LA BARBADE
Great debate challengeedition 2019 postponed
Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival
Guadeloupe -Antigua Barbuda
The president of AFTA (" Woman in Black"), Association of French Teachers in Antigua Barbuda, welcoming the APAG Visitors at V.C Bird International AirportThis Programme From February 26th To March 2019 Was A Real Success As The Guadeloupean Teachers Appreciated Both The Tourist And Education Aspects And The Antiguan Teachers Could Allow Their Students To Interact With Foreigners And Share Their High Performances for theiir observance Of BLACK HISTORY mONTH 45th Anniversary and General AssemblySaturday November 17 th, 2018
THE GREAT DEBATE CHALLENGE 2018La coupe est restée à versailles ...
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our new center
discover the new placeTHE GREAT DEBATE CHALLENGE 2017and the winners are.....The Red Team from Versailles High !
Literary Dinner with Alecia Mc kenzie
We exchanged on the characters in Sweetheart, the inspirations of the author, her country, JAMAICA, its similarities and differences with our country Guadeloupe, the similarities of the themes our wrtiters tackle.
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Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet, dies at 87
Reading Club Elizabeth Butcher has read ..
Black History Month...or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history.
A Lesson before dying
Ernest J. GAINES presented by Max REINETTE
GOD HELP THE CHILD
Because they loved the book Chantale MATHIEU and Karine SALCÈDE treated us to a lovely presentation. They managed to say enough to discuss with those who had read the book, enough to please those who had no time to read, enough to tease those who had not finished yet.
Thank you ladies.
We are looking forward to your next presentation.
Dr AFUA COOPERlecture at Mémorial ACTe Slavery in Canada: Women's Experience AcknowledgementsDear colleagues, Dear friends
On behalf o fAPAG thank you for making Wednesday evening at the Mémorial Acte a real success!
It was our pleasure to have Dr Afua Cooper 's performances in art and history and it was her pleasure to have us as an audience.
We thanked her on your behalf and again we congratulate you and thank you for this fabulous attendance! Bye until we meet again for an amazing moment together
On behalf o fAPAG thank you for making Wednesday evening at the Mémorial Acte a real success!
It was our pleasure to have Dr Afua Cooper 's performances in art and history and it was her pleasure to have us as an audience.
We thanked her on your behalf and again we congratulate you and thank you for this fabulous attendance!
talk:
religion, faith ,spirituality in the african- american community: The Case of Martin Luther King jr.
A captivated audience followed Tony Toumson's talk on Religion Faith and Spirituality, the case of Martin Luther King jr. It took place on Thursday January 14th a la Casa del Tango in Jarry.
Read the reports on this first most powerful event of the year as the Martin Luther King's Day was observed for the 30th time. ( A special Day voted in 1983 to be first observed in 1986)
DOMINIQUE SOLIDARITE APAG ET ECHANGE
Hello APAG
We are very happy and grateful to receive all the items sent. Here is the list:
Small box: 8 French textbooks.
Large box: 7 pairs school shoes, 30 school shirts, 6 boxes chalk, 10 boxes colored pencils, 3 boxes Bic pens, 5 boxes colored markers, 2 boxes board markers, 1 box pencils, 3 pks. Cristal pens.
We have a number students at Convent High School who lost their school uniforms and school supplies in the flood. I will see that they get the shoes and shirts, etc. and convey your warm wishes to the recipients. I will also distribute supplies to some other schools in our area and in the country. I will keep a record of all distributions.
Thank you again for your donations. I will be in touch next week.
Cheers,
Dear Colleagues
Thanks to your kindest contribution APAG was able to increase its donations. Thank you to all those who participated...
APAG
The Great Debate Challenge 2015
and the winners are: the Green Team from Faustin Fleret
The article for further details...
1. Actual Freedom of Speech is impossible. It is nothing but a myth.
2. Music containing lyrics that glorify violent and criminal lifestyles should be banned.
3. The death penalty should be reintroduced if banned or maintained where it still exists.
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Club De Lecture
"The Meaning of Freedom and other dialogues" by Angela DAVIS was our presentation with Suzy ROCHE after "Oh Gad" with Karine SALCEDE on Friday February 20th 2015
Oh Gad article
This new bilingual talk was held on May 15th, as usual at la Mediathèque du Gosier and once again the participants were happy they attended...
