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Piece Description
Consider these two daunting tasks: learning a foreign language and singing karaoke in front of a group of strangers. Now imagine combining the two. Students at the Alliance Francaise, the French Institute of New York did just that. They gathered in midtown Manhattan for a special kind of French lesson: a karaoke 'sing-off', in French, of course.
Transcript
SUGGESTED INTRO: Consider these two daunting tasks: learning a foreign language and singing karaoke in front of a group of strangers. Now imagine combining the two. Students at the Alliance Francaise, the French Institute of New York did just that. Producer Sarah Elzas caught up with them as they gathered in midtown Manhattan for a special kind of French lesson: a karaoke 'sing-off' against members of the UN French department.
ANNOUNCER: Alors, bonsoir, on vous remerci d'être venus. Es ce que des gens ici on déja participe á un karaoke?
AMINA: My name is Amina. Amina Agams. I am a big francophone, so I like French language, French songs. And I decided to try even though I don't have any voice! [laughs]
Amina sings Il 'était une fois nous deux' by Joe Dassin
AMINA: I learned French a long time ago, like 15 years ago. It was a second language in college, back in my country in...
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Timing and Cues
The entire piece is 3:20. The last actuality ends around 3:05, with music until the end.
Musical Works
Songs sung as karaoke:
Il était une fois nous deux -- Joe Dassin
La mer -- Charles Trenet
Hey Joe -- Johnny Hallyday
Sous le ciel de Paris -- Edith Piaf
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Review of Karaoke ? la fran?aise
Chantez-vous fran?ais? An enjoyable look at students at the Alliance Fran?aise in New York using karaoke to practice their French.
What is interesting is that some of them are not native English speakers. The are learning French as an additional language. It goes to show that French, like karaoke, is international.