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    • French in Action

    1987 American TV series or program

    French in Action is a French language course, developed by ProfessorPierre 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[1] for its romantic comedy segments interspersed among grammar and vocabulary lessons.

    In 2010, Yale University hosted a 25th anniversary reunion in celebration of the programme's success.[2][3]

    Origins

    During the Second World War, Yale 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 learnin