«À vos livres, prêts, partez … lisez la langue de Molière!»
Concours de lecture à haute voix. À partir des extraits de romans francophones l’élève réalisera un clip de 30 secondes où il lira à haute voix le texte choisi.
How to enter
Note that the passages are categorised into Extraits Senior (5th year/6th year), Extraits Transition year, Extraits Junior (2nd /3rd year) and Extraits Débutants (1st year).
Select one, or several, passages to work with in your class. The emphasis is on pronunciation, intonation, and rhythm. A range of YouTube videos/channels may help you work with your students on pronunciation, intonation and rhythm, for example this, this, this, this and this.
Each participating student will record and upload to YouTube a short video of himself/herself reading his/her chosen passage. The ‘visual’ aspect of the video can be an image of the passage, the book, the student, a photo, a drawing etc. The judging criteria will be based only on the reading of the passage.
Eligibility
This competition is open to Junior and Senior students in the Republic of Ireland who are studying French as a foreign language. In the interests of fairness, only non-native speakers of French are eligible. The recording submitted must be the unaided, individual work of the student and must not have been submitted for any other competition. One entry per student. A completed entry form must be clearly visible at the beginning of each video clip.
The recorded clip
The recorded video must begin with a shot of the completed entry form like this:
Other imagery can be shown, if desired, after this opening image. Download the entry form.
Remember to choose from the correct category.
Content
- The submitted video must not contain any …
- bad language
- inappropriate references
- violence, or
- copyrighted material, including background music
Criteria
The winning entry will feature a personal, meaningful, and accurately read passage of one of the francophone passages featured. The clip will encourage students to discover, to interact and to appreciate the diversity and the richness of the langue de Molière and of the francophone literary world.
Submission
Entries must be submitted via this form only. The judging panel can only consider entries submitted in an accessible and audible format. Entries must be submitted with the student’s school email address, NOT his/her personal private email address.
Submission of a video entry in on the understanding that it may be featured at a later date on fta.ie with the name of the winning school and the first name of the winning student. No surnames, photos or visual details of students will be included.
Deadline extended!
Deadline for receipt of entries is 17:00, Wednesday Dec. 21st 2022. Entries submitted after this date will not be considered.
Judging panel
The judging panel will comprise French language specialists and teachers. As many of the teachers whose students submit entries are members of the FTA, no member of the FTA will be on this independent judging panel. The decisions of the panel will be final.
Awards/Prize-Giving
- Meilleure lecture / Senior 5th year / 6th year
- 1er prix : Winner’s plaque, €40 gift voucher, certificate, prix francophone*
- 2e prix : Plaque, €20 gift voucher, certificate, prix francophone*
- Meilleure lecture / Transition year
- 1er prix : Winner’s plaque, €30 gift voucher, certificate, prix francophone*
- 2e prix : Plaque, €20 gift voucher, certificate, prix francophone*
- Meilleure lecture / Junior 2nd year / 3rd year
- 1er prix : Winner’s plaque, €30 gift voucher, certificate, prix francophone*
- 2e prix : Plaque, €20 gift voucher, certificate, prix francophone*
- Meilleure lecture / Junior 2nd year / 3rd year
- 1er prix : Winner’s plaque, €30 gift voucher, certificate, prix francophone*
- 2e prix : Plaque, €20 gift voucher, certificate, prix francophone*
A certificat de participation will be sent to each participating school. This can be included in the language portfolio of each entrant.