Read the notes for the presentation
The Meaning of Freedom, a book to prompt and nourish our reflections and discussions on the interconnected issues of power, race, gender, class, incarceration, conservatism... freedom!
Read the notes of the presentation
In kindest partnership with ASCODELA
14 Mai 2014
| Teams | scores |
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| Pensionnat de Versailles Basse Terre | 919 |
| Faustin Fléret Morne à l'Eau | 910 |
| Gerville Réache Basse-Terre | 905 |
. Au CRDP Petit Perou Abymes
TOPICS
CRITERIA Rules and Regulations
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CONGRÉS DES ÉCRIVAINS DE LA CARAIBE 10 au 13 Avril 2013
INVITÉ D'HONNEUR :
RUSSELL BANKS
Le VENDREDI 13 AVRIL 2013
A Langley Resort Fort Royal à Deshaies: Grand entretien de Russell Banks avec les membres de l'Association des professeurs d'anglais:
Suzy Roche, Antoine Toumson, Bernard Phipps, Guy Lubeth
Programme du CONGRESThe great Debate challenge 2014
2014
GREAT DEBATE CHALLENGE 2013
1. Marijuana should be legalized to curb violence.
2. Some songs and music and even advertisements should be banned to make society better.
3. Homosexual couples should have a right to marry just like any couples.
The winners in 2012, Versailles team congratulated by APAG treasurer Fred Raynaud and retired English teacher Max Reinette also the author of Arabesques d'une vie.
DEBATE 2012
Great Debate Challenge 2012
The six teams who were much pleased to pic k up the challenge:
Faustin Fléret Morne à l'Eau -- Petit- Bourg- Charles Coeffin Baie-Mahault- Providence Abymes- Gissac Sainte Anne and the winners: Versailles
SAINT MARTIN TALK
Robert ROMNEY invites you to delve into the souls of the St Martin folk and discover what Creole English is all about.
Maybe the next competition...
Another challenge for the students: Performing an extract from a play or a scene. This year two students from Charles Coeffin were not debating but performing a scene from The importance of being Ernest by Oscar Wilde.
Parties and other plans to bring people together...
A new KARAOKE DINNER in a café in Jarry Saturday 5 may 2012
Et d'autres moments de détente...
Des tournois de scrabble anglais
MARCHE: Vacances de Pâques
COUPS DE COEUR: des moments pour partager des coups de coeur littéraire, poétique, cinéma et artistique...
L'APAG c'est:
Les échanges et séjours jeunes avec Saint-Kitts, La Jamaïque, Antigue, Barbade, Trinidad, Washington DC, Canada et aussi la Grande Bretagne.
Les voyages adultes en Caroline du Nord, Louisiane, Washington DC
C'est à l'origine les échanges de pratiques pédagogiques et les assistances pédagogiques quand l'inspection locale n'existait pas encore.
Ce sont les conférences, les clubs de lecture, les cafés débats, l'édition de TradeWinds, du lexique des fruits et légumes de la Caraïbe, le journal Keep in Touch, les tournois de scrabble anglais, le rallye d'anglais pour les lycéens, des actions en colllaboration avec d'autres associations telles que ASCODELA et le CORECA, et maintenant le Great Debate ou Debate Challenge pour les premières et les Terminales avant leur grand départ pour les études supérieures.
TRADEWINDS
Learning English Through Caribbean Texts and Culture
sous la présidence de Antoine Toumson
Les auteurs:
Guillemette Roche
Albérique Reynaud
Francine Cornély
Colette Dagnet
Maryse Diakok
Geneviève Paumard
Claude Ranely Verge-Depre
Couverture: Alain Vambacas
Dont' miss the eventWednesday April 10th
and 2 films you shouldn't miss hereDON'T MISS THE EVENT !!!
