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This short video series will go over 5 examples of popular French movies and TV shows and study one scene to try to explain to the American viewer why French people find it funny. All these examples use grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation as a means to make people laugh.
About Kaamelott:
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About the teacher:
Frederic was born and raised in Paris, France. He graduated in Applied Foreign Languages (LEA) from Nanterre University (Paris X) while completing his last year at San Jose State University in California after being selected for the competitive MICEFA exchange program. He later obtained a Master’s Degree in Theology from the University of Strasbourg in France. As well as being the Office and Productions Manager for our church, Frederic is one of our volunteer French teachers. Frederic loves to share his passion for grammar and education and he has taught all classes from beginners to conversation. He is also a singer and a musician and enjoys competing in road and trail races of all distances.
0:00 – Introduction
0:58 – About Kaamelott (2005)
3:04 – The character’s dynamic
6:00 – The episode’s setup
7:53 – Extract and language analysis
14:10 – Outro