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Odette Toulemonde et autres histoires

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14 March

Vous trouverez ICI un recueil d’activités pour l’enseignement-apprentissage du Français Langue Etrangère par la littérature. Toutes les activités ont été créés à partir de trois nouvelles d’Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt tirées de son ouvrage “Odette Toulemonde et autres histoires” ainsi que cinq poèmes figurant au nouveau programme de littérature prescrit en Afrique du Sud.

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