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Thomson Nelson > Higher Education > Bonne Route! > Test Yourself > Chapitre préliminaire

Chapitre préliminaire

 
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VI. Explorons la Toile

 

 1. 

L’Université Laval : http://www.ulaval.ca/Al/index.html (site in French) or http://www.ulaval.ca/Al/bienvenueanglais.html (site in English).

As it is written in your text book (p. 35) Laval University is “la plus vieille université de langue française en Amérique (1852) ».  But we can trace back its origins even further than 1852. Can you find what preceeded the creation of Laval University? Browse the webpage and you will find your answer:
 

 2. 

Browse the webpage and try to identify 2 or 3 good reasons which explain why students would want to choose Laval University to study.
 

 3. 

If you have Real Player G2 or a newer version, watch and listen what Laval university can offer you.
http://www.ulaval.ca/Al/images/videoul2.html 
 
Pictures of the campus :
Looking at these pictures, is your campus much different than this campus? In which ways?
 
 
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 4. 

Browse the website. Can you find the intensive French program Maria and Jane have registered in?
If you can’t find it, put your monitor up side down to see the address above!!!
 
What is the name the school organizing this intensive program in French?
 

 5. 

Les quatre résidences universitaires de l’Université Laval :

Can you locate on this map the residence where Maria and Jane live? http://www.ulaval.ca/sres/controle/map/map2.html

 

 6. 

Visit the room of Maria and Jane at the Residence Lemieux (click on ‘Chambres/rooms’, then on the picture of the room)
Would you agree with Jane when she answers to Maria? (Textbook p. 26)
“Maria: Elle est bien, la chambre.
Jane : Oui, pas mal. Un peu petite, mais ça va.”
 

 7. 

A part from renting rooms, can you identify at least 3 other services the Residences offer and that you think are essential if you were going to come to this Residence?
 

 8. 

Francophone music:
Textes des chansons de Gilles Vigneault :
Diaporama de la chanson québécoise :
Musique cajun
Zachary Richard:
Celine Dion:
Radio France International has a page with all the bibliographies and discographies of francophone singers. You will find here bibliographies of Celine Dion, Rock Voisine, Diane Dufresne, Linda Lemay, etc…
Acadian and French Canadian Music
http://www.canehdian.com/genre/french.html

Région Évangéline,
On this site you can listen to several Acadian songs and folk music.
Do you know in which Canadian Province is the Région Évangeline?
(Browse the Webpage to find the answer).
 



 
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