Francosonic presents:

La Rentrée (Back-to-School Edition)

Left: Charlemagne, medieval King of the Franks who brought educational reform to francophone regions. Right: France Gall, who sang “Who had this crazy idea one day to invent school? That darned Charlemagne!”

This week’s music theme is Back to School (la Rentrée, as we call it in French!)

Take heart, kids, everyone’s summer is coming to an end. In France, the first day back is Monday, September 3. Students in other European francophone countries return as late as the following week. In French-speaking countries like Burkina Faso, faculty return in September, but students have until October 1 to prepare for a new school year.

And now, in the spirit of learning…

On a recent show I mentioned a couple of language-learning programs that have good reviews. If you can’t visit a francophone country to learn, these are good bets:

Apps & software:
– Duolingo (app you can use on your phone, good for all levels)
– Rosetta Stone (full software program with great results, especially for beginners)
– Pimsleur, Berlitz (both software programs / CDs, especially popular among beginners & those who want to learn for travel purposes)

Video chat-based, one-on-one programs:

– iTalki (this one came highly recommended to me by a college professor of Spanish who wanted to learn another language)
– Talk Abroad (great for students, this connects you with a trained language partner who can help early intermediate level & above)
– Lingoda (haven’t used this one, just saw it advertised on WordReference.com, an online dictionary I use)

Bonne rentrée et soyez sages, les enfants !
(Happy back-to-school, and be good, kids!)

Show Archive

Playlist:

Time: September 2 - 3:19:58 am

• Jessica Paré, “Zou Bisou, Bisou”

  from Zou Bisou, Bisou - Single

  Lionsgate Records - 2012

Time: September 2 - 3:22:20 am

• George Brassens, “La Maitresse D'Ecole”

  from Les Dernières Chansons Inédites Par Jean Bertola

  Philips

Time: September 2 - 3:25:41 am

• Gilbert Laffaille, “interrogations ecrites”

  from Introuvables

  Sergent Major Company

Time: September 2 - 3:42:52 am

• William Sheller, “Le Carnet a Spirale”

  from Best Of 1977

  Umsm - 2014

Time: September 2 - 3:45:52 am

• Georgius, “Au lycée papillon”

  from Du Caf'conc' Au Music-Hall N° 12 Georgius

  Pathe - 2012

Time: September 2 - 3:49:13 am

• France Gall, “Sacre Charlemagne”

  from Sacré Charlemagne

  Isis - 1964

Time: September 2 - 3:53:01 am

• Jacques Brel, “Rosa”

  from Les 100 plus belles chansons de Jacques Brel

  Universal - 2004

Time: September 2 - 3:55:44 am

• Sheila, “L'école est finie”

  from Les années 60, Vol. 3: Les plus belles chansons

  Philips - 2015

Time: September 2 - 5:04:52 am

• Yves Simon, “diabolo menthe”

  from diabolo menthe

  RCA Victor - 1977

Time: September 2 - 5:07:17 am

• Gregoire, “Je voulais dans mon cartable”

  from Poésies de notre enfance

  My Major Company Label / Play On - 2015

Time: September 2 - 5:08:42 am

• Maxime Le Forestier, “fontenay aux roses”

  from BOF STARS 80 LA SUITE

  La Petite Reine

Time: September 2 - 5:10:24 am

• Yves Jouffroy, “L'écolière”

  from L'écolière

  Philips - 1977

Time: September 2 - 5:13:03 am

• Philippe Clay, “mes universites”

  from mes universites

  Polydor - 1971

Time: September 2 - 5:15:58 am

• Yvon Etienne, “Mes Années D'Ecole”

  from Q.S.P. (Quantité Suffisante Pour... )

  Rendez-Vous Digital - 2010

Time: September 2 - 5:19:20 am

• Bruno Coulais - Les choristes, “La Nuit”

  from Soundtrack Album

  WEA Music - 2004

Time: September 2 - 5:22:44 am

• Philippe Hersant ‎– Etre Et Avoir - Original Soundtrack, “Etre et avoir”

  from Etre et avoir

  Cezame - 2013

Time: September 2 - 5:23:40 am

• Will's Jams, “La récréation”

  from Wordplay

  self-released - 2016

Time: September 2 - 5:26:27 am

• Renan Luce, “On n'est pas à une bêtise près”

  from Le clan des miros

  Barclay - 2009

Time: September 2 - 5:29:45 am

• Marc Drouin Et Les Echalotes, “Après l'école”

  from Fantaisie pop (Le petit garçon qui parlait aux arbres)

  Les disques laser - 1984

Time: September 2 - 5:33:32 am

• Richard Gotanier, “Poil au tableau (Live)”

  from Comme à la maison (Live)

  Philips - 1981

Time: September 2 - 5:37:20 am

• Gilbert Laffaille, “le maitre d'ecole”

  from ici

  Tempo - 1994

Time: September 2 - 5:41:05 am

• Michel Sardou, “Le bac G”

  from Les 100 plus belles chansons de Michel Sardou

  Mercury Records - 1992

Time: September 2 - 5:44:54 am

• Graeme Allwright, “Qu'as tu appris à l'école ?”

  from Graeme Allwright

  PolyGram - 1993

Time: September 2 - 5:47:12 am

• Soko, “Diabolo menthe”

  from Diabolo menthe - Single

  Because Music - 2018

  new

Time: September 2 - 5:50:14 am

• France Gall, “Laisse tomber les filles”

  from Laisse tomber les filles - Single

  Philips - 1964

Time: September 2 - 5:52:15 am

• La Femme, “Septembre”

  from Mystère

  Disque Pointu - 2016

Time: September 2 - 5:56:06 am

• Pierre Perret, “les jolies colonies de vacances”

  from les jolies colonies de vacances

  Disques Vogue - 1966

Time: September 2 - 5:59:52 am

• Hugues Auffay, “Adieu monsieur le professeur”

  from L'integrale

  Barclay - 1968

Time: September 2 - 6:03:28 am

• Gérard Lenormand, “vive les vacances”

  from vive les vacances

  caroline melody - 1983

Time: September 2 - 6:07:04 am

• Alain Souchon, “j'ai dix ans”

  from Dix Ans

  RCA - 1974

DJ Zik    Francosonic    September 2nd, 2018

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