Articulated Second Language Curricula
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Ressources and Links

The following ressources are provided to help teachers and parents enrich the language learning experience for their students. To add to this list or to report an incorrect link, please send detailed information to Éric LeGros. You can jump to the following categories by clicking on them or by scrolling down the page: Associations, Cultural Enrichment, Foreign Consulates and Delegations Serving Louisiana, US Embassies and Consulates Abroad, Companies, State and Parish Agencies, Second Language Media.
 

Associations 

ACTFL
Six Executive Plaza
Yonkers NY10701-6801
(914) 963-8830
Fax: (914) 963-1275

Action Cadienne
Boîte Postale 30104
Lafayette LA 70593
Lobbies for the promotion of the French language of Louisiana and the establishment of immersion programs in Acadiana.

Arts & Humanities Council of SWLA
Pam Breaux, Executive Director
Phone: 318 439 ARTS
Fax: 318 439 8009

Cajun French Music Association
713 Morningside Drive
Lake Charles LA 70605
Phone: 318 477 3174
Promotes Acadian music and culture.

Cajun Student Association
606 Broadmoor Boulevard
Lafayette LA 70503
Lobbies for the promotion of Acadian pride among young people and the teaching of Acadian history in schools.A

Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique
Phone: 418 646 9117
E-mail: cvfa@cvfa.ca

C. R. E. O. L. E., Inc.
Boîte Postale 2505
Lafayette LA 70502
Identifies, preserves and promotes the numerous aspects of the Créole culture of Southwest Louisiana.

Council for International Concerns of SWLA
Post Office Box 92722
Lake Charles LA 70609-2722

Festival International de Louisiane

France-Louisiane/Franco-Américanie
80 avenue du Maine
75414 Paris, France
Phone: 01 40 47 83 19
Fax: 01 40 47 83 21
Adresse électronique: flfa@citeweb.net

Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT)

Théâtre Cadien
Boîte Postale 2332
Lafayette LA 70502
Produces theatrical plays by, for, and about French speaking Louisianians.

Cultural Enrichment Excursions

The Acadian Memorial.
Post Office Box 379, Departement AM
St-Martinville, LA 70582
Phone: 318 394 2258
Fax: 318 394 2260
Courriel: info@acadianmemorial.org
A unique source of information on Louisiana's 18th century Acadians.

Bibliothèque Tintamarre!
Lancée par des étudiants de français de Centenary College en Louisiane, la Bibliothèque Tintamarre met des oeuvres littéraires franco-louisianaises à la portée du grand public.

French Summer Camp in Québec
La Base de Plein Air, St-Jovite, Québec
A two-week immersion experience for Louisiana students at a French speaking summer camp.
Hervé Guillotel, sponsor.

Jean LaFitte National Park
Acadian Cultural Heritage Center
Phone: 318 232 0789

Vermillionville
Lafayette, LA
Phone 800 99BAYOU

Foreign Consulates & Delegations Serving Lousiana

Consulate General of Argentina
International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 523 2823

Consulate of Austria
755 Magazine Street
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 581 5141

Consulat de Belgique
2229 Allen Parkway, Suite 2222
Houston TX 77019
Phone: 713 529 0775

Consulat du Canada
South Tower
One CNN Center Suite 400
Atlanta GA 30303-2705
Phone: 404 577 6810

Consulate General of Chile
International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 523 4368

Consulate General of Colombia
International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 525 5580

Consulate General of Costa Rica
2002 Twentieth Street
Kenner LA
Phone: 504 467 1462

Consulate General of theDominican Republic International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 522 1843

Consulate General of Ecuador
Two Canal Street
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 523 3229

Consulate General of El Salvador
Two Canal Street
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 522 4266

Consulat Général de France
3305, avenue Saint-Charles
La Nouvelle Orleans LA 70115
Phone: 504 897 6381 or 504 897 6382
Fax: 504 897 6384

Consulate of Germany
225 Baronne Street
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 569 4289

Consulate General of Guatemala
International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 525 0013

Consulate of Haïti
607 Gravier
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 586 8309

Consulate General of Honduras
203 rue Carondelet
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 522 3118

Consulate General of Mexico
International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 522 3596

Consulate of Nicaragua
Two Canal Street
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 523 1507

Consulate of Paraguay
International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 522 7424

Consulate of Peru
611 Gravier
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 525 2706

Consulate General of Spain
International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 525 4951 or 504 525 7920

Consulate General of the Republic of Panama World Trade Center
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 525 3458
Fax: 504 524 8960

Délégation du Québec
Peach Tree Center Avenue
Marquis One Tower Bureau 2450
Atlanta GA 30303
Phone: 404 880 0250

Consulat de Suisse
1620 Eighth Street
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 897 6510
also
First Interstate Bank Plaza
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5670
Houston TX 77002
Phone: 713 650 0000
Fax: 713 650 1321

