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Kobayashi, Yoko – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
Japanese college students' akogare (meaning "longing") for an idealized West has conventionally been researched and discussed under the assumption that the West is synonymous with Anglophone countries and that an encounter with the West is categorically an international experience. The present study provides new insights by exploring…
Descriptors: College Students, Institutional Characteristics, Selective Admission, Study Abroad
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Carruthers, J. – Journal of French Language Studies, 1994
Investigates the double compound that is a feature of the regional French of the langue d'oc and franco-provencal areas. Analysis suggests that, in addition to the temporal and aspectual properties traditionally attributed to this form, the expressive properties of the surcompose regional are central to any description of its function in…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, French, Language Role
Kimmel, Alain – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
The French law proposed in February 1994 concerning the proper use of the French language in France is discussed. The law's content, intent, and origins are described, including the history of legislation concerning regulation of French since 1539. Public opinion concerning regulation of the language is examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Language Attitudes, Language Role
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de Heredia-Deprez, Christine – Langue Francaise, 1976
This article wishes to initiate a sociolinguistic study of the linguistic behavior of migrant workers in France. The methodology proposed is to resemble that presently used by US sociolinguists in the study of American ethnic communities and include such basic concepts as "Linguistic Community" and "Language Loyalty." (Text is…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, French, Language Role, Language Usage
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Noyau, Colette – Langue Francaise, 1976
Analyzes a variety of French labeled "immigrant speech" by Nemser. Examines the method by which each immigrant worker learns this transitory dialect in order to define the requirements for teaching standard French to these workers. (Text is in French.) (TL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialects, French, Language Instruction
McConnell, Grant D., Ed.; Gendron, Jean-Denis, Ed. – 1993
The atlas offers a cartography of language functions, quantitatively measured in vitality rates, for Western Europe. The atlas has three parts: vitality by language; vitality by domain; and vitality by country. Eighty-three minority languages are covered. Domains considered include: global; religion; schools; mass media; administration; courts;…
Descriptors: Courts, Education, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
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Khettry, Francoise – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1986
A study examined the relationship of young Alsatians' language attitudes to both their language behavior at school and their linguistic norm and attitudes toward maintenance of their dialect. Results suggest that maintenance of minority languages can be helped by teaching linguistic minority youth to value their language and combat stereotypes.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Foreign Countries, French, High School Students
Wolff, Jared M. – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
An American studying for his master's degree in French in France reflects on the experience of advanced second-language learning. The discussion focuses on the stage at which interaction with others replaces formulation of sentences as the primary task and on understanding the power of word choice. (MSE)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Graduate Students, Interpersonal Communication
Batchelor, R. E.; Chebli-Saadi, M. – 1997
The textbook, entirely in French, is designed to help prepare anglophone students for French language usage in the media and telecommunications. It is organized according to two major themes. The first part addresses the French of advertising; chapter topics include the actors in advertising (agencies, announcers, supports), forms of advertising,…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business Communication, Computer Networks, Creativity
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Kinginger, Celeste – Modern Language Journal, 1998
Analysis of French used in teleconferences between American and French university students, relative to technical and discursive dimensions and learners' Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), found much of the language used was beyond these learners' capability, due to heightened classroom anxiety and differences in language varieties used by…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1978
This profile in outline form of the English language teaching situation in France discusses the role of English within French society and within the educational system. It is noted that English is little used as a medium of communication, although it is the most widely studied language in the educational system. The use of English as medium of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature, English (Second Language)
Dechesne, Marti A. – 1998
A literature review, undertaken in preparation for a study of French regional needs for workforce English language instruction at the college level, covers research on this topic in areas of France and other non-English-speaking countries, student perspectives on language needs and motivation for learning English, linguistic issues in addressing…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, English (Second Language)
Laberge, Julie, Ed.; Vezina, Robert, Ed. – 1996
The 33 papers, all in French, from the 1996 conference on research in linguistics address a wide range of topics in linguistics, including: linguists as an endangered species; categorizing verb specifiers in Yoruba; socio-terminology as a framework for understanding the language of orthodontia; French-to-Arabic borrowings in the 19th and 20th…
Descriptors: Advertising, African Languages, Arabic, Bilingualism
Caouette, Claudine, Ed.; Larrivee, Pierre, Ed. – 1997
English translations of articles in French in this issue include these: "Discourse Reported in the Print Media"; "Comparison of Register in Quebec and French Speakers"; "Method of Description of Specialized Verbs in View of Machine Translation Applications"; "Dialectal Areas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Biblical Literature, Braille, Contrastive Linguistics