1 9 4 9 . ▁ ▁Upon ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁Cleveland ▁he ▁founded ▁the ▁M aison ▁Fran çaise ▁de ▁Cleveland . ▁M embers ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁met ▁once ▁a ▁month ▁where ▁guest ▁lect ur ers ▁would ▁speak ▁on ▁French ▁literature ▁and ▁culture . ▁ ▁De ▁Sau z é ▁took ▁the ▁time ▁to ▁train ▁the ▁district ' s ▁teachers ▁in ▁his ▁method ▁which ▁contributed ▁to ▁its ▁success . ▁ ▁He ▁ins isted ▁that ▁they ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁M aison ▁Fran çaise . ▁He ▁worked ▁with ▁Western ▁Reserve ▁University ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁labor atory ▁school ▁for ▁children ▁in ▁first ▁grade ▁through ▁high ▁school ▁where ▁language ▁courses ▁were ▁taught ▁in ▁the ▁target ▁languages . ▁Te aching ▁students ▁were ▁required ▁to ▁spend ▁time ▁obser ving ▁in ▁the ▁school ▁to ▁learn ▁the ▁methods ▁being ▁taught ▁there . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁he ▁began ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁foreign ▁language ▁programs ▁in ▁elementary ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁While ▁in ▁Ohio ▁he ▁also ▁taught ▁at ▁Western ▁Reserve ▁University . ▁ ▁After ▁ret irement ▁he ▁taught ▁summer ▁sessions ▁at ▁L aval ▁University ▁in ▁Quebec ▁until ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁ ▁De ▁Sau z é ▁wrote ▁fifteen ▁French ▁text ▁books , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁official ▁text ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁for ▁teaching ▁French . ▁ ▁The ▁Em ile ▁B . ▁De ▁Sau z é ▁Element ary ▁School ▁in ▁Cleveland ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁him . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 8 7 8 ▁birth s