French folktales teacher and viewer guide

Culture is a primary focus in foreign language education. Each culture has traditions, beliefs, stories, and practices that are unique to that culture. These programs will focus on traditional, cultural stories or aspects of storytelling from the target culture. The featured segment is very unique. This drum and dance ensemble from Logan Elementary School in Columbia, South Carolina show how the tales of daily life, stories of weddings, celebrations, and births in French West Africa are expressed in their culture through dance, song and music. This series has for a target audience beginner and intermediate language learners. It is not specific to a grade level but rather to the language level of the learner