Consulate of Uruguay
Two Canal Street
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 525 8354

Consulate General of Venezuela
International Trade Mart Building
New Orleans LA
Phone: 504 522 3284

US Embassies and Consulates Abroad

Belgique
Ambassade des États-Unis
27, boulevard du Régent
B-1000 Bruxelles
Phone: (2) 513 3830
Fax: (2) 511 2725

France
Ambassade des États-Unis
2, avenue Gabriel
73528 Paris Cedex 08
Phone: 1 42 96 12 02 or 1 42 61 80 75
Fax: 42 66 9783

Luxembourg
Ambassade des États-Unis
22, boulevard Emmanuel-Servais
2535 Luxembourg
Phone: (352) 46 01 23
Fax: (352) 46 14 01

Suisse
Ambassade des États-Unis
90 Jubilaum strasse
3000 Berne
Phone: 31 43 70 11

Québec
Consulat des États-Unis
Place Félix-Martin
1155, rue Saint-Alexandre
Montréal PQ H2Z 1Z2
Phone: 514 398 9695
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Publishing Companies and Businesses

Addison Wesley -Visages & Destinations
Hélène Goulet, Product Manager
26 Prince Andrew Place
Don Mills, ON M3C 2T8 CANADA
Phone: 800 387 8028 or 416 447 5101
Fax: 800 465 0536 or 416 443 0948

Addison Wesley - Visages & Destinations
Dickie Borne
Louisiana Sales Representative
122 Choctaw Road
Thibodeaux LA 70301

AIMS
7702 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinnati OH 45231

AMSCO — Supplemental materials
Bill Grieggs
Louisiana Sales Representative
LaPlace LA 70068

Barron's — Spanish
James E. Anderson Associates
Post Office Box 460
Coldspring TX 77331
Phone: 800 362 6207

D. C. Heath
Cathy Lanier
1009 Mauroner Street
Hammond LA 70401

Dictée P.G.L. -- French Dictation Contests
Phone: 800 ENFANTS or 514 288 3888

Educational Media Inc. (EMI)
Mark Goodin
3715 East Second Street
Edmond OK 73034

E. E. R. Incorporated — Spanish
Ann Hickman or Tom Cowley
Post Office Box 640682
Kenner LA 70064
Phone: 504 466 0111
Distributes Heinemann (Professional Development), Hampton-Brown Books and Fernandez USA Publishing

EMC Corporation
Jim Harrell
300 York Avenue
Saint Paul MN 55101

Europa Books
Nicole de Palmas
832 North State Street
Chicago IL 60610

La Familia de la Ciudad
Spanish language magazine
444 Park Avenue South, Suite 402
New York, NY 10016

French Heritage Books
Nicea Barry
300 North Main Street
Church Point LA 70525

Gessler Publishing Company
55 West Thirteenth Street
New York NY 10011

Glencoe-McGraw Hill - Bienvenidos, etc.
Ronnie Gill
Louisiana Sales Representative
6228 Harness Drive
Bâton Rouge LA 70816

Great American Opportunities
Post Office Box 305142
Nashville TN 37230

Guérin
4501 rue Drolet
Montréal, Québec H2T 2G2 Canada
Phone: 514 842 3481
Fax: 514 842 4923
E-mail: francel@guerin-editeur.qc.ca

Heinle-Heinle
¡Imagínate!, and other language activity books
20 Park Plaza
Boston MA 02116
Phone: 800 824 5179

Holt, Rinehart & Winston - Komm Mit!
Carole Sandefer
Post Office Box 30964
Lafayette LA 70593

Imported Books
Robert N. Jones
Post Office Box 4414
2025 West Clarendon Street
Dallas TX 75208

Kenyon, Lorne & Jane Maddox -German
Post Office Box 10
Columbia, MD 211045-0010
Phone: 800 348 6886

Kurtzman Book Sales Company - French
17348 West Twelve Mile Road, Suite 101
Southfield MI 48076
Phone: 800 869 0505
Distributes BCD Gallimard Jeunesse, L'école des Loisirs, Père Castor, Flammarion, Patel, Catalogue Castor Poche, Albums et Livres Illustrés

Lectorum Publications — Spanish
George Sheer Associates
3814 Walker Avenue
Greensboro NC 27514
Phone: 910 855 1374 or 910 967 1088
Fax: 910 854 6908

Martin International
Post Office Box 19153
Asheville NC 28815-0153
Phone: 800 578 HOLA (4652)
Distributes The Spanish Teacher's Companion

McGraw-Hill/Chenelière
7001 boulevard St-Laurent
Montréal, Québec, H2S 3E3, Canada
Phone: 514 273 8055
Fax: 800 814 0324 or 514 276 0324

Mid-West European Publications
8220 North Christiana
Stokie IL 60076
Phone: 800 380 8919

