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Dimoitou
Dimoitou was a series of activities, workbooks, songs and toys, mainly a turquoise-green octopus-like puppet who is the titular namesake of the program, used in Canada throughout the 1980s to 1990s in public schools to teach Quebec French to Anglophone students or students in French immersion. The program's main character, a fuzzy turquoise puppet which looked like a man with long tentacles, tenticular arms and yellow eyes, could be operated by teachers and came with activity books, pre-recorded cassette tapes and other paraphernalia. The usage of Dimoitou ceased in the early 2000s, but the program later developed a cult following after a local man, Jordan Verner, began an internet campaign to request Dimoitou-related items and historical artifacts. History The Dimoitou program was originally created by a Quebec company known as "Centre éducatif et culturel" (now called Les Éditions CEC). The program was often considered unusual by teachers and students alike, both because the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Téléfrançais!
''Téléfrançais!'' is a Canadian French language children's television series, produced by TVOntario from 1984 until 1986. The series of 30 ten-minute episodes has become a popular teaching tool, and is used by many educators (especially in Canadian and American schools) to teach French as a second language to elementary and middle school children. The show's name is a portmanteau for ''télévision'' and ''français''. The show follows the adventures of two children named Jacques ( Jacques Dell) and Sophie ( Colombe Demers) before she moved in the show, and Ananas (), a talking pineapple who resides in a junkyard. Other recurring characters are Pilote, Ginette, the ''Annonceur'', Monsieur Pourquoi (''le Superdétective''), Louis Questionneur, Brigitte Banane, and the comic skeletal musical group ''Les Squelettes''. The programs were produced by Jennifer Harvey and directed by David Moore. The theme and all of ''Les Squelettes songs were written by the team of Bruce Ley and Jed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |