47. Manie Musicale with Michelle Fournier and Stephanie Carbonneau

<p>Music + competition + community = Manie Musicale! Are you a French, Spanish or German Teacher? If you are not participating in Manie Musicale with your students you must. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Join the Facebook group or head over to the Manie Musicale website. French Teachers, you will not find a more generous, enthusiastic and supportive community anywhere. There's amazing music, live streams and shout outs with famous Francophone singers, reveal videos… I'd write more but I have to fill out my bracket…&nbsp;</p> <p>Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod</p> <p>Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah</p> <p>Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com</p> <p>Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com</p> <p>Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside</p> <p><br></p> <p>Bios:&nbsp;</p> <p>Stephanie Carbonneau @mmeCarbonneau &nbsp;</p> <p>Stephanie Carbonneau, a middle school French teacher from Maine, has a Masters degree in Teaching Languages. She is known for her “Glow and Grow” approach to language learning in a mostly deskless environment that focuses on interactive communicative lessons, using authentic resources with CI strategies. Stephanie is co-creator of a Manie Musicale, now serving 3,000 schools both in the states and internationally.&nbsp;</p> <p>Michelle Fournier&nbsp;</p> <p>Michelle Fournier studied French language and literature at Smith College and spent her junior year abroad in Paris.  Following graduation, she was an assistante d’anglais in Clermont-Ferrand, France.  She taught high school for 22 years and now teaches at Falmouth Middle School in Falmouth, Maine.  She is a teacher leader in the state of Maine for many years, helping to bring proficiency-based teaching to classrooms throughout the state.  She is a member of the Alliance Française du Maine, AATF-Maine, and is secretary of EMME (Educators for a Multilingual Maine).