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''French in Action'' is a French language course, developed by Professor Pierre Capretz of Yale University. The course includes workbooks, textbooks, and a 52-episode television series. The television series — the best-known aspect of the course — was produced in 1987 by WGBH, Yale University, and Wellesley College, and funded by Annenberg/CPB, and since then, has been aired frequently on PBS in the United States, developing a cult following〔(About the Cult of French in Action « Mystère et boules de gomme! » )〕 for its romantic comedy segments interspersed among grammar lessons. In 2010, Yale University hosted a 25th anniversary reunion in celebration of the programme's success.〔(25th anniversary reunion announcement )〕〔(25th anniversary reunion report )〕 == Origins == During the Second World War, Yale's Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages, Jean Boorsch, had produced for the American ASTP (Army Specialized Training Program) and the Navy V-12s (V-12 Navy College Training Program) an approach to oral French component, using an immersion technique that he published in 1944 as the ''"Méthode Orale de Français"'',〔Boorsch Jean, ''Méthode orale de Français''. New Haven: Far Eastern Pub., Yale Univ., c. 1948–1949.〕 remarkable for its precision. It had two main characters ''Mireille'' and ''Robert''. Between 1960 and 1961, Prof. Boorsch and Prof. Capretz worked on an oral method, which was never published, in which they had kept the names of these two characters.〔(Professeur Capretz nous répond! )〕 Prof. Capretz maintained these names in tribute to the "Method Boorsch" in each of the versions of his own "methods" before reaching the current FIA. He had the opportunity to progressively develop the characters themselves during this evolution. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French in Action」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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