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L'Activite professionnelle de la femme en France au vingtieme siecle (Activities of the Professional Women in Twentieth Century France)
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Dyer, Colin – French Review, 1973
Revised version of a chapter to appear in Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie,'' Presses Universitaires de France. (DS)
Descriptors: Activism, Charts, Cultural Context, Feminism
Lure for the Reluctant Learner
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Deutch, Rachel F. – French Review, 1972
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Foreign Culture, French, French Literature
La Caverne d'Ali Baba [The Cave of Ali Baba] (Review of Reviews)
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Bour, Jean-Antoine – French Review, 1971
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Current Events, Foreign Culture, Foreign Language Periodicals
U.S. Government Publications: A Source for the Civ Teacher
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Rossmann, Edward – French Review, 1976
Lists and describes several U.S. Government documents relating to France and French civilization. Their pedagogical value is also discussed. (DB)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Economics Education
Once More with Content: Shifting Emphasis in Intermediate French.
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Suozzo, Andrew G. Jr. – French Review, 1981
Discusses two key problems that plague intermediate French courses, particularly the overemphasis on the formal study of grammar and the neglect of content. Suggests that emphasis be shifted to a coherent presentation of contemporary culture, and that grammar be relegated to its proper place as the vehicle of effective communication. (MES)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Course Descriptions, Foreign Culture, French
On Using Culture Capsules and Culture Assimilators
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Knop, Constance K. – French Review, 1976
Discusses the importance of cultural education in the FL classroom, three techniques for teaching culture are discussed: (1) the culture capsule, (2) the culture cluster, and (3) the culture assimilator. Examples are given, and values and drawbacks are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education, Foreign Culture
Language as Culture.
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Durham, Carolyn A. – French Review, 1980
Discusses the relationship between language and culture and the value of the study of foreign language as culture in a liberal education curriculum. Describes an approach to language teaching which focuses on the contrasts between the native and the foreign language in order to improve students' understanding of cultural differences. (MES)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Foreign Culture
"Vases communicants": Twentieth-Century Franco-American Dialogue
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Morot-Sir, Edouard – French Review, 1976
This article examines the cultural exchange between such personalities as William James and Henri Bergson, Henry James and Marcel Proust, and William Faulkner and Andre Malraux, and its impact on the world view shared by certain Americans and Frenchmen. (DB)
Descriptors: American Culture, Cultural Exchange, Culture, Foreign Culture