros. Also, if you are interested, there is a type of American Express card that allows you to only spend what's on the card, and refunds it if stolen. Click on the TravelFunds card with American Express at: http://www.americanexpress.com

If you have know of any resource, webpage or otherwise, please share it with the group by responding with a comment. Thank you.

Bonne chance et Bon voyage!

Sincerely,

Ms. Dinah Armstead

Assistant Director, OMSA

130 SSB, MC-306, 610 E. John Street

Tel. (217) 333-0054 Fax (217) 244-0349

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Schedule of Activities

The schedule of activities is as follows but is subject to change without notice in order to accommodate invited guests of the course. Times here account for travel as well. Your assignments may be handwritten if you do them while in Paris. If you wish to type your assignments, you have until January 22nd to turn all assignments in by email or by regular mail. Please note that due to the registrar's schedule, students may receive a "M" (missing grade) or "I" (incomplete) which will be changed by the instructor once work is received. Keep in mind that it is imperative that you at least take notes throughout the entire course, especially after every class experience. The registrar is highly opposed to long-term incompletes.


Saturday, November 12: Orientation meeting in Champaign and in Decatur.

Tuesday, Dec. 27, Leave for Paris

Wednesday, Dec. 28, Arrival in Paris, Orientation.

Thursday, Dec. 29, 10-2 and for half of class 4-5:30 p.m. Meet in lobby of FIAP at 10 a.m. Sociological study of Barbès, the Marché Déjean, the African immigrant neighborhoods of Paris, and the Parc des Buttes Chaumont. Bring maps in course packet. Finish Loukoum in packet and read article "African Women in France Battling Polygamy" and "Polygamy, Disrupted Reproduction, and the State: Muslim Migrants in Paris".
AND
4-5:30 p.m: Half of the entire class to go to the Centre de Danse du Marais for course on African dance with renowned instructor from Congo, Lucky Zébila. (41 rue du Temple, métro: Hôtel de Ville.) Athletic attire suggested. Shoes are not worn in the studio. (Please see sign-up sheets to confirm your session)
6 p.m. Cocktail party for the group at the FIAP

Friday, Dec. 30, 9:30-noon AND 5-7 p.m. Meet at FIAP at 9:30 a.m. Sociological study of Belleville and the market (métro Couronnes).
AND
5-7 p.m. Discussion with anthropologist Paul Vieille at the FIAP. Room TBA. Political and Anthropological Analysis of the riots of October-November 2005 in France, Lecture/Debate.
Read to prepare for discussion, "The Way We Live Now: Eurabia?", "A Crime of the Young Stalks France's Urban Wastelands", "Sexism in the Cités", "Muslim Groups Try to Mediate Peace", and "Solidarity with Murad and Munir".

Saturday, December 31: FREE

Sunday, January 1: FREE

Monday, Jan. 2: Noon-3 p.m. AND 5-7 p.m. Visit to the Musée Dapper, art appreciation activity.
AND
5-7 p.m. Discussion of C'était hier Sabra et Chatila with Madeleine Aba at the FIAP. Room TBA.
Also read "To Write in a Foreign Language".

Tuesday, Jan. 3: 10:30-3 p.m. Visit of the Grande Mosquée de Paris (Place du Puits de l'Ermite, métro: Monge). Souk and tearoom after tour, followed by the Institut du Monde Arabe (metro: Jussieu) for art appreciation activity.
Read "Muslims of France", "Secular France Struggles with the Veil", "The Other Side of the Veil", and "The Secular Principle".

Wednesday, Jan. 4: FREE

Thursday, Jan. 5: 6:15-8:15 p.m. for ALL and 4-5:30. p.m. (see below).
6:30-8:30 p.m. Discussion of Evelyne Accad's L'Excisée at the FIAP. Room TBA.
Read The Excised" and also "To Write in a Foreign Language".
AND FOR SOME:
Half of the entire class to go to the Centre de Danse du Marais for course on African dance with renowned instructor from Congo, Lucky Zebila. (41 rue du Temple, métro: Hôtel de Ville.) Athletic attire suggested. Shoes are not worn in the studio. (Please see sign-up sheets to confirm your session).

Friday, Jan. 6: 9 a.m. to noon OR 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Discussion of pertinent social issues with French students and their instructor, Françoise Séquestra-Karo. Formal reception to follow. Appropriate attire required (no jeans). Please bring magazines or newspapers in English to distribute to students. Half the class goes for the morning session, half for the afternoon.

Saturday, Jan. 7: 10:30-2 p.m. At 10:30 a.m. at FIAP, discuss Vietnamese stories in packet
"The Trauma" and "The Man who Believed in Fairy Tales". Visit to the Vietnamese / Asian neighborhood. Lunch at Pho 14. Bring maps in packet.

Sunday, Jan. 8: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit to multicultural church and lunch at Lebanese restaurant.

Monday, Jan. 9: 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visit to Women's Immigrant Association in Saint-Denis.

Tuesday, Jan. 10: 9:20-noon AND 5-7 p.m. Visit to Technical Lycée for discussion of pertinent social issues with students and their instructors Hassen Hadjadj, Isabelle Thery, and Yves Simon. Please bring magazines or newspapers in English to distribute to students. 95 rue du Dessous des Berges, metro: Bibliothèque.
AND
Meeting with Cameroonian author Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury. Discussion of Essential Encounters.
7 p.m. Welcome dinner offered by the FIAP.

Wednesday, Jan. 11: 9:15-1 p.m. AND 5-7 p.m. 9:15-1 p.m. visit to Lycée Paul Valéry and discussion with French students and their instructor, Monique Hartman (38 boulevard Soult: métro Porte Dorée). Bring magazines or newspapers in English to distribute to students and also sample of American snack to share at the lunch provided by the students.
AND
5-7 p.m. Discussion with Ezza Agha Malak at the FIAP. Room TBA.
Read excerpts from Anosmia or Nostalgia for a Forbidden Sense.

Thursday, Jan. 12: FREE

Friday, Jan. 13: Departure from the FIAP at 8:30 a.m.

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Course Packet

Dear Paris Student,

       The course packet is now available at Notes-n-Quotes in Johnstowne Centre at 6^th and John streets in Champaign (Tel. 217.344.4433).    You don’t need to go and get this packet if you already stopped by and made copies for yourself, (and that option is still available if you wish to save money).

Sincerely,

Paris Teaching Assistant

Books for the course

Here are the books needed for LAS 199: Paris- A Multicultural Perspective

Essential Encounters by Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury with Introduction by C. Toman (MLA Texts and Translations Series--Available in French in the same series as Rencontres essentielles) **to be purchased on Amazon.com**

Loukoum: The Little Prince of Belleville by Calixthe Beyala or Loukoum: Le Petit Prince de Belleville, **included in the packet**

The Excised by Evelyne Accad, Lynne Riesner publisher (originally Three Continents Press), 1994 **to be purchased on Amazon.com**

It Was Yesterday Sabra and Chatila and Montjoie! Palestine by Noureddine Aba, Bilingual edition edited and translated by Toman and Accad, L'Harmattan, 2004. **to be purchased in Paris**

--
Evelyne Accad
Professeur Emerite
University of Illinois
Lebanese American University
http://www.french.uiuc.edu/People/faculty/Accad.htm
http://www.peuplesmonde.com/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=6

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Assistant Director
OMSA-Student Affairs
130 Student Services Building

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course packet

Hi Everyone,
Please stop by my office and pick up an original to make your copy of the course packet.

Bienvenue!

Bienvenue/Welcome to LAS199- Paris, France 2005-2006