Describes in detail a sociocultural index developed in an effort to order and systematize cultural topics, thereby bringing an element of scientific logic to the study of culture in the foreign language class. (PM)

An inventory for storing data on a sociocultural system was designed (a) to favor the emergence of a structural-functional model, and (b) to generate the descriptive knowledge most useful for a practical understanding of the life style. Thirty sections are grouped into four subsystems, adapted from those of the sociologist Talcott Parsons: the…

Describes an advanced French civilization course, some of the instructional materials used, and the teaching methods adopted. (AM)

A selective bibliography of relatively recent titles useful for incorporating cultural instruction in a French language or civilization course. It is divided into the following headings: reference; contemporary history; general works; the family; woman; teaching and youth; social groups; economics; urbanism and ecology; religion; information;…

This article provides an analysis of textbooks available for teaching French civilization and ranging in orientation from subjective, historical, geographical, cultural and sociological approaches to anthropological, semiotic, comparative and linguistic ones. The content and the format of the texts is dealt with, as well as various teaching…