NTC ¡Hola!, ¿Qué Tal?, and ¡Adelante!
Bob Wehrman
2321 Octavia Street
New Orleans LA 70115

Nijhoff — Dutch
Post Office 562
Marshfield Hills MA 02051
Phone: 800 346 3662 or 508 226 1611
Distributes materials from the Netherlands

Pelican Publishing Company
1101 Monroe Street
Gretna LA 70053
Phone: 800 843 1724
Distributes Louisiana materials in French and English

Prentice Hall CanadaBienvenue A-D
Diane Wyman, Marketing Manager
FSL School Division
1870 Birchmount Road
Scarborough, ON M1P 2J7 CANADA

Schoenhof's Foreign Books
72 A Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Phone: 800 323 0443
Fax: 617 547 8565
Distributes Hatier-Didier and Hachette

Silver Burdett
Greg Thomas
4515 Lake Sherwood E.
Bâton Rouge LA 70816

Sosnowski Associates
58 Sears Road
Wayland MA 01778
Phone: 800 437 7161
Fax: 508 226 1611

State School Book Supply Company
Phone: 800 272 3055
To order additional copies of state-approved textbooks.

Teacher's Discovery
2741 Paldan Drive
Auburn Hills MI 48326
Phone: 800 TEACHER (832 2437)

World of Reading
Cindy S. Tracy
Post Office Box 13092
Atlanta GA 30324

State and Parish Agencies

CODOFIL
David Cheramie, Directeur
217, rue Principale Ouest
Lafayette LA 70501-6843
Phone: 800 259 5810
Fax: 318 262 5812

Curriculum & Instruction Department
Glenda Williams
Consultant, Second Languages
600 South Shattuck Street
Lake Charles LA 70601
Phone: 318 491 1716
Fax: 318 491 1687

French Education Project
Dr. Robert Lafayette
202 Peabody Hall
Louisiana State University
Bâton Rouge LA 70803
Phone: 225 388 6662
Fax: 225 388 3670

Louisiana Department of Education
Foreign Language Programs
Division of Student Standards & Assessment
Cynthia Toups 225 219 4513
David Beste 225 342 3187
Phone: 800 513 3940 or
Fax: 225 342 9891

Louisiane Department of Tourism
Boîte Postale 94921
Bâton Rouge LA 70804-9291
Phone: 800 44 GUMBO

McNeese Department of Languages
Dr. Joe Cash, Department Head
Post Office Box 92655
Lake Charles LA 70609-2655
Phone: 318 475 5326

Second Language Media
Le Courrier de La Nouvelle-Écosse —Acadian newspaper looking to exchange articles in French between Acadians in Louisiana and in Acadia.
236B, rue Water, C.P. 4
Yarmouth, N.-É. B51 4P8
Phone: 902 742 919
Fax: 902 742 9110

La Gazette de Louisiane — Une publication CODOFIL
217 rue Prinicipale Ouest
Lafayette LA 70501-6843
Phone: 800 259 5810
Fax: 318 262 5812

KJEF Cajun Country 92.9 FM Jennings
Phone: 800 553 3929 — broadcasts in French with many local commercials in French.

  • Radio France International Monday through Friday 5. to 7 p.m.
  • Allons Danser, Jerry Dugas. Saturdays 8 a.m. til noon.
  • Baptist services in French, Sundays 7:30 to 8 a.m.
  • Mass celebrated in French, Sundays 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.
1290 AM — broadcasts in French 24 hours a day.

KRVS Radio Acadie 90.5 FM Lake Charles and 88.7 FM Lafayette
Phone: 318 482 6991— broadcasts in French and is a National Public Radio station.

  • Bonjour Louisiane Monday through Friday 5 to 7 a.m.
  • La Boîte de Musique Wednesday evenings from 9 to 11 p.m.
  • Zarico est pas salé Saturday mornings from 6 a.m. to 12 noon.
  • Musique Cadienne, Rendez-vous des Cadiens, Dimanche Matin, and Bal de Dimanche, Sundays from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Louisiana Public Broadcasting, KLTL channel 18,
Broadcasts the news from France Sundays at noon.

Le Tintamarre — Louisiana's only French language newspaper.
Contact Dr. Dana Kress, Faculty Adviser
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Boulevard
Shreveport LA 71134

Vie Pédagogique — Bimonthly magazine published by the Québec Ministry of Education. Free subscriptions by mail. Write to
Vie Pédagogique
Direction des ressources matérielles
Ministère de l'Éducation
275 avenue Saint-Sacrement, Québec G1N 3Y1
Fax: 418 646 6153

Web site is based on the Calcasieu Parish Schools Articulated Second Language Curricula,
and it conforms to the Louisiana Foreign Language Content Standards
Web site created and curricula formated by Éric LeGros, 1997 - 2001.
Date last modified: 24 July 2001.