December 28th at MACTeat 6:30 pm A Presentation of LACS AMERSin the presence of the author ROGER TOUMSON
.He enthralled us with his contributions at APAG's talks. He has allowed us to discover and meet powerful writers such as Russell Banks or Dr Afua Cooper, now we are going to see what he himself tells us in a novel . More about the novel to order now
Annual beginning of holiday SCRABBLE PARTY .... july 12th
SEE CONTACT TO REACH CHANTAL MATHIEU or oTHERS FOR DETAILS AND THE CONFIRMATION OF YOUR ATTENDANCE.Our Reading Club.. June 15 th, 2018a presentation by marie claude laulauMarie-Claude LAULAU and Fernand FORTUNÉ enthralled the audience with their duet's presentation of this love story by Tanzanian author Elieshi LEMA.Marie Claude shared her in depth reading generously and Fernand Fortuné the author of a French version of the book was glad to opine on different aspects and share his experience as a writer and translator.https://www.amazon.com/booksMARCH 7th, 2018
Reading Club Vs NAIPAUL
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.He enthralled us with his contributions at APAG's talks. He has allowed us to discover and meet powerful writers such as Russell Banks or Dr Afua Cooper, now we are going to see what he himself tells us in a novel . More about the novel to order nowSEE CONTACT TO REACH CHANTAL MATHIEU or oTHERS FOR DETAILS AND THE CONFIRMATION OF YOUR ATTENDANCE.
Augustown by Kei MillerElizabeth BUTCHER has liked this book written by young Jamaican writer (39 years old) and she has agreed to share her reading with us.
On Wednesday March 7th, 2018 at La Mediathèque du Gosier Elizabeth 's presentation prompted discussions on FREEDOM achieved , Freedom denied, conflict with the establishment, the seemingly intractable issue of Identity Conflicts. By cutting off the dreadlocks of the young Rasta the teacher representing the establishment ignored the sacredness of this element in this communuty's iidentity, creating an autoclaps, a trouble harbinger to more trouble to come . As one of human fundamental needs can identity be denied or threatened with impunity ?
Elizabeth wanted it to be interactive and lively and it was indeed!
"The poet’s new novel dramatises the country’s history in a book with the feel of a ticking bomb." The Guardian commented
Indeed the story of Bedward,
one of the most successful preachers of Jamaican Revivalism.
is at the centre of Augustown, a partially fictionalised version of August Town, the same August Town making headline news these days in 2018 of the Jamaican Observer and the Gleaner.
To order go to: ---
https://www.abebooks.fr or
https://www.guardianbookshop.com/ or call 0330 333 6846. or
http://www.worldcat.org/ or
https://www.amazon.com/books
the wine of astonishment
by Earl Lovelace, the struggle in defense of the Africanisation of Christianity in Trinidad, from 1917
Wednesday january 17th, 2018, 6:30 pm at la Médiathèque du Gosier, the presentation of Earl Lovelace's The Wine of Astonishment by Sonia Catalan triggered a lively debate on religions in the communities of African descent in the Caribbean , in the USA , in Guadeloupe and elsewhere , a debate reminiscent of Tony Toumson's talk, two years ago, on Religion Faith and Spirituality, in the african- american community: The Case of Martin Luther King jr.
But there is still a lot to say on the "Africanisation of christianity" or "R-eAfricanisation of Chistianity"
A great moment for those who didn't miss the event!
Don't miss...
DETROIT released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Algiers Motel incident during Detroit's 1967 12th Street Riot. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boa
LOVING
The story of Richard and Mildred Loving who managed to invalidate state laws prohibiting interracial marriages...
SÉJOURS LINGUISTIQUES
March 22nd: International Karaoke
May 8th: Excursion to Antigua
May 17th: Great Debate challenge des lycéens
Thank You Maryse...
We miss you so much but we are happy we took the time to let you know how much we loved you and how much you mattered...
OUR AUNTIE ROSA
See the invitation.
More to see and read about the event soon...
Club de lecture APAG- ASCODELA
Teams and supporters debating on a last subject just for the fun while jury members are double checking the scores.
SOME PICTURES OF the previous COMPETITIONS
Our competitors were obviously equal to the challenge and took it with much joy and respect...
RALLYE ANGLAIS
Des moments de grandes rencontres...
Club de lecture
Quand le club de lecture de l'APAG se met en vacances il est bon de de garder le rythme en suivant avec des clubs amis comme celui de l'ASCODELA.
ASCODELA
Production APAG
TRADEWINDS to take into account the Caribbean aspect in learning English...