History Series / FrenchInAction

* [[LARP Un jeu de rôle]]: One segment encourages viewers to repeat spoken lines from the story as if conversing with another character in that story.

** In the segment where some of the story's dialogue [[RepeatAfterMe is repeated for viewers to say the same line]], characters sometimes speak directly to the camera [[LARP as though the viewer was the other character repeating those lines]].

* [[RolePlay Un jeu de rôle]]: One segment encourages viewers to repeat spoken lines from the story as if conversing with another character in that story.

** In the segment where some of the story's dialogue [[RepeatAfterMe is repeated for viewers to say the same line]], characters sometimes speak directly to the camera [[RolePlay as though the viewer was the other character repeating those lines]].

* [[RepeatAfterMe Répète après moi]]: Repetition is the key factor of the ''French in Action'' course, covering repetition of words (short and long form), sentence structures and dialogue from the episodes' stories.

** In the segment where some of the story's dialogue [[RepeatAfterMe is repeated for viewers to say the same line]], characters sometimes speak directly to the camera [[RolePlay as though the viewer was the other character repeating those lines]].
* [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Les premiers épisodes semblent bizarres]]: Early episodes started with a classroom segment where Pierre Capretz explained the episode's concept to a room of students. Later episodes omitted the classroom segment and went straight to the story.
* [[RepeatAfterMe Répète après moi]]: Repetition is the key factor of the ''French in Action'' course, covering repetition of words (short and long form), sentence structures and dialogue from the episodes' stories.

* [[EveryEpisodeEnding Chaque épisode a la même fin]][[note]]Every Episode Ending[[/note]]: All episodes (excluding the premiere and final episode) featured a ''Guignot'' [[Main/{{PuppetShows}} puppet show]] recapping the episode's events.
* [[EdutainmentShow Éducation et divertissement]][[note]]Edultainment Show[[/note]]: As mentioned above, ''French In Action'' combines education on the French language with a fictitious romantic storyline about Robert and Mireille.
* [[MultiPartEpisode Un épisode avec de nombreux segments]][[note]]Multi-Part Episode[[/note]]: Some of the lessons span between two and five episodes each depending on the subject matter.
* [[FrenchJerk Un imbécile français]][[note]]French Jerk[[/note]]: Played straight ''and'' literally with Hubert (Franck de la Personne) as a rival for Robert's affection with Mireille.
* [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Un jeune frère ennuyeux]][[note]]Annoying Younger Sibling[[/note]]: Marie-Laure (Virginie Contesse), younger sister of Mireille.
* [[NoFourthWall Sans le quatrième mur]][[note]]No Fourth Wall[[/note]]:

* [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Les premiers épisodes semblent bizarres]][[note]]Early Installment Weirdness[[/note]]: Early episodes started with a classroom segment where Pierre Capretz explained the episode's concept to a room of students. Later episodes omitted the classroom segment and went straight to the story.
* [[RepeatAfterMe Répète après moi]][[note]]Repeat After Me[[/note]]: Repetition is the key factor of the ''French in Action'' course, covering repetition of words (short and long form), sentence structures and dialogue from the episodes' stories.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Marie-Laure (Virginie Contesse), younger sister of Mireille.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early episodes started with a classroom segment where Pierre Capretz explained the episode's concept to a room of students. Later episodes omitted the classroom segment and went straight to the story.
* EdutainmentShow: As mentioned above, ''French In Action'' combines education on the French language with a fictitious romantic storyline about Robert and Mireille.
* EveryEpisodeEnding: All episodes (excluding the premiere and final episode) featured a ''Guignot'' [[Main/{{PuppetShows}} puppet show]] recapping the episode's events.
* FrenchJerk: Played straight ''and'' literally with Hubert (Franck de la Personne) as a rival for Robert's affection with Mireille.
* NoFourthWall:

* MultiPartEpisode: Some of the lessons span between two and five episodes each depending on the subject matter.
* RepeatAfterMe: Repetition is the key factor of the ''French in Action'' course, covering repetition of words (short and long form), sentence structures and dialogue from the episodes' stories.

* EdutainmentShow: As mentioned above, ''French In Action'' combines education on the French language with a fictitious storyline about Robert and Mireille.

!!''Un'' trope. ''Les'' tropes. Un ''trope''. Les '''tropes'''.

!!''Un'' trope. ''Les'' tropes. ''Un'' trope. ''Les'' tropes.

* FrenchJerk: Played straight ''and'' literally with Hubert (Franck de la Personne).

** In the segment where some of the story's dialogue [[RepeatAfterMe is repeated for viewers to say the same line]], characters sometimes speak directly to the camera as though the viewer was the other character repeating those lines.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: All episodes (excluding the premiere) featured a ''Guignot'' [[Main/{{PuppetShows}} puppet show]] recapping the episode's events.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Early episodes included a classroom segment where Pierre Capretz explained the episode's concept to a room of students. Later episodes omitted the classroom segment and went straight to the story.

** Later episodes feature dialogue from the episode's story in which the characters [[RepeatAfterMe repeat certain lines]] directly to the camera for the purpose of viewers to repeat those same lines. (Earlier episodes used footage directly from the story segment.)

The series focuses on teaching French grammar and vocabulary with glimpses of French life and culture. These lessons are implemented into a fictitious love story between English exchange student Robert (Charles Mayer) and French college student Mireille (Valérie Allain).

!!Et maintenant, voici une liste des tropes:

* RepeatAfterMe: Repetition is the key factor of the ''French in Action'' course, covering repetition of words, sentence structures and dialogue from the episodes' stories.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Completely averted as all dialogue (except the English-language introduction) is presented in French.

* NoFourthWall: Later episodes feature dialogue from the episode's story in which the characters [[RepeatAfterMe repeat certain lines]] directly to the camera for the purpose of viewers to repeat those same lines. (Earlier episodes used footage directly from the story segment.)
* RepeatAfterMe: Often used in repeating French sentence structures and dialogue from the episodes' stories.

* NoFourthWall: One segment contains dialogue from the episode's story, in which the characters repeat certain lines for viewers to repeat themselves (originally edited from the story video). Later episodes used this trope in which the characters spoke directly to the camera for this purpose.

* NoFourthWall: One segment contains dialogue from the episode's story, in which the characters repeat certain lines for viewers to repeat themselves. Later episodes used this trope in which the characters spoke directly to the camera for this purpose.

!!Et maintenant, voici une liste de tropes:

The series focuses on teaching French grammar and vocabulary with glimpses of French life and culture. These are also implemented into a fictitious love story between English exchange student Robert (Charles Mayer) and French college student Mireille (Valérie Allain).

* EdultainmentShow: As mentioned above, ''French In Action'' combines education on the French language with a fictitious storyline about Robert and Mireille.

''French in Action'' is a TV series co-produced by [[Creator/{{PBS}} WGBH Boston]], Yale University and Wellesley College as part of a [[UsefulNotes/{{FrenchLanguage}} French language course]] developed by Pierre Capretz.

The series focuses on teaching French grammar and vocabulary with glimpses of French life and culture. These are also implemented into a fictitious story between English exchange student Robert (Charles Mayer) and Mireille (Valérie Allain).

* RepeatAfterMe: Often used in repeating French sentence structures.