Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Bonjour les amis! Grades 4 and 5

Bonjour les amis! is the French language adaptation of ¡Hola amigos!, a Spanish language resource developed by staff/contractors from Alberta Education and Instituto Cervantes in Madrid, Spain.

This resource was produced thanks to the collaboration of the Learning Technologies Branch (LTB) and the French Languages Services Branch (FLSB).

Alberta Education would like to thank the following contractors:

Voice direction, editing and mixing
Endless Films Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Recording facilities:
- Agile Sound, Montréal, Québec
- DaCapo, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Alberta Education acknowledges, with appreciation, the contribution of the following individuals to the development of Bonjour les amis!

Project Coordinators
Marie Frosst
Wilma Van Herk
Josée Lemire (until 2007)
Hannah Noerenberg (until 2006)

Project Team Members

Marie Frosst	Digital Resources Consultant
Colin Geissler	Instructional Design Consultant
Gary Krueger	Multimedia Consultant

Special thanks are extended to the following specialists:

Jocelyne Bélanger	Coordinator, Editorial/Translation Services, FLSB
Christine Bouchard	Administrator - Digital content, FLSB
Lisa Caouette	Program Manager, FSL, FLSB
Stephen Carney	Digital Librarian
Louise Chady	Digital Resources Consultant, FLSB
Isabelle Cyr	Program Assistant - Technical Services, FLSB
Robert Denis	Multimedia Production Coordinator
Mike Ettrich	Project Coordinator, Language Learning
Nathan Freed	Validation Coordinator
Carolyn Guinchard	Digital Librarian
Richard Giraud	Application Tester
Marie-Jose Knutton	Program Assistant - Technical Services, FLSB
Cheryl Lewis	Program Manager, FSL, Special Projects
Joel Pelletier	Programmer
Leslie Peppler	Copyright Coordinator
Wendy Royer	Content Development Manager
Mike Sharun	Technical Environment Manager
Cathy Simpson	Stakeholder Involvement Manager
Wilma VanHerk	Production Coordinator
María Vásquez	Spanish Translator

Special thanks are extended to others who provided expertise and/or content:

Macha Abdallah (singer of "Le rap de l'alphabet" in Scenario 1, Activity 12)

Dwayne Ford (musical arrangement for "Bonjour mes amis" song in Scenario 1, Activity 19)

Gary Krueger (music and words for the song "Le rap de l'alphabet" in Scenario 1, Activity 12)

Louis Allain, Principal, École communautaire Aurèle Lemoine, Saint Laurent, Manitoba, Canada (school information and photos for the character from Saint Laurent, MB)

Linda Arsenault, Principal, and students, école Héritage, Falher, Alberta, Canada (school information and photos for the character from Saint Isidore, AB)

Nicole Audoin and Numa Latourte, Givrauval, France (information for the character from Nancy, France)

Marianne Cormier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Département d'enseignement au primaire et de psychopédagogie, Université de Moncton (information for the character from Shédiac, NB)

Pierre Courbet, Principal, École des Trois Maisons, Nancy, France (school information and photos for the character from Nancy, France)

Cameron Ducharme, Saint Laurent, Manitoba, Canada (information for the character from Saint Laurent, MB)

Geneviève Gareau-Mossé, Principal, École René-Lamoureux, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (school information for the character from Toronto, ON)

Marie-Fabiola Henriquez (information for the character from Kigali, Rwanda)

Érik Langevin, Principal, École primaire Du Domaine, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (school information and photos for the character from Quebec, QC)

émilie Laroche, Marie-Reine, Alberta, Canada (information for the character from Saint Isidore, AB)

Michael Lesiak, volunteer photographer for École René-Lamoureux, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (school photos for the character from Toronto, ON)

Marc Michaud, Principal, École Monseigneur-François-Bourgeois, Shédiac, New-Brunswick, Canada (school information and photos for the character from Shédiac, NB)

Awa and Oulimata Ndiaye, Dakar, Senegal (information for the character from Dakar, Senegal)

Robert A. Papen, professeur titulaire (retraité) du Département de linguistique et de didactique des langues, Université du Québec à Montréal (consultation linguistique)

Bernard Perreault, Beauport, Quebec, Canada (information for the character from Quebec, QC)

Bernard Séguin, Manager, Project Management and Logistics, State Ceremonial and Corporate Events, Department of Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (source of instrumental music for "O Canada").

Mathieu Tremblay, Peace River, Alberta, Canada (information for the character from Saint Isidore, AB)

Alberta teachers who provided input through planning and production focus groups for ¡Hola amigos! and/or Bonjour les amis!, including:

Sylvia Braz	Bishop Savaryn Elementary School Edmonton Catholic School District

Charlene Christie	Calgary Catholic School District

Cathy East	Canyon Meadows School Calgary Board of Education

Skippy Emmerling	Gwynne School Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools

Shauna Ewen	Sherwood Elementary School Edmonton Public Schools

Patrick Fountain	Alberta Distance Learning Centre Pembina Hills Regional Division

Judy Gerich	Kitscoty Elementary School Buffalo Trail Regional District

Ed Hecker	Our Lady of Peace Catholic Elementary School Edmonton Catholic School District

Wendy Ionnides	Edmonton Catholic School District

Lise Lemoine	Alberta Distance Learning Centre Pembina Hills Regional Division

Elizabeth McKay	Edmonton Catholic School District

Luisa Molenaar	St. Dominic Catholic Elementary School Edmonton Catholic School District

Merrin Nuc	St. Albert Protestant Schools

Kasia Noworyta-Fridman	Webber Academy Private school, Calgary

Gillian Pallas	Calgary Board of Education

Deanna Robertson	West Dover Elementary School Calgary Board of Education

Natacha Schubert	Delwood Elementary School Edmonton Public Schools

Allain St. Cyr	St. Gabriel Cyber School Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional Division

Deb Venance	Kitscoty Elementary School Buffalo Trail Regional District

Chelsea Vowel	Alberta Distance Learning Centre Pembina Hills Regional Division

Glenn Wilson	Argyll Centre Edmonton Public Schools

This resource was developed under the supervision of the Learning Technologies Branch and the French Language Services Branch, Alberta Education.

Bryan Shepherd	Director, LTB
Louise Bentley	Director, LTB (until 2006)
Gilbert Guimont	Director, FLSB
Debby Johnston	Director, FLSB (until 2006)
Nicole Lamarre	Assistant Director, FLSB
Paul Lamoureux	Assistant Director, FLSB

Some content in this resource, owned by the following third parties, has been licensed to Alberta Education. Third-party content may only be reproduced "as is" in the context in which it has been placed. Any other use requires written permission from the copyright holder.

Scenarios 1 to 5 Mini-movies	Theme music	Timothy Edward Lawson Jones, theme music for the Bonjour les amis! mini-movies. First used in Scenarios 1 to 18 Mini-movies in ¡Hola amigos!.
Scenario 3 Mini-movie	Background music	Timothy Edward Lawson Jones, background music for the song "Rap de l'école". First used in ¡Hola amigos! Scenario 4 Mini-movie.
Instrumental music for "O Canada"	Excerpt	Department of Canadian Heritage / Ministère du Patrimoine canadien
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